Manager, Competitive Insights

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott in Alameda, CA seeks a senior analytics professional to drive market insights in the Diabetes Care division. You will conduct primary and secondary research, synthesize data, and provide strategic recommendations to global teams, enabling data-driven decisions that impact patient outcomes and business growth.

In a matrix environment, you will collaborate across global partners to understand competitive dynamics, forecast trends, and support decisions that shape the organization’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 7+ years of experience in a matrix environment with a track record of career growth.
• Experience in business analytics/forecasting and competitive intelligence.
• Healthcare, consumer packaged goods, medical devices or pharmaceuticals experience is a plus.
• Ability to synthesize across multiple data sets and communicate insights clearly.
• Strong storytelling and communication of insights to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct primary and secondary market research to provide market and competitive insights.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support insights-driven recommendations.
• Deliver structured communications with insights and implications to the business.
• Work with cross-functional teams to define learning needs aligned to organizational goals.
• Develop prescriptive recommendations to grow the business by connecting disparate information.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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 Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

What You'll Work On

Conduct primary and secondary market research and analysis to provide market and competitive insights to the organization. Collaborate with stakeholders to support the business in making insights-driven recommendations. Success within this position will be achieved through rigorous application of project-specific methodologies and analysis (in partnership with outside vendors) and development of business understanding to identify strategic insights around key priorities.

Major Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the internal teams to provide competitive insights based on primary and/or secondary research and analytics.
• Understands the marketplace, competitor dynamics and ensures those insights are brought to life and acted upon with our global and regional business partners.
• Leverages multiple sources of data and types of information to build conviction on your team that drives action with our global and regional teams.
• Deliver structured communications in written and verbal form with insights and implications to the business.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute learning needs that are aligned to organizational goals.
• Finds creative and compelling ways to generate, present and evangelize competitive actions and recommendations throughout the company in order to help cultivate a highly informed and effective organization.
• Connects the dots between disparate pieces of information to develop prescriptive recommendations on how to grow the business.
• Comfort with ambiguity and abil

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 7 years of experience working in a matrix environment with track record of career growth.
• Must have experience working in business analytics/forecasting, competitive intelligence. Experience in healthcare, consumer packaged goods, medical devices or pharmaceuticals a plus.
• Ability to understand business needs and develop and communicate information around those needs will drive success within this position.
• Detail oriented: understands implications of data limitations and can spot and interpret data discrepancies.
• Expertise in synthesizing across multiple data sets in a meaningful way.
• Conducts products in a consistent and representative manner with attention to detail. Ability to apply logic, critical thinking, and assumptions without complete information.
• Whole brained thinker who combines data with deep empathy and strong storytelling.
• Experience working with interdependent cross-functional and global teams.
• Strategic thinker who approaches challenges with a 'possibilities and learning' mindset.
• Comfort with ambiguity and abil