Product Design Strategy Lead at Abbott Laboratories

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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• 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  

This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

As the Product Design Strategy Lead you will be responsible for steering the strategic direction of our product design initiatives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, researchers, marketers, and engineers, to identify new needs and product opportunities. Your role will involve synthesizing research insights and translating them into impactful product experiences

What You’ll Work On 

• Lead the refinement and evolution of our product design strategy.

• Clearly articulate strategic directions, aligning customer needs with business goals.

• Identify, define, and prioritize opportunities for innovation and growth within our product portfolio.

• Champion a customer-centric design approach, ensuring that user needs drive all product development efforts.

• Craft compelling narratives to influence key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with researchers to design studies that integrate into the product design process and inform critical decisions.

• Develop and refine processes for continuous feedback loops.

• Facilitate the translation of research findings into actionable insights and strategic recommendations.

• Work closely with Designers, PMs, Researchers, and Engineers to translate insights and strategy into product features.

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Statistics, or a related field.

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

• 3 years of leadership or experience managing a team

• Proven experience in shaping the design of outstanding consumer products for mobile and web through data-driven, human-centered strategies.

• Expertise in a broad range of research and prototyping methods to develop exceptional user experiences.

• Strong customer-centered design approach, using research and data to drive iteration.

• Ability to build and execute design research methodologies or user testing protocols in a fast-paced development environment.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a creative approach to design challenges.

• Ability to guide teams in making complex design and business trade-off decisions.

• Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with the ability to connect human stories to evidence-backed strategies.

• Skilled in synthesizing data into core insights and creating persuasive narratives and visual aids to support storytelling.

• Experience mentoring and coaching designers and researchers, helping them enhance their skills and achieve their career goals.

• Passion for design research and strategy, with a commitment to staying inspired and current.

• A portfolio of case studies showcasing human-centered design solutions that successfully address business needs.

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