AbbVie

Product Owner - Digital Foundation

AbbVie$110K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 7 years' experience or Master's with 6 years' or PhD with 2 years' experience
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing priorities
  • Proven executive communication abilities
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and software engineering
  • Understanding of APIs and cloud-based product integrations
  • Background in healthcare or life sciences

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise transformation initiatives to align with business priorities
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to define action plans and solutions
  • Develop strategies for stakeholder engagement with technology-driven initiatives
  • Maintain a prioritized product backlog aligned with business objectives
  • Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements
  • Support collaboration among engineering, design, QA, and business teams
  • Monitor product performance and identify improvement opportunities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off including vacation and sick leave
  • Participation in long-term incentive programs
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a high-impact environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Product Owner - Digital Foundation is responsible for defining and prioritizing product requirements, translating business needs into actionable technical solutions, and ensuring delivery of high-value products that support AbbVie R&D's Digital Foundation. Serves as a bridge between business stakeholders, engineering teams, and other cross-functional partners to drive product strategy, execution, and continuous improvement. Lead complex initiatives, influence senior stakeholders, and help shape outcomes across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead multiple workstreams within enterprise transformation and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment to business priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to assess business needs, define action plans, and implement solutions that improve organizational performance.
  • Support AI-enabled and technology-driven initiatives by developing adoption strategies to encourage stakeholder engagement with tools and applications.
  • Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring items are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned to business objectives.
  • Translate complex business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable requirements for technical teams.
  • Collaborate with engineering, design, QA, and business partners to support successful product development and delivery.
  • Lead or support sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and other agile ceremonies as needed.
  • Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.
  • Communicate product vision, roadmap, priorities, risks, and release plans to stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
  • Drive change management and adoption efforts for new digital foundation products, tools, and processes.


Qualifications

Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree with 7 years' experience; or Master's Degree with 6 years' experience; or PhD with 2 years' experience
  • Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional workstreams, managing multiple priorities, and driving alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to develop concise presentations, synthesize insights, and communicate effectively with senior leaders.
  • Experience working with software engineering teams in an Agile environment.
  • Familiarity with APIs, data flows, system integrations, or cloud-based products
  • Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

Preferred:
  • Experience with product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms preferred.


Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

About AbbVie

AbbVie develops pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They provide products and services to therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and gastroenterology.

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Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
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