Dir. Product Management, da Vinci SP Instrument and Accessories Portfolio

Da Vinci SP Product Overview

As a colleague of the da Vinci SP Product Management Team you will be part of an innovative surgical platform that is changing the way physicians perform soft tissue surgery. Da Vinci SP is approved in multiple countries to perform a variety of surgical procedures with innovative approaches surfacing from physicians globally. The result is patients recovering faster and going home sooner than other soft tissue modality options1. Even minimally invasive prostatectomy made reproducible by Da Vinci Systems over a decade ago is being reimagined by surgeons and performed via new approaches to preserve healthy tissue leading to faster recovery and postoperative discharge in as little as a few hours after surgery.2

Primary Function of Position

The Director of Product Management provides leadership to a team of product managers who oversee the entire lifecycle of da Vinci SP instruments and accessories across SP procedures performed globally. This role leverages deep clinical expertise and customer empathy to identify unmet needs and prioritize product innovations that enable surgeons to deliver measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

Key responsibilities include guiding the team in identifying user needs defining new products developing and maintaining strategic product roadmaps supporting commercial marketing and sales teams in leading global launches and sustaining product support.

The role must foster strong cross-functional collaboration across engineering corporate and commercial teams ensuring alignment to accelerate impactful solutions. Success in this role requires both mastery of core product management practices and the ability to translate clinical insights into actionable product strategies that advance the standard of surgical care.

Essential Job Duties

• Deliver products that advance Intuitives Mission and the quintuple aim (Improved outcomes patient satisfaction Care Team satisfaction cost-to-treat and care equity) for customers globally.
• Define and drive product strategy with clear data-driven requirements and success criteria informed by customer desirability business viability technology feasibility and product market fit.
• Establish and communicate a compelling product vision and scope that motivates organizational progress and cross-functional execution.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and robust risk management throughout development and commercialization including proactive identification of risks mitigation strategies and navigating trade-offs to maximize value.
• Own product financials including budgeting forecasting resource allocation and profitability goals to ensure business viability.
• Lead ongoing customer research validation and usability testing to confirm needs inform design decisions and ensure the highest impact solutions move forward.
• Transfer essential product knowledge to corporate and commercial teams enabling effective training marketing and sales efforts.
• Ensure product quality regulatory approval and supply continuity throughout the product lifecycle by engaging with engineering corporate and commercial teams.
• Proactively identify and address gaps from early needs finding to post-launch support continuously improving the product and supporting commercial teams with troubleshooting and regional escalations.
• Forge synergy across teams to maintain momentum on product innovation and healthy stakeholder engagement.
• Define review and report on product success metrics after launch to identify impact adoption and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead motivate and develop a results-driven value-centered team; remove obstacles close performance gaps and model desired culture and standards.

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

Strategic Problem Solving

• Apply first-principles thinking analytical rigor and creativity to resolve complex challenges set ambitious goals and drive progress through proactive initiative and perseverance.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Demonstrate empathy emotional intelligence and selfless leadership fostering customer-centric decision making and strong influence across diverse teams.
• Model the companys values while developing others cultivating teamwork accountability and high-impact results.

Communication & Vision

• Communicate effectively in writing and speech adapting messages for technical and commercial audiences.
• Synthesize information and articulate a compelling product vision that builds alignment and shared purpose.

Market and Business Acumen

• Develop deep market disease area and customer workflow understanding.
• Build business cases financial models pricing strategies and commercialization plans.
• Monitor product performance and value proposition throughout the lifecycle.

Technical & Regulatory Expertise

• Write clear requirements and apply systems thinking across software hardware and clinical contexts.
• Work with key stakeholders to navigate regulatory standards and compliance for medical devices; ensure claims are validated and products are approved for market use.

Research & Analytic Skills

• Lead qualitative and quantitative research including primary interviews surveys and ethnographic research as well as secondary market and competitor analysis.
• Evaluate emerging technologies interpret quality data and synthesize clinical literature to inform decision-making.

People & Team Management

• Manage and coach product managers by setting expectations driving performance and fostering professional development consistent with organizational goals.

Required Education and Training

• Bachelors degree required advanced degree preferred
• 6 years as a people manager
• 12 years in a medical device role
• 15 years cumulative professional experience in product management marketing engineering business development or equivalent role

Working Conditions

• 30-40% travel including occasional international or weekend travel as required by the job
• Product management team members are Sunnyvale-based and expected to be in office Monday - Thursday. Alternate accommodations are managed by exception.

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 COVID-19.  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 market-competitive 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 base compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time