Product Manager, Digital Solutions, SP

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

7d•$125,500 - $212,400•Onsite

About The Position

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 The Intuitive Hub SP Product Management role for will be responsible for leading the full lifecycle of the Intuitive Hub product on Intuitive’s 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 Intuitive’s 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.

Requirements

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 what's 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
Minimum Bachelor’s 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

Nice To Haves

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)

Responsibilities

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