Senior Product Manager

Abbott Laboratories; Fatih; On-site; TRY 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead category strategy and brand planning in our Umraniye Nutrition Division. You will drive pre-launch to post-launch activities, engage with KOLs and external stakeholders, and collaborate across Medical, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to accelerate growth and patient impact.

The role demands strategic, commercially driven leadership with strong English communication and experience launching brands for sales teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, with a proven track record in product/brand management.
• Experience in Specialty Care or other specialized therapeutic areas would be an added advantage.
• Experience in development of brand strategy.
• Experience in launching a brand for the sales team.
• Excellent command of English.
• Strong HCP, key opinion leader & association engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Translate market opportunities, customer insights, and competitive dynamics into actionable strategic plans.
• Own the overalldevelopmentand execution of the marketingplanfor the brands, ensuring they reflect local insights and requirements.
• Anticipate challenges and risks and plan to useproactivecontingency andscenario planning.
• Lead pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities for new products, indications, and strategic initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), scientific societies, professional associations, and external stakeholders.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams including Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, Commercial Excellence, Sales, and Supply Chain.
• Leverage complex data reports to extract relevant info to strategically improve brand and/or category performance.
• Findinnovativesources of understanding, includingmarket research, digitallistening, trend tracking ....,
• Manage agency partners and be able to communicate and write effective briefs to reflect brand needs and objectives.
• Own forecasting, budget management, ROI evaluation, and business reviews.
• Drive brand performance through data-driven decision making and robust performance tracking.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Budget management

Communication skills

Market research

Relationship building

Tools

Forecasting

Job description

Senior Product Manager

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.

The Opportunity

This position works at Umraniye location in the Nutrition Division where ournutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and Abound® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Role Purpose

We are seeking a highly strategic and commercially driven Senior Product Manager who will lead category strategy, brand planning, and execution excellence to accelerate business growth and patient impact.

What You'll Do

• Translate market opportunities, customer insights, and competitive dynamics into actionable strategic plans,
• Own the overalldevelopmentand execution of themarketingplanfor the brands, ensuring they reflect local insights and requirements,
• Anticipate challenges and risks and plan to useproactivecontingency andscenario planning,
• Lead pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities for new products, indications, and strategic initiatives,
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), scientific societies, professional associations, and external stakeholders,
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams including Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, Commercial Excellence, Sales, and Supply Chain,
• Leverage complex data reports to extract relevant info to strategically improve brand and/or category performance,
• Findinnovativesources of understanding, includingmarket research, digitallistening, trend tracking ....,
• Manage agency partners and be able to communicate and write effective briefs to reflect brand needs and objectives,
• Own forecasting, budget management, ROI evaluation, and business reviews,
• Drive brand performance through data-driven decision making and robust performance tracking.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, with a proven track record in product/brand management,
• Prior experience in Specialty Care or other specialized therapeutic areas (e.g., oncology, allergy, neurology, gastroenterology, surgery) would be an added advantage,
• Experienced indevelopmentofbrand strategy,
• Experience in launching a brand for thesales team, executive committee
• Excellent command of English,
• Strong HCP, key opinion leader & association engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in new product launches and/or lifecycle management
• Strongcommunicationskillswith internal & external customers & regional team,
• Goodpresentationskills,
• Business acumen, analyticalminded,result oriented, multitask oriented, act in a sense of urgency,
• Good in execution and follow up experienced inactivity planning, organization &management,
• Team player – work in multifunctional teams (locally and at regional level),
• Effectively manage thebudgetfor brand/portfolio. Deliver high accuracy vs.