Product Manager

Abbott Laboratories•Plano, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Product Manager is responsible for the development and strategic planning of marketing plans and activities for assigned products, projects, or product lines. The role develops business plans and product positioning, oversees market research, monitors competitive activity, identifies customer needs, and coaches others on products and projects. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures. The Product Manager collaborates with assigned staff to develop strategies that maximize product-line profitability, contributes to annual departmental budgeting, and proposes resource allocations throughout product life cycles from concept through retirement. The role ensures projects align with product-line strategy and messaging, advises on project risks and timelines, and requires a thorough understanding of the Diabetes business, its product lines and markets, and Abbott businesses. This is a 9+ month contract role based in Plano, Texas, with a stated shift of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree plus 5–8 years of related work experience, with a complete understanding of the specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Thorough understanding of the Diabetes business, product lines, market space, and Abbott businesses.

Nice To Haves

MBA strongly preferred.
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES).
Healthcare marketing experience within pharmaceutical and/or medical device organizations.
Ideally, healthcare marketing experience combined with management consulting experience.

Responsibilities

Design strategies to maximize product-line profitability by collaborating with assigned staff, conducting market research, and performing financial analyses.
Contribute to development of the annual departmental budget by forecasting needs using the previous year's budget, current objectives, and budget guidelines.
Propose resource allocations to manage products' life cycles from concept through retirement by assessing needs and objectives.
Ensure projects are consistent with product-line strategy and that messaging is effectively conveyed.
Coach others within Marketing in developing projects and programs.
Understand project timelines and make and present recommendations based on risk analysis when a project is off course.
Comply with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.