Product Manager, Global & Upstream DBS

Thornton Tomasetti; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Free medical coverage (HIP PPO)

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Frequent employee recognition

Job summary

Abbott seeks a Product Manager, Global & Upstream DBS to lead strategy and marketing for DBS product lines, guiding development and collaborating with cross-functional partners globally. You will drive product planning across the lifecycle as a subject matter expert on your products.

The role focuses on informing requirements, conducting market research, and shaping growth strategies, while working with US and international teams on launches and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, business, marketing, or related field.
• At least 5 years in medical device or related marketing, sales, clinical, or engineering.
• Ability to translate data and insights into strategic product decisions.
• Experience using data-driven approaches to forecast business impact.
• Strong communication across geographies and functions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as voice of patient, clinician, and sales in development programs.
• Make recommendations supported by voice of customer and market data.
• Inform customer requirements and benchmark against competitors.
• Perform market research, competitive analysis, and ROI for features.
• Develop an insight-driven product roadmap and own requirements.
• Set growth vision, identify unmet needs and new markets, build business cases.
• Contribute to global marketing plans with segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
• Lead global launch planning and execution for new products and indications.
• Oversee portfolio lifecycle management: data planning, pricing, competition, expansion.
• Collaborate with US and international marketing teams.
• Provide leadership to R&D and support organizations throughout development.

Skills

Business acumen

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

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

Job description

Job Title

Product Manager, Global & Upstream DBS

About 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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Description

As a Product Manager, you will serve as a key contributor for global strategy and marketing of assigned product(s)/product lines, providing guidance and support on product development, market development, and collaborating with cross-functional partners globally. You will lead product planning throughout the product development lifecycle and be regarded as the subject matter expert on all things related to your products.

Opportunity

The Opportunity Abbott’s Neuromodulation business aims to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and delivery of devices and disease management solutions for the treatment of chronic pain and movement disorders. Our therapies include Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation (DRG), and Radiofrequency Ablation. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum. Our deep brain stimulation technology for progressive diseases help people manage their Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor symptoms, steering away from side effects. Our platforms include implantable devices, connected digital health services, consumables, and capital equipment.

Location

Our location in Plano or Austin, TX, currently has an opportunity for a Product Manager, Global & Upstream DBS.

Benefits

• 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What You’ll Work On

• Serve as the voice of the patient, clinician, and sale rep on development programs.
• Make recommendations and decisions supported by voice of customer and market data.
• Inform customer requirements, and provides benchmark analysis vs. competitive solutions.
• 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.
• Ownership of 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 event.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, business, marketing, or related field.
• At least 5 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 forecast 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

• MBA or Ph.D.
• Knowledge/experience within therapeutic space - neurotechnology, neuromodulation, or related enabling technologies, with a strong understanding of neural interfaces, brain health, movement disorders, closed-loop systems, digital health, and software-enabled therapeutic innovation.
• Experience with implantable devices and the FDA PMA process.
• Experience designing and commercializing medical devices in both US & international markets with knowledge of reimbursement, contracting, and health care infrastructure in key OUS markets.

Job Details

• The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 - $198,700.00.
• 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, 20 % 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 of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO and Diversity Statement

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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