Sr. Product Manager, Future Systems Platforms

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

This is an individual contributor role within the da Vinci® Multiport Global Product Management team, focusing on leading the development and support of multiple generations of system software platform solutions throughout their lifecycle. The role reports to a Group Product Manager and requires expertise in upstream strategic and software product management. The individual will collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure successful product launches and provide strategic guidance during product development and global launch phases. This role is a key stakeholder in the development and design stages for multiple projects and will serve as a global system portfolio expert, contributing to 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.
8 or more years cumulative professional experience.
Must be able to attain hospital credentialing to access facilities.

Nice To Haves

MBA
Product Management experience in Medical Device Industry
Professional engineering experience in highly regulated industry (example med device) preferred in software development
Applied AI/ML product experience
UI/UX experience

Responsibilities

Discovering and translating customer and clinical insights into user needs and software product requirements.
Driving cross-functional alignment.
Stewarding decisions through medical device design controls and the software development lifecycle with strong rigor and communication.
Building a VOC engine spanning surgeons, OR staff, and admins; synthesizing into problem statements and user journeys.
Defining and maintaining user needs, scenarios, and priority jobs-to-be-done for system software and the user experience.
Converting user needs into software product requirements (functional, performance, safety, usability, cybersecurity, service, and interoperability requirements) with rationale and acceptance criteria.
Building trusted partnerships with software engineering, clinical, human factors, UX and industrial design, and regulatory teams.
Driving human factors studies and incorporating findings into design iterations.
Developing a deep understanding of surgical workflows, surgeon ergonomics, and OR environment constraints through direct observation and physician engagement.
Making disciplined trade-off decisions between features, timeline, cost, and regulatory complexity.
Developing final product definition considering customer needs, technical acumen, and business decisions.
Ensuring software subsystem requirements enable seamless integration with the system and broader platform architecture.
Establishing clear prioritization frameworks and software development milestones that balance innovation ambition with regulatory and manufacturing realities.