About the position
As a global upstream product manager on the da Vinci Multiport team, you will become a key development and design stage stakeholder for multiple projects and provide a clinical specialty (e.g., urology) perspective. This is an individual contributor role and will report to a Sr. Group Product Manager. You will work with cross-functional partners to identify needs; define and guide products through the development process; become a global portfolio expert helping to guide future portfolio recommendations; and work with the commercial downstream teams for product launches. Responsibilities include product business & strategic modeling, product user needs & requirements management, market research, customer interaction, forecasting, pricing, competitive analysis, and supporting commercialized products.
Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of the surgical treatments for applicable indications, including monitoring and consuming clinical literature, attending medical society meetings, engaging with physician key opinion leaders (KOLs), and observing live robotic cases. Will require both domestic and international travel.
- Capture, refine, and validate user needs with feedback from customers, the commercial team, and clinical development engineering. Establish design requirements, prioritize design efforts, navigate tradeoffs, and document and communicate design decisions.
- Assist in managing the Multiport product roadmap and lifecycle in alignment with the multiport portfolio objectives. Develop business justification for recommendations and gain alignment across key stakeholders on project prioritization.
- Use qualitative and quantitative market research methods and direct customer interviews and observations to develop insights that inform product development and the product roadmap.
- Collaboratively develop global product commercialization plans with global portfolio marketing, regional marketing, and commercial teams.
- Work with the product engineering and business development teams to evaluate new technologies and prioritize the new business development pipeline.
Requirements
- Humble, mindful of other people's input, and able to communicate in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
- Self-directed with awareness to proactively seek advice and develop professional skills.
- Excellent teamwork skills with proven ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines to ensure product success and ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
- Presentation skills to internal and external audiences including leaders at the VP level. Strong PowerPoint or equivalent modality skillset.
- Quantitative mindset, proven ability to investigate open-ended problems, break into first principles analysis, and work cross-functionally to implement initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to work creatively amidst competing priorities and smoothly manage multiple competing deadlines and tasks.
- Minimum Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 4 or more years cumulative professional experience in product management, marketing, engineering, business development, or equivalent role
Nice-to-haves
- MBA or equivalent experience in role
- 2 years upstream Product Management or equivalent experience in medical device role
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
