Sr. Project Manager

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Company: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94087

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Job: Engineering
Primary Location: United States-California-Sunnyvale-US-CA-Sunnyvale
Schedule: Full-time
Requisition ID: 194013

Description

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority.

Primary Function of Position:

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex surgical systems including cameras, instruments, and accessories for use in surgery. We are looking for an individual to manage Embedded Software projects associated with the development of these products.

  • Experienced with all phases of the system level software development lifecycle including idea generation, concept development and testing, design, implementation, validation and transfer


Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Ensure Design Control processes are followed per relevant procedures; FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and IEC62304 experience a plus
  • Creating detailed plans (requirements, timelines, critical paths, resource plans, risk, and mitigations)
  • Develop and monitor project budgets
  • Provide clear communication to the organization on project status, critical path, as well as potential areas of risk
  • Negotiating consensus, aligning activities and problem solving across different functions
  • Managing parallel programs consisting of different cross-functional core teams
  • Building strong communication channels to deliver accurate and up-to-date information and escalations to stakeholders at all levels
  • Leading design reviews and phased gate meetings
  • Contributing to prioritization decisions using data and analysis from current and past projects
  • Providing feedback to team members regarding performance and requirements.
  • Work closely with NPI counterparts to ensure prototypes, supplier and manufacturing activities are scheduled and tracked appropriately


Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

  • Four-year degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in a technical field; business or other field considered based on experience
  • Minimum 6-8 years of experience involved in the development and commercialization of products
  • Medical device experience or experience in a regulated industry preferred (CFR 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304)
  • Strong program management skills in planning, decision making, negotiating, and change management
o Experience with schedule, budget, cost and risk management tracking tools
o Experience with phased gate development (Waterfall) and software development lifecycle (including idea generation, concept development, testing, design, validation, and NPI transfer)
o Experience analyzing tradeoffs between features, technology, timing, and cost-effectiveness
o Extremely strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills
o Ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics/execution
  • Strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful; able to deal with conflict, ambiguity, and pressure
  • Proven track record of influencing at all levels in a cross functional team environment
  • Agile methodologies a plus, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, burn charts.
  • Project tools experience in PPM resource management, JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel
  • Certification in project management (PMP) desired
  • High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously; must work well under pressure, be flexible, and meet deadlines
  • Energetic and balanced person with a drive for results, who feels accountable, has a great attitude, and is a team-player; self-starter with high degree of initiative, urgency, and follow through

We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.