Service Marketing Manager

Service Marketing Manager

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere—we strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture—our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real-world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

The Service Marketing Manager, in partnership with the European Marketing and Services team, will develop and drive the European Services promotional strategy and serve key analytics for Portfolio offerings. The Service Marketing Manager will complete the analysis, planning, go-to-market plans, and achievement of European BU goals for the Service & Product Business Unit. The Services Business Unit encompasses service maintenance for capital medical equipment and customer experience products like self-service portals, technical support, consulting, ordering and support for devices including reprocessing & sterilization support. This person will report directly to Product Portfolio leader as part of the European Marketing organization.

The Marketing Manager will launch new services and related capital products, promote the value and competitive differentiation of Intuitive Services, and identify unmet European customer needs that influence the European Portfolio strategy. This uniquely positioned role has the opportunity to work closely with European services, marketing, sales, corporate Product Portfolio team and customers in hospital operations at an exciting, fast-paced, dynamic company.

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Own European marketing and product management for the Intuitive Services portfolio including service maintenance packages and pricing, customer portal, portfolio operating systems delivery and support services.
• Execute on analysis to drive European marketing of services, including, but not limited to: positioning, value messaging, portfolio operating systems rollouts, pricing, reviewing market share, and conducting market research.
• Develop analytical frameworks that provide objective insights into Intuitive's portfolio of products and services.
• Drive actionable insights to corporate Product Management & Marketing partners to drive improvements in the European services portfolio.
• Deeply understand and communicate the value of Intuitive services to key customer groups and internal stakeholders including but not limited to physicians, hospital executives, nurses, biomedical engineers, customer engagement teams, and the sales force.
• Support existing services as an internal subject matter expert handling customer concerns escalated by field service, sales, and customer service to mitigate customer dissatisfaction, improve the customer experience, and increase utilization of key service offerings.
• Develop and execute European launch and promotional plans working with field service, customer service, regional marketing, and sales teams.
• Execute European launch plans for capital products as part of full Ecosystem customer offering.
• Work with the training, services leadership teams, and event planners to develop, deliver & scale regional training events including annual European Services Meetings.

Key deliverables include:

• Marketing requirements for new or expanded services and product portfolio assets.
• Product requirements and change requests for European digital portals and tools.
• Develop standardization of tools and process leveraging Tableau.
• Launch plans to drive impactful implementation of services products in the European region.
• Promotional plans to increase utilization of existing products and services.
• Market research & voice of customer insights to drive decision making.
• Content and localization plans for services promotional tools.

Required knowledge, skills, and experience include:

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years professional experience in marketing, product management, service, sales operations / analyst or equivalent role in a medical device company.
• At least 3 years of Product or Service Marketing experience, analytical experience is preferred.
• Fluent in English and either German or French; fluency in all 3 languages a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Proven Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, professional manner.
• Superior teamwork, interpersonal skills, and ability to influence multiple constituents when collaborating across sales, marketing, operations and full service organisation.
• Strong Presentation skills to internal & external audiences.
• Self-directed with awareness to proactively seek advice when needed.
• Strong track record of leading strategic initiatives from concept to completion.
• Ability to investigate complex problems and work cross-functionally to implement meaningful initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work creatively amidst competing priorities.
• Ability to prioritize and smoothly manage multiple competing deadlines and tasks.
• Strong knowledge of the MS Office product suite and Tableau.
• Ability to travel 40% (International travel required).

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government's licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan ("TCP") (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).

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