Associate Product Manager

Abbott; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 51,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage in HIP PPO plan

Retirement plan with high employerconb

Tuition reimbursement

Freedom 2 Save student debt program

FreeU education benefit

Company is a great place to work for..

Job summary

Abbott in Madison, WI is hiring an Associate Product Manager to partner with product and business teams to define customer-aligned solutions. You will gain hands-on experience in low-complexity projects, contribute to design reviews, and help write user stories and acceptance criteria while learning from senior team members.

You’ll develop requirements with business partners, translate them into functional specs, and support cross-functional delivery and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or GED with 4 years relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop ongoing relationships with business partners.
• Capture high level requirements and business needs for low-complexity areas.
• Translate business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements.
• Learn discovery with partners, experience design, research, and technical teams.
• Assist in generating use cases and user stories for functional coverage.
• Draft and groom requirements, analysis, and functional specification writing.

Skills

Agile development

Microsoft Office

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences/Engineering

Job description

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 122,000 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 your 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. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Madison, WI location in the Cancer Diagnostics Division.

The Associate Product Manager will partner closely with assigned product and business team members to define solutions that are in line with customer needs and business objectives. The Associate Product Manager will support the product teams by participating in projects of low complexity and will develop hands‑on experience by participating in design reviews and walk-throughs. The Associate Product Manager assists in defining user stories and user acceptance criteria by working with his/her peers and users.

Essential Duties Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop on-going relationships with business partners.
• Collect high-level requirements and capture business needs through dialogue with business partners for low-complexity requirements for part of a specific product area.
• With the support of a senior team member, translate business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements utilizing a structured process for gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing change.
• Learn about how to conduct experience and technical discovery with support from business partners, experience design, research, and technical teams.
• Refer to project requirements according to requirements management plan.
• Learn about application and solution delivery through participation in design reviews and walk-throughs to communicate requirements and validate proposed solutions.
• Complete preliminary review of product design documentation to ensure that requirements are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
• Assist in generating use cases/user stories to ensure that all functional requirements are captured.
• Draft and perform activities, with oversight, to include user story writing and grooming, requirements analysis, and functional specification writing.
• Mine data to inform system process flow decisions and documents tactical requirements.
• Provide proactive and regular communication regarding cross‑functional project status, issues, risks, and problems.
• Support user acceptance testing and user training.
• Proactively provide process improvement recommendations within a quickly evolving company.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural and complex matrixed environment to build consensus across functions.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Marketing, Business, Finance or field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 4 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on Agile development teams.
• Experience in life science, healthcare, bioinformatics, wellness, or digital health.
• Some knowledge of digital analytics tools.

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

The base pay for this position is $50,700.00 – $101,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Product Management DIVISION: ONCO Cancer Diagnostics LOCATION: United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 10 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No 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, committed to employee diversity.

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

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

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.