Chief of Staff Corporate Strategy

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

The Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategy reports to the Head of Corporate Strategy and serves as her key operating and coordination partner. The role ensures that Intuitive’s enterprise-wide strategic agenda runs smoothly, overseeing the cadence of key strategy meetings and follow-through on priority workstreams across the organization. It offers visibility into important strategic decisions and operates in close coordination with the CEO and senior leadership. The Chief of Staff owns the Corporate Strategy function’s operating rhythm, including planning and facilitating strategy meetings and related forums, tracking progress and decisions across the strategic workstream portfolio, and managing information flow among the Head of Corporate Strategy, directly responsible individuals (DRIs), executive sponsors, and the CEO. The role also supports team operations, leads special projects and analyses, and represents the Head of Corporate Strategy in select forums. Success requires organizational rigor, sound judgment, rapid synthesis of complex information, and discretion.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
12+ years of progressive professional experience, ideally spanning strategy consulting, corporate strategy, executive or chief-of-staff roles, or an equivalent analytical or operational role; experience in medical device or broader healthcare industries is preferred.
Demonstrated experience in a chief-of-staff, executive-office, or similar role supporting senior leaders, ideally within a large, matrixed organization.
Exceptional organizational and program-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and competing priorities.
Strong executive communication skills, including experience preparing materials for and presenting to senior executives and boards.
Sound judgment and discretion in handling highly sensitive and confidential information.
Ability to build trust and influence across a large, matrixed organization without relying on formal authority.
Strong written synthesis skills and ability to distill complex, ambiguous information into clear, decision-ready recommendations.
High degree of professional judgment, integrity, and ownership.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree.
Experience in medical device or broader healthcare industries.

Responsibilities

Own the Corporate Strategy function’s operating rhythm, including planning, agenda-setting, and follow-through for key strategy meetings and recurring strategic forums.
Partner with the Head of Corporate Strategy to prioritize her time and attention across the enterprise-wide strategic workstream portfolio and surface issues and decisions requiring her focus.
Track progress, decisions, and action items across enterprise-wide strategic workstreams and hold DRIs and executive sponsors accountable for timely follow-through.
Prepare, review, and quality-control materials, briefings, and presentations for strategy meetings, senior leadership, and other executive forums.
Serve as a trusted thought partner and sounding board to the Head of Corporate Strategy on emerging issues, priorities, and organizational dynamics.
Manage information flow between the Corporate Strategy function and organizational leaders, ensuring relevant people receive the right information at the right time.
Identify and help remove roadblocks to strategic initiatives, escalating issues appropriately and driving resolution.
Lead special projects and analyses on behalf of the Head of Corporate Strategy as enterprise priorities evolve.
Support Corporate Strategy team operations, including planning, resource allocation, and talent processes as needed.
Represent the Head of Corporate Strategy in select meetings and forums, ensuring continuity and consistent messaging across the organization.