Instrumentation Product Specialist

ABB; Bartlesville (OK); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with company contributions

Paid holidays

Employee discounts

Job summary

ABB is seeking a senior Product Manager for Instrumentation and Flow Computers in the United States. You will optimize the product portfolio, drive market analysis, and partner with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to deliver profitable offerings for upstream oil and gas customers.

The role is hybrid with 2–3 onsite days weekly at the Bartlesville, OK facility. Lead lifecycle strategy, define roadmaps, and translate customer needs into specifications while traveling up to 25% for customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in instrumentation, product management, applications engineering, technical sales, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of instrumentation products, applications, technical specifications, and relevant industry standards.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze market and customer needs, evaluate product performance, and develop recommendations for complex business or technical challenges.
• Ability to troubleshoot product or application issues, communicate technical information clearly, and coordinate solutions with customers and internal teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to independently manage complex assignments.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time, as needed, for customer support.
• Candidates must have work authorization that permits permanent employment with ABB in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Optimize product portfolio performance by analyzing market trends, customer requirements, competitive offerings, and product profitability to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.
• Lead product and market analysis to identify portfolio gaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and translate customer and industry needs into actionable product recommendations.
• Manage technical product requirements for assigned Instrumentation offerings, ensuring specifications, configurations, and capabilities meet applicable standards and customer expectations.
• Support product strategy and lifecycle management by developing recommendations for product roadmaps, new offerings, enhancements, cost reductions, and lifecycle investments.
• Evaluate product quality and performance by monitoring warranty cases, quality cost drivers, and recurring technical issues while coordinating resolutions and improvement actions.
• Enable commercial success by supporting pricing, product positioning, sales initiatives, customer engagements, product launches, and technical training.
• Provide technical leadership by collaborating across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, and other functions to resolve complex issues and improve customer satisfaction.

Skills

Product management

Instrumentation

Market analysis

Cross-functional

Customer requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to: Product Line Manager, Flow Computers

In this role, you will help optimize ABB’s Instrumentation product portfolio by applying advanced technical expertise, market insights, and customer knowledge. You will work across Product Management, Sales, Engineering, and other functions to identify growth opportunities, improve product performance, and support offering strategy and profitability.

The work model for the role is: #Hybrid out the Bartlesville, OK factory. Candidates should live within a commutable distance of ABB’s Bartlesville, OK factory, and plan to work onsite 2-3 days per week, with increased onsite presence during the initial period.

You will be part of the ABB Flow Computer and RTU automation, measurement, and control solutions for the upstream oil and gas sector — from wellhead to global distribution — enabling safe, productive, and profitable operations.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Optimize product portfolio performance by analyzing market trends, customer requirements, competitive offerings, and product profitability to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.
• Lead product and market analysis to identify portfolio gaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and translate customer and industry needs into actionable product recommendations.
• Manage technical product requirements for assigned Instrumentation offerings, ensuring specifications, configurations, and capabilities meet applicable standards and customer expectations.
• Support product strategy and lifecycle management by developing recommendations for product roadmaps, new offerings, enhancements, cost reductions, and lifecycle investments.
• Evaluate product quality and performance by monitoring warranty cases, quality cost drivers, and recurring technical issues while coordinating resolutions and improvement actions.
• Enable commercial success by supporting pricing, product positioning, sales initiatives, customer engagements, product launches, and technical training.
• Provide technical leadership by collaborating across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, and other functions to resolve complex issues and improve customer satisfaction.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in instrumentation, product management, applications engineering, technical sales, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of instrumentation products, applications, technical specifications, and relevant industry standards.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze market and customer needs, evaluate product performance, and develop recommendations for complex business or technical challenges.
• Ability to troubleshoot product or application issues, communicate technical information clearly, and coordinate solutions with customers and internal teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to independently manage complex assignments.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time, as needed, for customer support.
• Candidates must have work authorization that permits permanent employment with ABB in the United States.

What's In It For You

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

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ABB Benefit Summary For Eligible US Employees

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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