Director of Product Management, Consumer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

At Abbott, we believe people with diabetes should have the freedom to enjoy active lives. That's why we're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health more effectively and comfortably, with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Our location in Alameda, California, currently has an opportunity for a Director of Product Management, Consumer. This critical role leads the Diabetes Care Division's Consumer Product Management team in identifying, evaluating, defining and advancing new products and programs for patients and caregivers from conception through engineering specification and execution. This position provides strategic input into the development and execution of strategic plans to enhance the Division's products, digital apps and services.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Deeply understand patient and caregiver needs and journeys based on customer insights and UX research to design and build products to fulfill those needs
• Work cross functionally with Design, R&D, Regulatory, and Quality to build consumer products in an agile fashion
• Grow and evolve current consumer products and maintain product roadmap
• Lead the strategy in long range planning for pipeline products
• Keep Senior Staff aware of developments and maintain buy-in throughout product development process while ensuring that coordination and communication occurs at all stages
• Recommend actions to Senior Staff on strategic opportunities to maximize the product portfolio
• Investigate, recommend, and implement new consumer product introductions into the business portfolio
• Communicate progress, opportunities and risks associated with the implementation of product launch plans to Senior Staff.
• Participate in product development reviews and design control activities.
• Work closely with R&D, Global Marketing, and Global insights to coordinate commercialization plan with product development plan

Critical Success Indicators:

• Successfully built multiple technology products from concept to launch using agile processes.
• Demonstrated experience in growing an existing consumer technology product with significant user base.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required:

• A Bachelor's degree, preferably in an engineering or basic science discipline
• 10+ years relevant business experience
• Successful track record of building consumer technology products
• Proven experience leading, recruiting, and motivating best-in-class product teams
• Experience leading and/or working closely with UX design, UX research, and development teams utilizing agile processes
• High capacity to work collaboratively across multiple functional areas at varying levels of the organization
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and deliver under aggressive timelines in a dynamic environment
• Thrives under ambiguous conditions and is highly self-directed
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must have a sound understanding of the markets and should have analytical and extrapolative thinking and influencing skills

Preferred:

• MBA or Advanced degree
• Experience building digital health products and/or wearables/connected devices
• Experience building products and/or marketing in a highly regulated industry

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The salary for this role is between:
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JOB FAMILY:
Product Management

DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 20 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

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