Sr. Product Manager, Future Systems Platforms

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Company Description It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive . As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care , our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion —have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide. We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world. The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life. If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare , you’ll find your purpose here. Job Description Primary Function of Position You will become a member of the da Vinci® Multiport Global Product Management team helping to lead development and support multiple generations of system platform solutions across their lifecycle. This is an individual contributor role and will report to a Group Product Manager. As an upstream strategic and product management expert, you will work with cross-functional partners to guide successful product launches and provide strategic expertise throughout the product development and global launch phases. You will become a key development and design stage stakeholder for multiple projects and will be a global system portfolio expert helping to guide future portfolio strategy recommendations and budgeting.

Requirements

Demonstrated prior experience in essential job duties noted above
Minimum Bachelors degree
Minimum 4 years in a medical device role with 8 or more years cumulative professional experience

Nice To Haves

MBA
Product Management experience in Medical Device Industry
Professional engineering experience in highly regulated industry (example med device) preferred in software or hardware development

Responsibilities

Build a VOC engine spanning surgeons, OR staff, and admins; synthesizing into problem statements and user journeys.
Define and maintain user needs, scenarios, and priority jobs-to-be-done for console and tower.
Convert user needs into product requirements (functional, performance, safety, usability, service, and integration requirements) with rationale and acceptance criteria for console and tower.
Build trusted partnerships with engineering, clinical, human factors, industrial design, and regulatory teams—becoming the recognized authority on console and tower system direction.
Drive human factors studies and incorporate findings into design iterations
Develop deep understanding of surgical workflows, surgeon ergonomics, and OR environment constraints through direct observation and physician engagement
Make disciplined trade-off decisions between features, timeline, cost, and regulatory complexity.
Develop final product definition considering customer needs, technical acumen, and business decisions (which may include I&A and other business units)
Ensure component subsystems requirements enable seamless integration with the system and broader platform architecture
Establish clear prioritization frameworks and development milestones that balance innovation ambition with regulatory and manufacturing realities