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US Pricing and Contracting Senior Specialist
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States > Austin : 8701 Bee Caves Rd
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 roles5 certified filings for “SENIOR SPECIALIST QUALITY ASSURANCE” (Industrial Engineers) in IL: $105k–$142k, median $112k. Most were filed at wage level III (40%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Last confirmed live 2 days agoWhen 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: US Pricing and Contracting Senior Specialist 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 We have an opportunity for a Sr. Specialist, US Pricing and Contracting, in our US Structural Heart business, which is leading the way for structural heart therapies and challenging current treatment options to change the course of patient care. With a comprehensive portfolio designed to treat a broad range of patients with structural heart diseases, from infants to elderly patients. The location for this position is our office in Austin, TX. The role is pivotal in supporting the US Sales organization in tracking, driving and analyzing our SH contracts/rebate amendments and pricing strategy. The position uses excellent analytical skills to proactively improve internal reporting, models, and metrics. The role collaborates with Finance, Commercial and Enterprise sales leadership and will lead all pricing and contracting analysis work. This position reports to the Sr. Manager US Pricing Solutions Heart Valves within the Global Pricing organization. What You’ll Work On • Monitor, analyze and report price/rebate achievements on an IDN/account level • Develop & publish pricing KPI’s, providing context and analysis on the drivers and performance • Provide reports and analysis for Sales leadership and prepare analysis for quarterly business reviews for Top 50 accounts (internal as well as external) • Provide analytics and benchmarks to assist in establishing pricing/rebate strategy and tactics • Build forecast models, pricing sensitivity and elasticity analysis for existing and new product offerings and develop tools and pricing models to analyze pricing requests. • Measure effectiveness of pricing strategies. Track and measure incremental sales and margin associated with price changes. • Assist with training of sales organization, and other functions on pricing tools, policies, and procedures. Analyze current pricing rules and make recommendations to improve. Actively participate in cross-functional teams to develop a price setting and approval process. • Follow all management approved processes and procedures; alerts management when circumstances require deviation to the approved processes and procedures. • Collaborate with Commercial Excellence to ensure tools and processes support pricing strategy/approach and are being fully utilized Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in the field of Business, Finance or Marketing required • >5 years