Intuitive Surgical, Inc

Sr Product Manager, Ion Instruments & Accessories

Intuitive Surgical, Inc$130K — $155K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional experience, with 2+ years in medical device product management or related roles.
  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects independently amidst ambiguity.
  • Strong analytical skills to translate data into actionable insights for leadership.
  • Excellent communicator with a proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • A history of effective collaboration across engineering, regulatory, and clinical teams.
  • Self-starter with strong leadership skills in a dynamic environment.
  • Proven relationship-building skills across different organizational levels.
  • Comfortable in hospital settings and surgical environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance in-market product performance and customer experiences.
  • Translate customer insights into product requirements and prioritization.
  • Lead product management contributions to forecasting and inventory planning processes.
  • Identify and resolve product quality and supply issues proactively.
  • Analyze market and competitive data to inform product decisions.
  • Define product enhancements based on critical business requirements.
  • Drive product rollouts, measuring post-launch performance to inform continual improvement.

Benefits

  • Work with cross-functional teams on ground-breaking medical technologies.
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a fast-paced environment.
  • Involvement in decisions impacting patient outcomes and user experience.
  • Engagement with both domestic and international stakeholders.
  • Flexibility in leading strategic product initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Primary Function of the Position

Product Managers play a critical role in Ion's success by enabling cross-functional teams to deliver differentiated, life-changing instruments and accessories that improve patient outcomes and customer experience. The Product Manager, Ion Endoluminal is responsible for driving the development, launch, and lifecycle management of robotic instruments and accessories from initial investigation to commercialization and through end-of-life.

Working across multiple product franchises and geographies, and in close partnership with R&D, Product Operations, Manufacturing, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams, this role serves as the central point of contact for downstream product management as well as bringing field insights into upstream investigations. The Product Manager ensures that products meet customer, clinical, and business needs while balancing performance, usability, cost, supply, and quality considerations.

Operating with moderate independence on complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives, the Product Manager provides strategic input into portfolio and roadmap development, translates voice-of-customer and field insights into actionable product requirements, and crafts compelling, data-driven product narratives to influence tradeoff decisions and stakeholder alignment. High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to connect big-picture strategy to disciplined execution are essential to success in this role.

This position reports to the Senior Group Product Manager of Instruments & Accessories and acts as an advocate for instrument and accessory lifecycle excellence across the Ion endoluminal portfolio.

Essential Job Duties

Downstream Product Management
  • Own in-market product performance, identifying opportunities to improve adoption, utilization, and customer experience across clinical, operational, and commercial dimensions
  • Translate voice-of-customer, field insights, and post-market data into clear product requirements, prioritization recommendations, and roadmap inputs
  • Lead Product Management contributions to SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning) processes, including forecasting, SKU planning, allocation decisions, and launch ramp support
  • Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution of product quality and supply issues in partnership with cross-functional teams

Business Analysis
  • Analyze market, customer, competitive, financial, and operational data to inform product decisions and business recommendations
  • Develop success metrics and KPIs that directly tie product performance to user needs and business outcomes
  • Partner with Finance to support forecasting, lifecycle planning, and business case development
  • Integrate qualitative and quantitative research insights into clear product positioning and value propositions

Product Rollout and Launch
  • Identify and clearly articulate unmet customer needs and propose feature enhancements or next-generation solutions aligned with portfolio strategy
  • Define and evaluate product solutions based on critical business requirements and potential product impact
  • Develop product claims, messaging, pricing inputs, and launch strategies
  • Lead cross-functional project teams to ensure execution of a smooth product rollout process, including product launch, inclusive of product pricing, product introduction timing, product phase in/phase out, and internal and external training plans
  • Drive readiness and execution of product rollouts, primarily in the U.S., with support of global counterparts when applicable
  • Measure and communicate post-launch performance, adoption, and customer feedback to inform continuous improvement

Roadmap Development
  • Serve as a conduit between field teams and product management team, providing actionable, real-time insights
  • Conduct direct customer engagement, including clinician interviews, site observations, and KOL interactions
  • Monitor clinical literature, emerging technologies, and market dynamics impacting Ion endoluminal platforms
  • Contribute to roadmap development by evaluating tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities and building alignment across stakeholders.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research to inform Ion's product roadmap development by evaluating tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities and building alignment across stakeholders.


Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years in medical device product management, product marketing, or product-focused commercial roles
  • Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple complex projects with moderate risk and ambiguity
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to synthesize multiple data sources into clear insights and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Proven ability to communicate compelling product stories and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  • Track record of effective collaboration across engineering, operations, clinical, commercial, and regulatory partners
  • Self-starter with ability to take leadership in a fast-paced environment, agility to pivot focus to meet evolving customer needs and shifting market dynamics.
  • Strong relationship builder with proven ability to work across disparate parts of an organization to deliver results.
  • Comfortable working in hospital, procedural, and surgical lab environments

Required Education and Training
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in science, engineering, or business.
  • Well-versed in MS Office Suite, Tableau, Salesforce.

Working Conditions
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Masters degree in life science, engineering or business discipline preferred


Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidate's experience, knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidate's qualifications, consistent with applicable law.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target base compensation ranges are listed.

About Intuitive Surgical, Inc

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery, most notably with the da Vinci Surgical System. The company is part of the NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500. Intuitive Surgical has installed more than 5,000 surgical systems worldwide, and has more than 4,000 employees.
Learn more about Intuitive Surgical, Inc
Size
9,793 employees
Market Cap
$93.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+16.1%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
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