Product Manager, Digital Solutions, SP

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 Intuitive Hub SP Product Management role for will be responsible for leading the full lifecycle of the Intuitive Hub product on Intuitives 4th generation da Vinci Systems. This includes the full range of product management responsibilities such as user needs finding product definition roadmap development global launch planning and sustaining product management. The role is unique in that it is responsible for Intuitive Hub on both da Vinci SP and 4th Generation Multi-port Da Vinci Platforms including da Vinci X and Xi. Other key collaborators include Intuitives Professional Education and Digital organizations. Due to the broad scope of the role cross-department collaboration communication and multi-platform knowledge will be critical for success in addition to core product management capabilities.

Hub is not just a digital capability it is foundational infrastructure for future digital expansion across Single Port and Multi Port platforms.  We are looking for a product leader with the following traits:

• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline.

• Highly structured problem solver.

• Data-driven but customer-obsessed.

• Comfortable making trade-offs under uncertainty.

• Motivates teams through clarity of purpose and narrative.

• Operates with urgency and accountability.

Essential Job Duties

• Product strategy and vision:
  Define and articulate a compelling product vision and roadmap for Hub and other digital offerings.
  Establish a clear narrative that connects technical teams commercial partners and executives to a shared outcome.

• Product Definition & Execution:
  Translate customer needs into clear data-driven product requirements and measurable success criteria.
  Balance customer desirability technical feasibility and business viability.
  Ensure thoughtful integration with robotic platforms hospital IT systems and data security infrastructure.

• Cross-Functional Leadership:
  Lead through influence in a matrixed environment across.
  Serve as the connective tissue across distributed stakeholders.
  Maintain tight alignment on milestones dependencies and risk mitigation plans.

Ensure global scalability and compliance across geographies.

• Commercialization & Enablement:
  Transfer product knowledge to corporate and commercial teams to enable: Training materials marketing messaging sales enablement tools and clinical education assets.

• Product Quality & Lifecycle Stewardship:
  Partner with engineering and quality to ensure product robustness reliability and cybersecurity integrity.

Maintain supply continuity and lifecycle support plans.
Support sustaining activities field feedback loops and iterative enhancements.
Monitor KPIs post-launch and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

Problem Solving

• First Principle Strategic Thinking

• Analytical Quantitative

• Conceptual Creative

Personal Drive and Achievement

• Sets and achieves challenging goals

• Bias for action motivated by progress

• Initiative and ownership

• Perseverance grit

• Proactive not passive

Leadership & Presence

• Selfless do whats best for the customer

• Listening customer and org empathy

• High situational awareness EQ

• Teamwork followership influence

• Confidence

Communication

• Synthesis

• Verbal and written communication

• Creates a shared vision

• Adapts to audience (sales vs engineering)

Entrepreneurship

• Market understanding disease states modalities choreographies

• Customer understanding Workflows Hospital Systems desired outcomes and efficiencies

• Business strategy Pricing financial models business case development

• Commercialization Launch readiness Forecasting Product / Portfolio fit Value Proposition Claim Development

• Operations Product health metrics & KPIs Forecasting

Technical aptitude

• Requirement writing

• Systems thinking

• Software application understanding

• Data networking

Research

• Market research methods both qualitative and quantitative

• Primary research interviews ethnography contextual inquiry surveys quality data etc.

• Secondary clinical literature market and competitor analysis

• Evaluation of new/competitive/ emerging technologies

Required Education and Training

• Minimum Bachelors degree

• Minimum 4 years in a medical device role

• Minimum 6 years cumulative professional experience in product management marketing engineering business development or equivalent role

Working Conditions

• 25% travel including occasional international or weekend travel as required by the job

• Product management team members are expected to be in office Monday Thursday

Additional Preferred Skills and Experience

• Product Support/Ops Support Implementation

• Product development Design controls Agile / Scrum 

• Project management Timelines scope risk / critical path identification

• Product Development Risk Burndown during development cycle

• Regulatory Device approvals & requirements (indications data privacy & security)

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

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 743.13(b)) some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employeeswho are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

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

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

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