Sr Product Manager, Consumer Hardware

$125,700 - $251,500/Yr

Abbott Laboratories - Alameda, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Alameda, CA

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Product Manager position at Abbott's Diabetes Care Division focuses on advancing the strategy and roadmap for hardware and firmware products related to the FreeStyle Libre platform. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify user needs, develop product requirements, and support the launch of innovative solutions that enhance diabetes management.

Responsibilities

• 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 insights about product utilization and real-world outcomes data.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong presentation and communication skills, proactive and resourceful with a 'can do' attitude.
• Innovative and able to think openly, 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.

Benefits

• 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.