Consumer Product Manager, Biowearables

Abbott • Alameda, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Meet Lingo, a new biosensing technology that provides users a window into their body. Lingo tracks key biomarkers – such as glucose, ketones, and lactate – to help people make better decisions about their health and nutrition. Biowearable technology will digitize, decentralize and democratize healthcare, enabling consumers to take control of their own health.

Personalized healthcare is the future. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation. Join us and grow your career as you help Abbott shape the future of healthcare. This position works Onsite out of our Alameda, California location for Lingo.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 5 years of business experience
• 2 years of commercial experience

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience leading and influencing teams to identify and drive novel solutions to market
• Previous experience collaborating with designers and developers in an agile framework and with agile planning tools such as Jira and Confluence to deliver products
• Experience tracking product performance and identifying opportunities from analytics and data
• Previous experience working in product management and marketing in consumer-related industries in general; health tech experience is preferable
• Demonstrated experience in presenting and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization to drive business results
• Previous experience leveraging business data to drive decision making in a fast-paced environment (Defining, tracking, and analyzing OKRs to act)

Responsibilities

• Partner with product director to set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate it effectively to stakeholders, the team, and the rest of Lingo
• Partner with product director to establish each feature’s business value, support messaging, communication and customer outreach as necessary
• Define and own end to end squad output strategy from inception to production (product features, roadmaps, and OKRs)
• Translate vision into detailed requirements, stories and acceptance criteria; prioritize and manage the backlog and allocate resources to drive complete and on-time feature delivery
• Continuously improve backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized
• Drive sprint release plans together with the scrum master and manage interdependencies (Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across teams)
• Utilize market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria. Maintain a backlog 2 to 3 spring ahead of the team.
• Perform acceptance testing on features before release
• Articulate and conduct stakeholder review sessions and regularly report the progress made and impediments that need attention
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the customer experience and use this knowledge to challenge the status quo, find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas to identify and fill product gaps, grow market share, improve customer experience, and drive growth
• Exercise strong decision making by scoping and prioritizing activities based on business and customer impact
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and “roll up your sleeves” mentality while working closely with engineering teams to deliver quick time-to-market and optimal resources

Benefits

• 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 a 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.

What This Job Offers

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