Director, Technical Product Owner

Abbott

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Alameda, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 172000 - 344000
Posted on: 4 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 115000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About the Role:

The Technical Product Owner (TPO) is the execution bridge between product priorities (WHAT) and engineering delivery (HOW). This role owns stream-level technical product execution across mobile web and backend platforms ensuring clear accountability faster decision velocity and measurable customer/patient outcomes.

You will operate at the intersection of Product Systems Engineering Architecture Program Management UX and Engineering to turn strategy into reliable high-quality releases.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end technical product execution for a product/experience stream from concept through launch and continuous improvement.
  • Translate outcome-based strategy into epics user stories acceptance criteria and release-ready backlog.
  • Define and maintain clear scope decision rights and accountability boundaries across teams.
  • Lead cross-functional operating cadence to align Product Commercial Systems Engineering Architecture Program Management and R&D.
  • Partner with Engineering and Architecture on technical trade-offs that balance speed quality compliance and business value.
  • Co-own release readiness with Program Manager including dependency management risk escalation and launch quality.
  • Embed quality and compliance guardrails early in the lifecycle (shift-left testing clear controls and traceable decisions).
  • Drive stream-aligned delivery metrics and OKRs using data to improve predictability throughput and customer impact.
  • Support reusable platform and shared experience-service adoption in partnership with Platform & Delivery teams.
  • Maintain strong documentation and communication of technical product decisions and rationale.

How This Role Interacts with Other Stakeholders:

The TPO is the central orchestrator across the Products & Experience operating model. The role aligns customer/commercial priorities with technical execution partners with Technical Leads/Architects on architecture and sequencing and works closely with Program Managers to ensure release readiness and quality outcomes.

This role sits within the Products & Experience function and is a key driver of clear ownership measurable execution and sustained delivery performance.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 10 years in Technical Product Management Product Ownership Engineering or Technical Program Management.
  • Strong technical fluency across modern software delivery (mobile/web/backend); hands-on experience in Go or React Native strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives in matrixed organizations.
  • Proven ability to decompose ambiguous business goals into executable engineering work.
  • Strong agile execution skills (backlog refinement story mapping sprint planning dependency/risk management).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills including influence without formal authority.
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in regulated environments (healthcare med-tech finance or similar).
  • Experience implementing EHR Interoperability solutions and services.
  • Solid understanding of security protocols and architecture like mTLS and OAuth.
  • Working knowledge of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems such as Epic Cerner Meditech Athena etc.
  • Practical knowledge and experience delivering secure solutions implementing privacy by design and meeting regulatory requirements including HIPAA and GDPR.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD DevEx observability cloud platforms and modern quality engineering practices.
  • Experience driving operating-model change (not only project delivery) across multiple teams.

The base pay for this position is

$172000.00 $344000.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:

United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes 15 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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