Senior Marketing Manager Academics Society Engagement

Position Overview

The Senior Manager Academic & Society Engagement will shape the future of da Vinci surgery by working directly with surgical societies and academic medical centers to drive formal endorsements standardized training and best practices. Leading society engagement you will drive guideline inclusion training requirements and procedural standardization leveraging clinical data peerreviewed research and faculty advocacy to establish da Vinci surgery as a recognized standard of care. Collaborating across Clinical Marketing Product Digital Customer Training and Academic Key Accounts you will align academic and society strategies to drive training standardization faculty mentorship and sustainable procedural growth.

Amplify da Vinci 5 Adoption and Validation in Academics 

• Shape the future of surgical education: Drive da Vinci 5 curriculum integration with resident benchmarks publish training protocols and scale best in class training with key faculty.
• Establish evidencebased training standards: Scale validated strategies for Force Feedback Case Insights and Dual Console training across our Academic Top 100 Academic Medical Centers.
• Strengthen academic chair and chief networks: build success stories and collaborations with Department Chairs Division Chiefs and Program Directors to accelerate da Vinci 5 multispecialty adoption and research.

Drive Society Champions of da Vinci Surgery 

• Shape the future of surgical standards: Lead engagement and tradeshow with priority academic societies to drive guideline inclusion training requirements and procedural standardization for da Vinci surgery.
• Secure formal society endorsements: Establish da Vinci as a recognized standard of care by integrating clinical data surgeon best practices and peerreviewed research beyond the Intuitive tradeshow and into their scientific programs.
• Modernize residency and fellowship curriculum standards: Engage and empower society leaders and da Vinci champions to drive resident curriculum standardization benign procedure adoption and society guideline changes.
• Lead strategic society analysis across clinical marketing: Research each societys membership demographics financial health and leadership structure to identify highvalue partnerships and advocacy opportunities that advance da Vinci surgery.

Accelerate Academic Faculty Adoption and Procedural Growth

• Elevate early practice alumni as thought leaders: Position early practice academic medical center alumni as da Vinci champions elevating them as key influencers and thought leaders.
• Develop academic faculty KOLS who can shape Program Director belief and effective programmatic adoption of da Vinci as part of academic tripartite mission. 
• Empower the next generation of surgeons: Integrate KOLs into local peertopeer events and key sessions at Intuitive 360 CONNECT and society symposia to drive belief and adoption of da Vinci. 
• Elevate impact of peertopeer events in academic residency programs: Drive Journal Clubs training bootcamps remote case observation watch parties to build confidence in benign procedures and acute care.
• Amplify academic success stories: Highlight case studies from across the country on resident training best practices benign procedure integration and da Vinci 5 case studies in academia. 

Strategic CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with Clinical Marketing to develop tailored academic engagement strategies across specialties and medical societies.
• Regularly meet with Clinical Marketing to establish marketing standards and best practices that support the academic mission.
• Collaborate with US Clinical Marketing and Product Marketing teams to Expand crossspecialty adoption of da Vinci 5 and SP by integrating the latest advancements into academic strategies.
• Align academic and society strategies by collaborating with Academic Key Customer Directors and internal teams (Product Digital Customer Training MSL) to scale best practices in faculty development resident support and benign procedural adoption.
• Lead academic program executionsuch as the Intuitive CONNECT Academic Surgeon Leader (ASL) initiative academic tracks at events and ongoing webinarsensuring measurable outcomes and continuous optimization.
• Optimize societyled training: Collaborate with Customer Training teams to enhance existing academic and societyled education programs with measurable learning outcomes.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Health Sciences or related field required; advanced degree (MBA MPH or related) preferred.
• Minimum Experience: 12 years of marketing partnership or program management experience in the healthcare or medical device industry with a focus on academic clinical or society engagement.
• Expertise: Demonstrated success in forging strategic partnerships with academic institutions and/or professional societies. Proven ability to drive curricular development and educational initiatives in a matrixed environment.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage influence and inspire stakeholders ranging from senior society leaders to residents and fellows.
• Analytical Skills: Proficient in market and data analysis; ability to translate insights into targeted strategies that support organizational goals.
• Project Leadership: Strong record of managing multiple projects simultaneously prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Travel: Willingness to travel for academic site visits trade shows society events and other business needs.

Competencies & Attributes

• Strategic Mindset: Visionary thinker who connects academic and society trends to longterm organizational objectives.
• Relationship Management: Skilled in establishing trustbased relationships with KOLs faculty society leadership and administrative teams.
• Collaboration & Influence: Able to unify crossfunctional stakeholdersfrom Clinical Marketing to Digital Solutionsto deliver cohesive and effective programs.
• Innovation & Adaptability: Quick to pivot strategies based on emerging research feedback from academic and society partners and evolving market conditions.
• Passion for Healthcare Education: Deep commitment to advancing surgical education improving patient outcomes and shaping the future of da Vinci surgery.
• DataDriven Decision Making Strong ability to simplify complex data and research findings into digestible actionable insights for executive and academic audiences.
• Comfortable working in a matrixed environment influencing decisionmakers without direct authority.

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide marketcompetitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime