Principal Product Manager

The Principal Product Manager will set the Enterprise Developer Experience vision and roadmap at Abbott to reduce development friction, improve secure delivery at scale, and drive measurable adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the Developer Experience product vision, portfolio strategy, and roadmap
• Prioritize investments using developer research, product telemetry, business value, technical health, risk, and cost
• Align domain roadmaps, identify duplication and gaps, and guide build, buy, standardize, and retirement decisions
• Use critical thinking and data-driven analysis to assess competing priorities, risks, opportunities, and long-term enterprise impact
• Coordinate leadership across teams to facilitate decision-making and partner with stakeholders at all levels
• Set product direction for AI coding assistants, agentic workflows, enterprise knowledge integration, AI-enabled testing, documentation, and operational workflows
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, data, privacy, legal, risk, and procurement to establish safe and scalable enterprise patterns
• Drive adoption through onboarding, education, reusable practices, communities of practice, support, and responsible-use guidance
• Mentor and guide cross-functional teams to build collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and customer-centric thinking
• Build continuous discovery and feedback loops with developers, engineering leaders, and technical communities
• Translate workflow pain points and unmet needs into clear product outcomes, priorities, and roadmaps
• Represent the developer perspective in architecture, security, governance, and investment decisions
• Partner with engineering and platform teams from discovery through delivery, launch, adoption, and lifecycle management
• Make trade-offs transparent across developer value, reliability, security, technical health, operational risk, and enterprise priorities
• Define success measures for developer flow, platform and AI adoption, satisfaction, delivery performance, self-service, quality, cost, and risk
• Drive accountability across teams for achieving strategic objectives, adoption targets, and operational excellence

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• 10+ years overall experience, including 8+ years of product management experience
• Strong experience owning enterprise developer experience platforms, software development tooling, and AI Developer Experience capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to set product strategy, make portfolio trade-offs, and deliver measurable outcomes across multiple teams
• Technical fluency and ability to build credibility with engineers, architects, security teams, and senior technology leaders
• Experience using customer research, product telemetry, operational data, and business evidence to guide decisions
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and align teams where ownership, funding, and priorities are distributed
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills to coach, mentor, and influence teams without direct authority
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills to navigate ambiguity and make sound strategic decisions
• Experience managing technology investments, budgets, vendor relationships, and value realization initiatives

Capabilities in Scope

• Source control and collaboration
• Build and release automation
• Internal developer portals and self-service
• Development environments
• Automated testing
• Engineering intelligence
• Secure software delivery
• AI Developer Experience capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with developer platforms, internal products, or one or more Developer Experience domains
• Experience with AI-enabled products, AI-assisted software development, or responsible enterprise AI adoption
• Experience in a large, matrixed, global, or regulated organization
• Experience leading enterprise change initiatives and driving adoption of new technologies and ways of working

Location and Work Model

• Onsite at Abbott location in Waukegan, IL
• Not remote

Compensation

• Base pay: $129,300.00 – $258,700.00 per year
• Pay range may vary by specific location

Benefits

• Free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• Excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit
• Access to career development with an international company
• 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
• Company recognized as one of the best big companies to work for and best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists
• Health and wellness benefits: www.abbottbenefits.com