Associate Product Manager – Global & Upstream

Thornton Tomasetti; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 87,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIP medical plan

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott in the Neuromodulation division seeks an Associate Product Manager to help shape the global product roadmap for chronic pain therapies. You will work from Austin, TX or Plano, TX with on-site collaboration, guiding voice-of-customer insights into market-ready features and launches.

You will partner with US and international teams, conduct market research, build business cases, and support lifecycle management across geographies while driving measurable outcomes in a fast-paced medical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, business, marketing, or related field.
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as voice of patient, clinician, and sales on development programs.
• Make recommendations based on voice of customer and market data.
• Perform market research, competitive analysis, forecasting, and ROI for features.
• Define insight-driven product roadmap with customer requirements.
• Lead global marketing plans with market segmentation, targeting, positioning.
• Lead global launch planning and execution for new products and indications.
• Own portfolio lifecycle management including data planning, inventory and pricing strategy.
• Collaborate with US and international marketing teams.
• Support R&D and other functions during development cycles.

Skills

Voice of customer

Market research

Data-driven decisions

Project management

Analytical rigor

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, business, marketing, or related field

MBA or other advanced degree

Job description

Job Description: Job Title Associate Product Manager - Global & Upstream Working at Abbott

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.

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 Austin, TX or Plano, TX locations in the Neuromodulation division. Remote work is not supported. 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.

What You’ll Work On

• Serve as the voice of the patient, clinician, and sales rep on development programs.


• Make recommendations and decisions supported by voice of customer and market data.


• Perform market research, competitive analysis, forecasting, and ROI for justification of features and improvements.


• Regularly conduct qualitative and quantitative research that defines an insight-driven product roadmap; develop and own customer requirements.


• Set growth vision for therapy area, identify unmet needs and new markets, advocate for solutions, build business cases, and secure organizational support for the roadmap.


• Contribute to annual global marketing plans by providing market segmentation, targeting, and positioning, and all aspects of the marketing mix (product, place/distribution, price, and integrated marketing/promotion).


• Lead global commercial launch planning and execution for new products and indications.


• Own portfolio lifecycle management including clinical data planning, inventory and pricing strategy, competitive planning, market expansion & exit assessments.


• Work closely with both US and international regional marketing teams.


• Offer leadership to R&D and support organizations throughout development cycle (e.g. trade-off and cost-benefit analysis, financial, and timeline impact).


• Represent the business during product demonstrations, testing programs, advisory boards, and across various congresses and events.


• Travel may be required up to 15% of the time, domestic and international.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, business, marketing, or related field.


• At least 3 years of previous experience in medical device or related industry within marketing, sales, clinical, or engineering functions.


• Strong business acumen and analytical rigor, with the ability to translate data, market insights, and customer needs into strategic product decisions.


• Demonstrated experience using data-driven approaches to evaluate opportunities, prioritize investments, and measure business impact.


• Ability to synthesize complex information, challenge assumptions, and make sound decisions amid ambiguity and competing priorities.


• Proven track record of driving measurable business outcomes through structured problem solving and strategic thinking.


• Strong influence management skills—effectively collaborate with a diverse variety of geographies/cultures including Europe, Asia Pacific, Japan, Australia and Canada and functions including sales, marketing, R&D, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical affairs.


• 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 manage complex projects and programs.


• Ability to pull the appropriate level, functional, and geographic functions together to support initiatives.


• Self-motivated, team player with learning agility.


• Excellent written and verbal communication, and ability to adapt style and message to various audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration or other advanced degree.


• 1-3+ years of product marketing and commercial launch experience within medical device or similar industry.


• Knowledge/experience within customer base – pain management specialists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic spine surgeons.


• Experience with implantable devices and the FDA PMA process.

Other Details

Job family: Product Management
Division: NM Neuromodulation
Location: United States > Austin : 8701 Bee Caves Rd
Additional locations: United States > Texas > Plano : 6901 Preston Road
Work shift: Standard
Travel: Yes, 15 % 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), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 - $173,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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 an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Follow us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews. 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. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

Follow Us: Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Twitter