Jobs and Careers
AB

Upstream Product Manager – Connectivity

Abbott
United States - Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Apr 2026
💰 $180,000/yr($90,000/yr$180,000/yr)

About the role

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 .

  • 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 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

The Upstream Product Manager – Connectivity position works out of our Sylmar, CA location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.

This is a fully onsite role.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Upstream Product Manager – Connectivity is responsible for the global product marketing within the Connectivity and Digital Health portfolio for Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM).   This includes iterations of our clinician dashboard, at home transmitters and mobile apps and data analytics.

This position is responsible for guiding the product direction and implementing activities to develop and launch products. This includes developing marketing plans, user needs and requirements.  The Product Manager is responsible for the identifying global customer and market needs, building out product concepts, and managing products from launch to end of life.

As a product champion, you will be the hub for product and market knowledge, planning, execution, and achieving business objectives.  You are the expert related to the product lines, competitive landscape, and key global customer dynamics in the CRM digital space.

What You'll Work On

Strategy

  • Define new products, enhancements of existing products to meet new market demands

  • Recommend new markets or business models related to connectivity and digital health

  • Provide product/concept justification as input to the annual operating plan

  • Conduct market research to collect market data and shares results regularly with management

Product Development

  • Provide marketing leadership throughout the development cycle (e.g. lead trade-off analyses based on customer, financial, and timeline considerations)

  • Direct and inform other in-house groups such as R&D, Clinical Affairs, Operations, Finance, Quality, and Regulatory that affect the successful achievement of business objectives.

  • Providing direction to the Commercial Areas/countries

  • Lead market development activities and development of tools to raise awareness of the benefits of CRM digital product lines

  • Present marketing and sales plans to internal management

  • Builds strong relationships with leading KOLs around the globe

  • Lead physician advisory boards, congress/symposium, and other KOL engagement activities

  • Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors

Product Launch

  • Support the commercial organizations in achieving their objectives; such as market share, and revenue

  • Deliver launch and educational materials/tools to differentiate product versus the competition

  • Coordinat

Apply for this role

Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.

Apply Now →Generate Application Kit

Free account required — sign up in 30s

Company

Abbott

View company profile →