Sr. Product Manager

Abbott • San Diego, CA

9d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager partners with product and business team members to define solutions aligned with customer needs and business objectives. The role defines the roadmap and drives delivery for a product area or user journey, collaborating with business stakeholders, development teams, design, and other cross-functional teams. The product area may include digital solutions or customer experiences. The position ensures business, user, and technology needs are addressed through continuous analysis, iteration, solutioning, and delivery.

The role combines strategic product work with implementation, including bringing new initiatives to life across areas such as lab, compliance, and logistics. The Senior Product Manager is expected to influence stakeholders and leaders without direct authority and to collaborate effectively in a complex, cross-cultural, matrixed environment. The role also mentors and coaches junior team members, supports the company’s Quality Management System, and upholds Abbott’s mission and values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Marketing, Business, Finance, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma/GED and 4 years of relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree.
• At least 6 years of relevant professional experience as outlined in the essential duties.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products or services.
• Experience applying modern product management, product discovery, and product delivery methods, with expertise in product management platforms and tools.
• Ability to facilitate product vision, strategic roadmaps, and go-to-market strategy for services and products as part of an end-to-end user experience.
• Advanced problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills, including the ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends.
• Advanced business analysis skills, including process and user-flow definition and business KPIs.
• Advanced ability to translate complex user, business, operational, and technical requirements into clear epics, features, stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Some experience with A/B testing, user testing, user interviews, and conversion funnels.
• Experience engaging constructively and collaboratively with engineers, designers, researchers, subject matter experts, and company leaders, with the ability to learn and influence.
• Ability to perform the essential duties with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in life science, healthcare, bioinformatics, wellness, or digital health.
• Knowledge of digital analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, Tableau, or Google Analytics; A/B testing tools such as AB Tasty, Optimizely, or MoEngage; and/or design tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, or Sketch.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key voice of the customer for assigned product areas and ensure stakeholders’ needs are heard.
• Translate user and business needs into high-level requirements using structured gathering, analysis, documentation, change management, and cost-benefit assessment.
• Define acceptance criteria for product features and ensure they are understood by delivery teams.
• Maintain documentation such as gap analyses, business process flow charts, decision tables, features, and business requirements documents.
• Execute implementation plans, compose standard operating procedures, and participate in design reviews and walkthroughs.
• Track product performance after implementation and recommend continuous improvements.
• Define key performance indicators and metrics; monitor performance, analyze data, and make data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with Quality Engineering to define product requirements and acceptance criteria that support test planning and test case development.
• Create and maintain the product roadmap for the assigned area, outlining feature development and releases.
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap, progress, updates, and releases to stakeholders, executives, partners, customers, and other internal and external audiences.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and prioritize competing demands to maintain alignment and focus.
• Participate in squad ceremonies, review completed work, provide feedback, and accept work as applicable.
• Groom and prioritize the product backlog in alignment with product strategy and OKRs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers and business partners to drive satisfaction.
• Make significant project decisions and select methods and techniques to obtain solutions, using sound judgment and limited instruction in difficult or unpredictable situations.
• Build consensus across functions in a cross-cultural, complex matrixed environment and contribute effectively to group objectives.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
• Uphold company mission and values, support and comply with Quality Management System policies and procedures, maintain regular and reliable attendance, and 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 high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor’s degree.
• Career development opportunities with an international company.

What This Job Offers

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