Research Science Management

• Ways of Working:
  Remote - This job will be remote and/or the job is designed to be performed outside of the office. Employees will come onsite when requested by the leader.
• Employee Type:
  Employee
• Min. Salary Region 1: 155300 USD
• Global Job Level (HCM):
  Professional 3 (9)
• Min. Salary Region 2: 132000 USD

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive
. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care
, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion
—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare
, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position:

The purpose of this job function is to serve as a Scientific Research Program Manager (SRPM) in the Digital Business Unit to support research projects, within the United States and across the world, to demonstrate the performance and impact of Intuitive Surgical’s Digital products and services. This role has responsibility to oversee initiation, progress, and conduct of evidence-generation studies to include those conducted by internal scientific teams as well as Intuitive-sponsored studies and studies done in collaboration with external research partners.

The SRPM serves as a contact to all parties involved in projects, internal and external.

• Manage and execute a portfolio of internal and external collaborative research studies and evidence-generation activities for Intuitive Surgical’s Digital products and services, with or without the assistance of research coordinator(s)
• Be responsible for the management of the research studies including project development, budgeting, investigator selection, analysis of potential participant recruitment, preparation of study related documents (e.g., protocols, case report forms, informed consents, research agreements), and management of Institutional Review Board and / or Ethics Committee submissions with follow through to ensure a successful outcome
• Work with data management professionals and statisticians as needed for assigned projects
• Maintain study documentation (e.g., correspondence, documentation required by the U.S Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), deviations, budget information)
• Plan and manage the project timelines to ensure research studies are conducted in a timely manner and within the project budget
• Proactively anticipate and communicate concerns, issues, and delays in the project and develops risk assessment and contingency plans
• Prepare project status updates and power point presentations for reporting to internal and external stakeholders for assigned projects
• Prepare reports in support of external and internal steering or advisory committees as needed
• Manage publication development, submission, and response to peer review for related to research studies
• Ensure compliance with corporate (e.g., SOP's) and regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP and US and international guidelines)
• Ensure audit readiness of research projects to relevant regulatory and legal standards
• Management of Contract Research Organization (CRO) or independent…