Senior Clinical Data Scientist

• Ways of Working:
  Purposeful Onsite - This job requires being onsite for leader-defined events and activities which could be monthly/annually. Onsite frequency may increase based on business need.
• Employee Type:
  Employee
• Min. Salary Region 1: 178800 USD
• Global Job Level (HCM):
  Professional 4 (11)
• Min. Salary Region 2: 152000 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 Senior Clinical Data Scientist will be part of the Ion business unit. The Ion endoluminal system is Intuitive's robotic platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung, with an initial goal of improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer. The Senior Clinical Data Scientist sits at the intersection of clinical science and data science within the Ion business unit, translating clinical questions into rigorous, data-driven analyses that inform product strategy, evidence generation, and business decisions.

This role reports to the Managing Staff, Clinical Data Science.

The individual in this role will partner with clinicians, cross-functional teams, and data engineering to design and execute a clinical data science strategy — defining hypotheses grounded in customer needs, identifying appropriate data sources, conducting quantitative analyses, and communicating results that demonstrably impact patient outcomes and business objectives. Unlike a purely clinical or purely technical role, this position demands both deep clinical understanding of the Ion platform and hands‑on proficiency in modern data science methods and tools.

Success requires a strong technical foundation in Python or R, statistics, and causal reasoning; the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-evolving clinical and commercial landscape; and exceptional skill in communicating complex findings clearly — especially through polished visual presentations and well‑organized documentation.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders (including clinicians, administrators, and policymakers) to identify data‑centric needs in the clinical space and translate them into prioritized research questions with testable hypotheses.
• Design, implement, and validate quantitative analyses in Python or R — applying appropriate statistical, machine learning, and causal inference methods to Ion device logs, clinical studies/registries, insurance claims databases, and EHR/EMR data — to test hypotheses.
• Translate analyses into decision-useful stories, tailoring them to diverse groups of stakeholders — from technical peers building product, to senior leadership defining strategy, to external physicians looking to improve efficiency.
• Demonstrate impact through internal/external reports, presentations, dashboards, peer‑reviewed publications, and customer‑facing deliverables.
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