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About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towardsthe future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
 

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you cando work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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.
   

The Opportunity

This position is in the Abbott 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.   

We are looking for an energetic and driven product manager to join our growing Product and Innovation group, which is responsible for software and hardware products and services that expand and enhance the capabilities of the FreeStyle Libre platform, the world's #1 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution.

This is a fully on-site role in our main Alameda, CA site OR you can choose to work from our Milpitas,

CA office as well.

What you'll work on

• Define and advance the strategy and roadmap for hardware and firmware products

• Use insights to help identify new product opportunities

• Identify and prioritize unmet user needs, and translate them into product requirements

• Collaborate with product designers to define the complete user experience

• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering teams to implement and test new features and/or products

• Plan and execute design research and user testing

• Train internal stakeholders on new features and/or products

• Collaborate with product marketing to produce promotional and/or educational content

• Provide on-market product support to Global Commercial Operations

• Drive the use of advanced analytics to generate (1) deep insights about product utilization and (2) real-world outcomes data

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years' experience or MBA with at least 6 years of related experience

• Experience building and shipping hardware products at scale

• Strong understanding of industrial design, hardware design, embedded software, and manufacturing processes

• Proven track record of launching successful hardware products, from concept to market

• Experience working in highly cross-functional organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong presentation and communication skills, proactive and resourceful with a “can do” attitude

• Innovative and able to think open, broadly and strategically

• Strong analytical skills able to draw conclusions from data, management information and trends

• Enjoys responding quickly and influencing people to deliver

• Sound time management skills, ensuring that work is produced to agreed deadlines and high standards

• Highly organized, focused and committed to achieving goals

• Thrives under pressure with tight deadlines on several initiatives simultaneously

• Understanding of delivering digital products in a regulated environment

• Ability to lead/manage program budgets monthly, create and manage purchase orders and scope of work documents with procurement

• Previous experience working in health, wellness, or wearable technology is a plus

What We Offer

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer: 

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance  

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans  

• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs 

• Paid time off  

• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match 

• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities 

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com  

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.