Product ManagerRemote

Title: Product Manager

Location: Lake Forest, IL office or Remote.

Duration: 12 Months

The Opportunity:

Abbott is seeking a highly organized and commercially minded Product Manager to join our US Cardiometabolic Marketing Team.

The Associate Product Manager will be responsible for managing Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Cardiometabolic (CM) product portfolio. The focus is on the day to day management of point of care diagnostic testing on our Afinion (HbA1C and ACR) and Cholestech LDX (cholesterol, lipids and glucose) analyzers.

This role will serve as a go-to resource for the US Cardiometabolic sales team and requires flawless product management, support of product launches, continuation marketing campaigns, developing and tracking key metrics, and strong collaboration across all functional areas of the organization, including commercial, upstream, R&D, finance, and operations.

What You’ll Work On:

• Day to Day Product & Operational Management
• Own daily product management activities, ensuring product performance, availability, and profitability
• Develop and maintain demand forecasts in collaboration with sales, supply chain, and finance
• Plan and manage distributor load quantities, allocations, and timing
• Coordinate closely with distributors and internal teams to address shortages, excess inventory, or channel constraints
• Support product lifecycle activities including launches, transitions, and end‑of‑life planning
• Plan and manage distributor load quantities, timing, and allocations
• Manage product SKU and pricing creations and loads internally and with distribution
• Maintain branded customer facing messaging and imagery through distribution
• Partner with sales, marketing, operations, and finance on product launches, pricing, and promotions
• Support lifecycle decisions including product introductions, transitions, and end of life planning

Product Training & Enablement

• Develop, maintain, and deliver product training materials, product documentation, and presentation content
• Become a subject matter expert, ensuring consistent and accurate product knowledge across the organization

Trade Shows & Industry Events

• Support and participate in industry trade shows, conferences, and training events
• Collaborate with marketing and sales on event planning, product demos, and messaging
• Provide on site product expertise, training, and customer engagement during events
• Gather market insights and customer feedback from trade shows to inform product and operational decisions

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
• 3-5 years of experience in product management, marketing, or related role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on tasks
• Ability to lead small projects or events involving multiple stakeholders across departments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to effectively communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders such as marketing and sales leadership, finance, supply chain, commercial excellence, training and development, and field sales/technical teams
• Ability to travel up to 15%, including occasional weekends, to support conferences and sales training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare or medical device background
• Product management and marketing experience

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.