Staff Product Manager – Software and Compute

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

This role is within the da Vinci® Multiport Global Product Management team, focusing on the software and computational architecture for next-generation platform solutions throughout their lifecycle. It's an individual contributor position reporting to a Group Product Manager. The role involves owning the development and launch of a new, scalable hardware/software pipeline, guiding it from architecture to commercialization. The Product Manager will translate software and algorithm needs into a compute architecture roadmap, balancing conflicting requirements from various product owners. They will be a key stakeholder in development and design stages, acting as a global system portfolio expert to inform future strategy and budgeting.

Requirements

Demonstrated prior experience in essential job duties noted above.
Minimum of a Bachelor’s (BS/BSE) in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related technical field strongly preferred.
12+ years of experience in product management with a Bachelor’s Degree, 8+ years of experience in product management with a Master’s degree, or 5+ years of experience in product management with PhD.
At least 5 years of experience in medical devices or a similar field.
Product launch experience.
Relevant experience in medical devices and/or engineering/technical organizations.
Software product management background with strong algorithm fluency—able to reason from an algorithm to the compute it requires, how it is deployed, and how quickly it must perform.
Ability to operate broad and deep at the same time, moving fluidly between system-level strategy and detailed technical trade-offs.
Medtech or other regulated-industry experience, including familiarity with how software is developed in a regulated environment and the added compute burden that environment creates.

Nice To Haves

Hardware experience is a plus but not required; the right candidate can quickly learn the hardware side given a strong software and algorithm foundation.
Masters or Doctorate degree in life science, engineering, or business discipline preferred.
Experience leading a portfolio of product lines as the single-point-of-contact in a regulated environment.
Experience in one or more of the following areas preferred: medical software, capital equipment, medical devices, digital health, robotics, regulated product development.

Responsibilities

Proactively solicit and aggregate platform software and computational needs to support the future platform roadmap.
Create the aligned software and compute system architecture roadmap through a detailed benefit and feasibility trade-off process.
Ensure an aligned multiport BU proposal to Executive leadership.
Document and map a comprehensive view of compute demands, including tradeoffs, and understand key strategic viewpoints from major stakeholders.
Manage an iterative process with stakeholder teams to prioritize product development proposals aligned with short and long-term dV5 global strategy and other prioritized product roadmaps/strategies.
Translate software and algorithm needs into compute, deployment, and integration requirements.
Serve as a key integrator with the Multiport hardware engineering team, managing the integration of the software/compute stack and physical hardware into the platform architecture.
Liaise with AI & Machine learning product teams within Multiport, Strategy, and Digital business units.
Conduct diligence for each product proposal and support viability creation.
Lead evidence generation if more data is needed.
Present to Multiport leadership at a quarterly cadence.
Lead Product Manager on human/machine interface workstream in 2027 and subsequent development support.