Product Owner – Digital Foundation

PowerToFly; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Product Owner – Digital Foundation to define and prioritize product requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions across multiple workstreams. You will bridge business stakeholders, engineering teams, and cross-functional partners to drive strategy, execution, and continuous improvement.

You will lead agile ceremonies, maintain the backlog, and guide adoption of digital foundation tools and processes while collaborating with senior leaders to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience or higher
• Master's degree with 6+ years of experience or higher
• PhD with 2+ years of experience or higher
• Experience leading cross-functional workstreams and Agile teams
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
• Familiar with APIs, data flows, system integrations, or cloud-based products

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple workstreams within enterprise transformation and strategic initiatives
• Partner with senior leaders to assess business needs and define action plans
• Support AI-enabled and technology-driven initiatives
• Own and maintain the product backlog and ensure alignment to objectives
• Translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with engineering, design, QA, and business partners
• Lead or support sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and Agile ceremonies
• Monitor product performance and identify improvement opportunities
• Communicate product vision, roadmap, risks, and release plans to stakeholders
• Drive change management and adoption efforts for new digital foundation products

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile experience

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Engineering collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree with 7+ years

Master's degree with 6+ years

PhD with 2+ years

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Product Owner – Digital Foundation is responsible for defining and prioritizing product requirements, translating business needs into actionable technical solutions, and ensuring delivery of high-value products that support AbbVie R&D’s Digital Foundation. Serves as a bridge between business stakeholders, engineering teams, and other cross-functional partners to drive product strategy, execution, and continuous improvement. Lead complex initiatives, influence senior stakeholders, and help shape outcomes across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple workstreams within enterprise transformation and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment to business priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to assess business needs, define action plans, and implement solutions that improve organizational performance.
• Support AI-enabled and technology-driven initiatives by developing adoption strategies to encourage stakeholder engagement with tools and applications.
• Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring items are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned to business objectives.
• Translate complex business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable requirements for technical teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, QA, and business partners to support successful product development and delivery.
• Lead or support sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and other agile ceremonies as needed.
• Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Communicate product vision, roadmap, priorities, risks, and release plans to stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Drive change management and adoption efforts for new digital foundation products, tools, and processes.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree with 7 years’ experience; or Master’s Degree with 6 years’ experience; or PhD with 2 years’ experience
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional workstreams, managing multiple priorities, and driving alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to develop concise presentations, synthesize insights, and communicate effectively with senior leaders.
• Experience working with software engineering teams in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with APIs, data flows, system integrations, or cloud-based products
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

Preferred:

• Experience with product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms preferred.

Additional Information

• Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefit that are allocable to a particular employer remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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What AbbVie Has to Offer

Our work can—and does—have a tangible, lasting impact on millions of people. But it’s not just the results that matter. How we achieve them matters, too. Leading with purpose, we work to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. We do that by putting our expertise, resources and talent to work to make a real difference for patients, communities and our world.