Associate Product Manager

Abbott • Madison, WI

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Product Manager works out of Abbott’s Madison, Wisconsin location in the Cancer Diagnostics Division. The role partners with product and business team members to define solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives, supports low-complexity projects, and develops practical experience through design reviews and walkthroughs. The Associate Product Manager also assists with defining user stories and user acceptance criteria in collaboration with peers and users.

With guidance from senior team members, the role gathers and documents business needs, translates requirements into functional and non-functional requirements, and participates in requirements analysis, user story development, product design review, and solution validation. The position communicates project status and risks across functions, supports user acceptance testing and training, and recommends process improvements. It also requires adherence to Abbott’s mission, values, Quality Management System policies, and reliable attendance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Marketing, Business, Finance, or a field related to the essential duties; alternatively, a high school diploma or GED plus 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural, complex matrixed environment and build consensus across functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on Agile development teams.
• Experience in life science, healthcare, bioinformatics, wellness, or digital health.
• Some knowledge of digital analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop ongoing relationships with business partners.
• Collect high-level requirements and capture business needs for low-complexity requirements within a specific product area.
• With support from a senior team member, translate business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements using a structured process for gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing change.
• Learn to conduct experience and technical discovery with business partners and experience design, research, and technical teams.
• Refer to project requirements according to the requirements management plan.
• Participate in design reviews and walkthroughs to communicate requirements and validate proposed solutions.
• Review product design documentation to check that requirements are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
• Assist in generating use cases and user stories to capture functional requirements.
• Draft and perform, with oversight, user story writing and grooming, requirements analysis, and functional specification writing.
• Mine data to inform system process-flow decisions and document tactical requirements.
• Communicate cross-functional project status, issues, risks, and problems proactively and regularly.
• Support user acceptance testing and user training.
• Proactively recommend process improvements.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with company Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Model an inclusion mindset.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit for pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
• Career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level