Senior Product Owner

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Milpitas or Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

As the Senior Product Owner you will be responsible for managing the product backlog and ensuring that the development team has a clear understanding of the product vision and goals. You will work closely with the development team, stakeholders, and customers to identify and prioritize features based on customer needs and business value, create user stories, and define acceptance criteria.

What You'll Work On

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams

• Gathering and analyzing feedback from different stakeholders

• Ensuring that the product meets the needs of our customers

• Define and prioritize backlog items and product features, ensuring that they are aligned with the product vision and goals

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather feedback and define user requirements

• Create and maintain epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other processes and workflows to support the development team and improve the product development process

• Participate in daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, and sprint reviews with the product development team

• Ensure that the team members have a clear understanding of the product vision, the expected deliverables, the goals of each initiative, and new product release timelines and milestones

• Continuously gather and analyze feedback from stakeholders, scrum masters, engineering teams, and customers to inform successful product performance decisions

• Act as the primary point of contact for the development team and stakeholders regarding product-related issues

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related engineering field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum of 8 years in medical device development and/or other highly regulated industry

Preferred Qualifications

Masters Degree in a technical or business field

Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.

Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing

environment.

Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.

Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at

multiple levels in the organization.

Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.

Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

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• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $109,300.00 - $218,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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