Single Port (SP) Medical Affairs Manager - Intuitive : Job Details

Primary Function of Position

The Single Port (SP) Medical Affairs Manager role will work with a multidisciplinary team to explore new clinical applications for the da Vinci Single Port (SP) robotic surgical platform. This team member will help our medical research and work directly with the SP Associate Medical Officer to broaden indications and value statements, provide clinical input to product and procedure development teams, advise on reimbursement, market access and clinical evidence and publication strategies. The position will interface with various teams within Intuitive such as the SP business unit, Clinical Development Engineering, Surgical Application Engineering, Medical Science Liaisons, Clinical Affairs, Global Access Value and Economics, Health Economics and Outcome Research, and the SP commercial team. The position will entail close longitudinal relationships with surgeon key opinion leaders involved in SP research, training and product development.

Essential Job Duties

• Act as the subject matter expert in managing research to help clinical opportunities for the SP Robotic platform.
• Serve as a resource for institutional review board (IRB) applications and FDA investigator-led Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) applications.
• Develop a network of surgeon key opinion leaders (KOLs) from various specialties and track external SP research activities.
• Proactively identify surgeon candidates for research opportunities. Facilitate networking between surgeons with the goal of driving comprehensive evidence generation.
• Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Affairs to develop, monitor, and advise on future clinical trials.
• Regularly interact with surgeons through scheduled meetings, interviews, case observations, medical conferences and laboratory activities.
• Conduct autonomous clinical research with the goal of identifying new opportunities. Maintain a detailed database of findings and partner with cross-functional teams to help key business decisions.
• Monitor case volumes (technical/procedural pain points, system access, help staff resources, new procedures for their practice).
• Track research opportunities (personal outcomes data, separate studies, ISI sponsored studies).
• Document gaps in Product Development (professional advisory boards, investigational labs).