Job Description

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.

Senior Product Manager, Global Upstream Marketing – TAVI

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

Join a high-impact team shaping the future of structural heart therapy.

The Senior Product Manager, Global Upstream Marketing – TAVI plays a pivotal role in defining the next generation of Abbott’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation portfolio. This individual will own the commercial strategy for Abbott’s TAVI portfolio, translating market, competitive, clinical, and customer insights into product positioning, segmentation, portfolio strategy, and launch-enabling strategies that drive global share growth.

This role sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, clinical evidence, product innovation, and regional execution. The Senior Product Manager will partner closely with R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Health Economics, and regional commercial teams to shape pipeline direction, inform product requirements, and define how the portfolio competes and wins in the global TAVI market.

Success in this role will be measured by market impact: a differentiated position in the TAVI category, a franchise equipped to grow and defend share, and product launches grounded in a sound strategic foundation.

What You’ll Do

Shape the Future of the TAVI Portfolio

• Lead global product strategy and help shape the future product roadmap for Abbott’s TAVI portfolio.
• Own product positioning, value proposition, segmentation, and competitive differentiation across diverse patient populations, geographies, and clinical indications.
• Build differentiated strategies that drive adoption, competitive advantage, and long-term growth.
• Translate portfolio strategy into clear priorities that guide product development, evidence generation, and commercial planning.

Drive Innovation Through Customer and Market Insight

• Translate voice-of-customer insights into meaningful product roadmap, concept, and design inputs.
• Partner deeply with physicians, key opinion leaders, regional commercial teams, and internal stakeholders to identify unmet needs and emerging opportunities.
• Lead global market research to inform critical product, portfolio, and commercial strategy decisions.
• Conduct scenario planning using market insights, financial acumen, and business analytics to support franchise-level decision-making.
• Synthesize customer, competitive, procedural, and clinical insights into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Influence Product Development

• Serve as the strategic product voice to R&D, influencing development priorities, product requirements, and key trade-off decisions.
• Ensure products are designed for clinical impact, market success, physician adoption, and global scalability.
• Align product strategy with clinical evidence, evolving treatment paradigms, and market access considerations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure pipeline decisions reflect both customer needs and commercial opportunity.
• Where applicable, help evaluate opportunities to integrate digital, data-driven, or software-enabled capabilities that enhance product value, customer experience, and portfolio differentiation.

Lead in a Complex, Global Environment

• Collaborate across R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Health Economics, Operations, and regional commercial teams to bring strategy to life.
• Influence without authority across a highly matrixed, global organization.
• Provide critical input into business development, portfolio strategy, and external innovation opportunities.
• Drive alignment across global and regional stakeholders to ensure strategic priorities are clearly understood and effectively executed.

Inform Strategy at the Franchise Level

• Contribute to annual operating planning, long-range strategic planning, and franchise-level investment decisions.
• Develop competitive insights and scenario-based strategies to guide decision-making.
• Maintain deep awareness of market dynamics, emerging technologies, clinical trends, competitor activity, and evolving customer needs.
• Support executive-level strategy discussions through clear storytelling, structured analysis, and actionable recommendations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of proven experience in product management, upstream marketing, consulting, or strategy within medical devices or healthcare
• Strong track record of turning customer insights into successful product strategies
• Ability to engage credibly with R&D and clinical stakeholders on complex technical topics
• Solid understanding of clinical evidence generation and healthcare market dynamics
• Exceptional strategic thinking and structured problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with experience influencing senior leadership
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in a global, matrixed environment
• High learning agility and comfort operating in ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in structural heart, cardiovascular, interventional cardiology, or other complex medical device therapies.
• Global or multi-regional marketing experience.
• Experience partnering with R&D on early-stage product development or pipeline strategy.
• Familiarity with clinical evidence strategy, health economics, and market access considerations.
• Experience with digital products, software-enabled medical technologies, digital health solutions, analytics platforms, AI-enabled tools, or connected-device ecosystems is a plus.
• Advanced degree preferred, such as MBA, MS, MPH, or related field.

Why Abbott / Why This Role

Shape innovation: Directly influence the next generation of life-saving cardiovascular technologies

Global impact: Drive strategies that impact patients and physicians around the world

Strategic visibility: Partner with senior leaders and shape franchise-level decisions

Career growth: Operate at the forefront of medtech innovation in a high-growth category

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The base pay for this position is

$113,300.00 – $226,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Product Management

DIVISION:

SH Structural Heart

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota > Plymouth : 5050 Nathan Lane N

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 20 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf