Staff Product Manager Upstream Software

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Product Managers play a critical role in Ion's success by empowering teams across technical and commercial functions to bring life-changing tools to our customers and patients. The Staff Software Product Manager will be responsible for the development of the next-generation software portfolio of Ion, a novel robotic technology for lung access. This role will own the next generation software product roadmap across multiple product franchises, scoping the development of new software features, and owning the end-to-end system-level software experience. The ideal candidate for this role must have excellent communication, organization, and technical skills. The ability to evangelize product narratives to key stakeholders, while maintaining a high attention to detail, and serving as the central point-of-contact for next generation software product development workstreams is key. Expertise in product management methodology, project management methodology, software development, early stage product conceptualization, and product roadmap development within healthcare/medical devices is a plus. This role will report to the Group Product Manager of software.

Requirements

Ability to manage departmental and cross-functional projects, stakeholders, and teams; effectively resolves issues that impact multiple teams and departments, involving complex strategies and high-level priorities.
Proven track record of leading strategic initiatives from concept through to completion.
Able to prioritize and smoothly manage multiple tasks, product lines, and product features
Relationship builder with proven ability to work across disparate parts of an organization to deliver results.
Works on significant and unique issues where investigation of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
Exercises autonomous judgment; can operate and drive results and set priorities with limited supervision.
Self-starter with ability to take leadership in a fast-paced environment, with agility to pivot focus to meet evolving customer needs and shifting market dynamics.
Consistently communicates effectively across varying organizational levels and takes the lead in communicating with and influencing senior collaborators.
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, including experience presenting to senior management and customers.
Demonstrated interest in healthcare, hospital operations, and finance
Ability to work in surgical labs and hospital patient care areas is required
Ability to travel up to 30%
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

Nice To Haves

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

Product Strategy and Roadmap DevelopmentDevelop next generation software product roadmap across multiple product franchises in the Ion business unit
Develop a deep knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and future clinical spaces, including monitoring and consuming clinical literature, attending medical society meetings and engaging with physician key opinion leaders
Market Landscape and Voice of CustomerUnderstand competitive, emerging, and complementary technology, and its impact on Intuitive's endoluminal product lines
Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research. Direct customer interviews (patients, HCPs & their care team, providers and payers) and observations to develop insights and inform the product roadmap
Marketing Claims:Develop customer segmentation and marketing claims strategy for next generation product franchises
Drive cross-functional alignment on pre and post-launch product roadmap and data collection in pre-clinical and clinical settings
Product Feature Development and PrioritizationPartner with product franchise leads to develop and prioritize software product investigations, features, and product requirements for next generation software
Partner with UX and Clinical to prototype and assess prototype product solutions.
Evaluate critical business requirements and potential product impact End-to-End Ownership of Software FeaturesOwn and scope the end-to-end software experience for users across next generation product franchises and global geographies to ensure a unified, consistent, and streamlined user experience
Drive desirability, feasibility, and viability assessments of next generation software product features to prioritize next generation product portfolio
Business AnalysisAbility to collect, organize, and leverage datasets to build business cases and drive business decisions for next generation software product lines
Identify high-leverage software innovations by customer desirability, business viability, and longer-term NPV methodologies
New Technologies and Global LaunchesPartner with engineering and business development teams to assess new technologies, potential partnerships, and prioritize the new business development software pipeline
Collaborate with regional teams to ensure that product features and NextGen portfolio align with user needs across geographies