Physician – Corporate Strategy

• Ways of Working:
  Onsite - This job is fully onsite.
• Employee Type:
  Employee
• Min. Salary Region 1: 226400 USD
• Global Job Level (HCM):
  Professional 6 (15)
• Min. Salary Region 2: 192400 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  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.

Were 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.

The Future Forward organization is Intuitive’s advanced concepts group. We explore emerging technologies, prototype next-generation solutions, and build software experiences that shape the future of robotic-assisted surgery.

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

The Physician – Corporate Strategy is a physician innovator embedded within Intuitive’s early-stage incubator. In this role, you will identify high-impact clinical needs, shape new technology opportunities, and translate clinical insight into actionable development pathways. Working closely with engineers and clinical partners, you will help define how new platforms are applied in real-world care and guide early-stage de-risking efforts that determine which ideas advance.

Identify and validate unmet clinical needs through clinical immersion, research, and voice-of-customer engagement

Translate clinical insights into structured hypotheses, development plans, and experimental pathways

Partner with engineers to define clinical requirements, workflows, and performance goals for new technologies

Lead early-stage clinical de-risking efforts, including preclinical and early feasibility work

Design and evaluate novel procedures and workflows enabled by new platforms

Collaborate with cross-functional partners (regulatory, reimbursement, product, and strategy) to shape clinical indications and commercialization pathways

Engage with key opinion leaders and external partners to inform development and validate concepts

Demonstrated ability to identify and validate unmet clinical needs through observation, research, and clinical immersion

Ability to translate clinical insights into structured hypotheses, development plans, or experimental approaches

Takes ownership of problems and operates independently in ambiguous environments

Skilled in leading voice-of-customer interviews to inform and guide early-stage product development

Proven ability to foster cross-functional collaboration across engineering, clinical, regulatory, and business teams to drive project milestones

Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, early-stage environments with limited structure and evolving information

Strong communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation abilities, with the ability to convey complex clinical concepts to diverse audiences

Familiarity with early-stage development processes, including clinical de-risking and feasibility studies preferred

Curiosity and interest in building new technologies or transforming clinical care delivery

MD or DO with training in a surgical or interventional specialty

6+ years of clinical experience post-medical school

Candidates with fewer years of clinical training may be considered if they demonstrate additional experience in innovation, clinical research, or product development

Biodesign or equivalent needs-based innovation training preferred

Must be available to work full-time…