Global Marketing Product Manager (Endocrinology/Metabolic)

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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

Our Lake Forest, IL location currently has an opportunity for a Global Product Manager, Endocrinology/Metabolic including Sepsis and Women's Health offerings.

The product manager supports the development and management of a successful, sustainable Immunoassays franchise, ensuring delivery of exceptional customer value and business targets. Acts as a subject matter expert on our products/solutions, and manages the product area day-to-day, in line with the global marketing plan and in collaboration with area teams. Proactively identifies new opportunities to grow and differentiate the franchise and collaborates across the organization to effectively develop and launch new products and solutions on-time and on-budget.

What You'll Work On

Proactively manages all aspects of the product line, evolving to stay ahead of the market and keep relevant to the global and local markets.

Strategic responsibilities include:

• Development of business cases to support product development or enhancement
• Input into annual marketing plan based on business objectives, franchise strategy and commercial area needs.
• Ability to sell ideas internally, align multiple stakeholders to a common goal and drive projects forward to deliver business objectives.
• Develop & execute robust launch plans across multiple functional areas and geographies. Closely documents and reports on launch plan, anticipates and mitigates and risk to timing, scope or budget.

Tactical responsibilities (day-to-day) include:

• Execution of marketing mix as defined in marketing plan
• Act as technical expert/SME for product to business and all key stakeholders
• Full responsibility for lifecycle management
• Communication of product related communications/issues
• Proactive identification and resolution of potential product or market issues
• Engage and influence commercial area teams, R&D, regulatory etc. to set and meet launch timings, budgets, and business strategy & objectives.
• Supports the commercial area teams to deliver on the franchise business goals.
• The position requires the ability to understand the technology and capabilities of Abbott products, market, and customer dynamics - including competitive assessment. The candidate must be highly organized, self-directed, and goal-oriented with the ability to manage many tasks/projects and adapt in a rapidly changing environment

Accountability

• Achievement of franchise revenue, margin objectives, market share and brand over the long term.
• Achievement of successful launches on-time and on-budget, achieving agreed KPIs.
• Achievement of annual goals and sustaining tasks

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in MedTech or Life Sciences.

Marketing experience should include one or more of the following:

Healthcare product launch, new product development, market assessment, voice of customer research, sales tools/messaging and/or future trend analysis (payer, gov't policy, clinical practice, etc).

Desired Industries: Diagnostics, Hospital Laboratories, MNC Healthcare company (eg pharma, med device), Major Hospital or Payor Network.

Availability to travel up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or relevant Master's preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience with 2+ years of marketing is preferred.
• A combination of some sales and/or laboratory experience preferred.

Additional Qualifications:

Candidate should have demonstrated career trajectory, industry agility, global aptitude and have examples of project management ownership & discipline. Has demonstrated leadership ability to influence without authority & collaborate with other functions, such as R&D and Sales.

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is

$90,700.00 - $181,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Product Management

DIVISION:

HIAC Core Lab

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : CP01

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 25 % 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), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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

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