Intuitive · 4 days ago
Director New Platforms
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$248K/yr - $372K/yr
15+ years expIntuitive is a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery, committed to enhancing minimally invasive care. The Director of New Platforms will lead technical teams to develop innovative solutions in medical robotics, focusing on product definition and development while managing programs from research to product incubation.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Lead a technical team through early-stage technical de-risking, product development, and business validation of priority product opportunities
Contribute with senior leadership to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, and operational plans based on business strategy
Develop program plans and budgets. Implement best practices for resource management. Provide regular updates to senior leadership through informal and formal meetings and communication
Lead the team using resource aligning, goal setting and tracking, career growth, performance management, hiring, budgeting and spend management
Lead direct reports to prioritize internal projects and processes to achieve functional and business objectives
Represent program status ably in interactions externally with key customer collaborators and internally within the company
Lead in developing research and development plans and partner in financial performance strategy, product KPI impact strategy as well as associated field validation studies for your program
Qualification
Required
Successful experience in hospital-based medical technology realization from initial customer need identification through product launch
Proven ability to provide technical, and tactical leadership for staff and peers, in startup medical technology environment within a larger organization (entrepreneurship)
Proven ability to hold both a program vision and drive effective tactics to achieve objectives; ability to lead a complex, high visibility/high impact project with multiple sub-teams within the program
Proven ability to engage key stakeholders and actively seek ways to leverage technology to better address opportunities and challenges
Evidence of strong communication both within a team and with key opinion leaders (KOL's), regulatory authorities and customers
Evidence of successful development and leadership of a team of high capability technical professionals
Evidence of robust problem-solving skills and critical thinking
Requires 15+ years of relevant progressive people and operations leadership experience
Leadership of medical technology projects from inception through field validation to launch; Strong understanding of medical product ecosystem services
Proven skills in quantitative analysis and data-driven decision making
Willingness to travel: 10% travel / some Intl
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering, scientific or healthcare-related discipline
Experience with intellectual property fundamentals
Demonstrated capacity to relate to all levels of employees
Benefits
Market-competitive compensation packages
Inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity
Company
Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5MKey Investors
St. Cloud Capital
2003-04-30Post Ipo Equity
2000-06-23IPO
1996-01-01Seed· $5M
Leadership Team
Gillian Duncan
Senior Vice President, Professional Education & Program Services - Worldwide
Myriam Curet
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
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