Sr. Product Manager, Clinical Studies & SampleMinded Research

Abbott; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Product Manager in the United States (Madison, WI) to lead product initiatives within the ONCO Cancer Diagnostics division. This role focuses on translating business needs into high-level requirements, defining KPIs, and guiding cross-functional delivery teams to achieve strategic objectives.

The position emphasizes collaboration across a matrixed organization, development of roadmaps, and ongoing stakeholder communication to ensure delivery aligns with business goals and

Qualifications

• Experience in product management or a related role.
• Ability to collaborate across a cross-cultural, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of practices for complex programs and initiatives.
• Engage as a key voice of the customer for stakeholders to ensure needs are heard.
• Translate user and business needs into high-level requirements and assess solutions based on cost-benefit analysis.
• Define acceptance criteria for product features and ensure understanding by the delivery team.
• Maintain documentation such as gap analyses and business requirements to aid tooling development.
• Execute implementation plans, create SOPs, and participate in design reviews.
• Track product performance and provide continuous improvement recommendations.
• Define KPIs and metrics to measure product success and drive data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with Quality Engineering to define product requirements and acceptance criteria for test plans.
• Create and maintain the product roadmap and communicate strategy and progress to stakeholders.
• Manage the product backlog and align work with strategy and OKRs.
• Develop relationships with customers and partners to drive satisfaction.
• Mentor and guide junior team members and contribute to group objectives.

Job description

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:

Demonstrate complete knowledge, skills, and understanding of practices for complex programs and initiatives exhibiting creativity and substantial understanding of specialized techniques, processes, and procedures.

Engage as a key voice of the customer for stakeholders for one or more product areas to ensure their needs are heard and that delivery teams are getting the support needed.

Translate user and business needs into high-level requirements for work assignments of medium complexity, by utilizing a structured process for gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing change to assess and recommend solutions based on cost vs. benefit analysis and parallels to overall business strategy.

Define acceptance criteria for product features of medium complexity and ensure they are understood by the delivery team.

Maintain detailed documentation such as gap analyses, business process flow charts, decision tables, features, and business requirements document to aid in the development and refinement of new analytical tools and processes.

Execute plans during the implementation phase, composing standard operating procedures (SOPs), participating in design reviews and walk throughs.

Track product performance after implementation to ensure efficiency of operations and proactively provide continuous improvement recommendations.

Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure product success. Monitor product performance, analyze data, and make data-driven decisions to improve product outcomes.

Collaborate closely with Quality Engineering (QE) to ensure the product meets high standards of quality, performance and reliability by defining the product requirements and acceptance criteria, which are then used by the QE team to develop test plans and test cases.

Create and maintain the product roadmap for area of responsibility that outlines the development and release of features.

Communicate product strategy, roadmap, and progress to stakeholders, including executives, partners, and customers.

Manage stakeholder expectations and prioritize competing demands to ensure alignment and focus.

Actively participate in all squad ceremonies.

Review work completed by the squad, provide feedback, and accept work, as applicable.

Manage the product backlog by grooming and prioritizing, while ensuring work is in line with product strategy and OKRs.

Develop and maintain relationships with customers and business partners to drive satisfaction.

Consistently influence and make significant decisions within a project, demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions based in a solid understanding of business strategy and best practices with minimal instructions for difficult or unpredictable situations.

Ability to collaborate and operate in a cross-cultural and complex matrixed environment to build consensus across functions.

Contribute individual capabilities to the achievement of group objectives and work effectively with others in a group setting. This includes mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance for junior members of the team.

Communicate clear and concise product updates and releases to internal and external stakeholders.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.

Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.

Maintain regular and reliable attendance.

Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

The base pay for this position is

$78,000.00 – $156,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Product Management

DIVISION:

ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

LOCATION:

United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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