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Principal Product Manager
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States > Waukegan : J46
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Manager, Procurement” (Logisticians) in IL: $80k–$100k, median $90k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Abbott Laboratories
The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 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 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 The Principal Product Manager for Enterprise Developer Experience defines the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the platforms, tools, and capabilities developers rely on to build and deliver software. The role connects developer needs with enterprise priorities to reduce friction, improve engineering flow, and enable secure, high-quality delivery at scale. This is a cross-cutting senior individual-contributor role. You will lead through influence, align multiple platform and engineering teams, and shape investment decisions across the developer ecosystem. A key part of the mandate is enabling responsible , high-value adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle. In addition, this role requires strong strategic leadership, critical thinking, and business acumen to guide teams through complex decisions, maximize the value of technology investments, and drive measurable outcomes across the enterprise. Capabilities in Scope The portfolio may include source control and collaboration, build and release automation, internal developer portals and self-service, development environments, automated testing, engineering intelligence, secure software delivery, and AI Developer Experience capabilities. This is an opportunity to shape how an enterprise engineering community works. You will influence the platforms, practices, partnerships, and AI-enabled experiences that help developers move from idea to impact with greater speed, quality, security, and confidence. You will also play a pivotal role in ensuring technology investments, vendor partnerships, and AI-enabled capabilities deliver sustainable business value while supporting the growth and effectiveness of the engineering community. What You’ll Do Set the Enterprise Developer Experience Strategy · 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. · Apply critical thinking and data-driven analysis to evaluate competing priorities, risks, opportunities, and long-term enterprise impact. · Foster alignment and leadership across teams, facilitating decision-making, and partnering with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Enable AI-Po