Product Manager, Global & Upstream Marketing - Brain Therapies

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:

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.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

At Abbott, you join a team focused on helping people live healthier, fuller lives through our life-changing technologies and products. Our medical devices use the most advanced technologies to keep your heart and arteries healthy, to treat chronic pain and movement disorders, and to give people with diabetes more freedom and less pain. If you share our passion to truly make a difference and improve peoples' lives, please join us.

As the Product Manager, Global & Upstream Marketing - Brain Therapies you will have a chance to work closely with cross-functional partners in sales, regulatory, R&D, manufacturing, clinical affairs and downstream marketing to develop and deploy Abbott Brian Therapy's strategic priorities, long term goals and strategic vision.

Ultimately, the incumbent in this position will be regarded as a therapy, product and market expert in the field of Deep Brain Stimulation, with broad knowledge of global marketing and new product development.

What You'll Work On

• Serves as the voice of the patient, clinician, and sale rep on development programs, backing positions and decisions with data and current market knowledge
• Develops and owns customer requirements and provides benchmark analysis vs. competition
• Offer leadership to R&D and support organizations throughout development cycle (e.g. lead trade-off analysis, financial, and timeline impact)
• Performs market research, competitive analysis, forecasting and ROI for justification of features and improvements
• Regularly conducts qualitative and quantitative research that defines an insight-driven product roadmap and competitive landscape
• Sets growth vision for therapy area, identifies unmet needs and new markets, advocates for solutions, builds business cases, and secures organizational support for the roadmap
• Contributes to annual global marketing plan by providing segmentation of the market, targeting and positioning, and all aspects of the marketing mix (product, place/distribution, price, and integrated marketing/promotion)
• Leads global commercial launch planning and execution for new products and indications
• Ownership of portfolio lifecycle management including clinical data planning, inventory and pricing strategy, competitive planning, market expansion & exit assessments
• Works closely with both US and international regional marketing teams
• Contributes to global congress meeting planning and preparation
• Represents the business during product demonstrations, testing programs, advisory boards, and across various global congresses and events
• Leads global market expansion, exit, and product lifecycle strategy for Brain Therapies
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors

We're excited about you if you have:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline and 5 years progressively responsible marketing, sales, clinical or engineering work experience experience or Master's degree and 4+ years work experience or Ph.D and 1+ years work experience.

• Experience working with complex product portfolios in the medical device industry
• Experience with strategic product planning and commercial execution
• Strong influence management skills-effectively influences a wide variety geographies/cultures including Europe, Asia Pacific, Japan, Australia and Canada and functions including regulatory, sales, marketing, research, manufacturing and other cross functional
• Strong clinical marketing skills - effectively use clinical data to support and drive key marketing claims across a wide variety of geographies
• Project management skills - ability to pull the appropriate level, functional and geographic functions together to support initiatives
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and ability to adapt style and message to various audiences
• Strong presentation skills
• Multitasks, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in timely manner
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestic and international

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree

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

DIVISION:
NM Neuromodulation

LOCATION:
United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Yes

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

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