Global Marketing Manager, Marketing Excellence

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Global Marketing Manager, Marketing Excellence

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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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

Primary responsibility to help operationalize DOWNSTREAM MARKETING efforts to gain efficiencies and elevate execution within the GLOBAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY MARKETING EXCELLENCE TEAM . The manager will engage with global marketing team members and regional geography-based marketing and sales teams to lead or support impactful programs and projects.

Each employee can make a difference at Abbott and has the power, either individually or as a team, to influence the company's success. We are team-oriented, fast-paced, and progressive. We value people with great ideas who partner with others both internally and externally to act and accomplish goals.

What You’ll Work On

• Global Launches : lead go-to-market strategies and product launches reporting through integrated marketing business plans. Engagement of cross-functional team: global product managers, global stakeholders, and Geos’ peers. Oversee the execution of launch plans to ensure successful global product launches. Develop and implement best practices for launch excellence (e.g. hypercare calls), including cross-functional coordination, market readiness, and post-launch evaluation.

• Downstream focus: lead/support global marketing programs (e.g., Global Campaigns, blunting activities) on new products or existing portfolios. Assist Geos’ marketing teams in the execution, including push marketing deliverables, key top account market development strategies, and support of key congresses and symposia with primary messaging and positioning of the EP portfolio. Executes consistent branding, messaging, and positioning of EP product portfolio.

• Data analysis and insights that help recommend strategies and tactics to gain market share in various product lines, including regional geography market dynamics, competitive intelligence, product preferences, areas of business strength, and weakness.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including global, regional, and local markets, field sales force, technology, legal, regulatory, medical affairs, public affairs, executive management, creative departments, vendors, and healthcare professionals.

• Background : remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, clinical data, healthcare economics and reimbursement, regulatory requirements, and industry trends.

Required Qualifications

• A four-year degree is required, preferably a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, engineering, or the equivalent.

• 5+ years of progressively more responsible business experience in a class III medical device company or equivalent, including marketing or sales.

• Relevant experience in the field of Electrophysiology

• Ability to travel approximately 30%, including internationally.

• Seasoned judgment acquired through organizational experience and a demonstrated record of achievements in successfully building a business.

• A substantive knowledge of the medical device industry, health care delivery, and managed care/reimbursement markets and the factors that drive them.

• A thorough understanding of product and market management, physician, and patient marketing

• Strong verbal and written communication with the ability to effectively communicate at multiple organizational levels (including executives).

Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced credential, such as an MBA in a relevant discipline/concentration.

• Global experience (US and OUS)

• Downstream marketing experience

• Professional marketing certification or designation.

• Requires the ability to track financial metrics and make appropriate adjustments to achieve revenue/unit goals successfully.

• Strong leadership skills, including setting goals and providing positive and constructive feedback to build positive relationships and improve business results.

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

• Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable.

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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 $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. 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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