Senior Product Portfolio Marketing Manager

Intuitive; Baden-Württemberg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive, a leading robotics company, seeks a Senior Product Portfolio Marketing Manager to drive commercialization of the Multiport portfolio across Europe, including da Vinci X, Xi, and da Vinci 5. You will shape portfolio positioning, value propositions, and go-to-market strategies to accelerate adoption and growth.

You will collaborate with European and Global Marketing, Sales, Training, and Operations to ensure portfolio availability, lifecycle management, and regional readiness for future

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 7+ years of sales or marketing within medical devices or related field.
• Experience in capital medical devices, robotics, or digital healthcare preferred.
• Proven ability to develop portfolio positioning, value props, and launch plans.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills to translate market insights into strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio positioning and differentiation across the Multiport lineup (da Vinci X, Xi, da Vinci 5).
• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies with cross‑functional teams to drive adoption.
• Translate clinical and economic outcomes into compelling customer messaging and tools.
• Manage European commercialization, lifecycle plans, and regional readiness for new launches.
• Build relationships with surgeons and clinical leads to inform portfolio strategy and messaging.
• Collaborate with Global Marketing, EU Marketing Operations, and Sales to optimize portfolio performance.

Skills

Portfolio positioning

Value propositions

Commercialization strategies

Product launches

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical acumen

English communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Job description

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.

Primary Function of Position:

The Senior Product Portfolio Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the commercialization of the Multiport portfolio across Europe, spanning da Vinci X, Xi, and da Vinci 5. The role develops and executes portfolio, marketing and sales strategies that drive adoption, support business growth, and strengthen portfolio positioning across customer segments.

The position is responsible for the successful lifecycle management of existing Multiport platforms while preparing the region for future platform launches and upgrades, ensuring Intuitive can offer the right portfolio solution to customers across Europe.

This role works closely with European and Global Marketing, Customer Training, Commercial Learning, Sales, and Operations teams to drive portfolio utilization and commercial success across targeted procedures and specialties.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead portfolio positioning and differentiation strategies across the Multiport portfolio including da Vinci X, Xi and da Vinci 5, ensuring clear customer segmentation and platform positioning based on procedural needs, hospital profile and economic value.
• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for new products, software releases, platform upgrades and portfolio initiatives, partnering with European and Global Marketing, Sales, Customer Training, Commercial Learning, and other cross‑functional teams to drive adoption and utilization.
• Develop and evolve the Multiport value proposition, translating clinical, operational and economic outcomes into compelling customer messaging and sales enablement tools.
• Lead the European commercialization of the Multiport value proposition, translating clinical, operational, and economic outcomes into compelling customer messaging and sales enablement tools.
• Develop and maintain procedural expertise and strategic surgeon relationships through case attendance and collaboration with Clinical and Country Marketing teams to inform portfolio strategy, commercialization plans and customer value messaging.
• Partner with Global Marketing and EU Marketing Operations to support portfolio planning, lifecycle management, product availability and end‑of‑life strategies.
• Develop analytical and scalable tools to monitor portfolio performance, competitive dynamics, market opportunities and commercialization effectiveness, and translate insights into recommended actions.
• Develop and leverage European reference centers demonstrating the clinical, operational and economic value of the Multiport portfolio across different customer segments, hospital profiles and procedure mix.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in sales or marketing within a medical device, surgical technology or therapeutic company.
• Experience in capital medical devices, surgical technologies, robotics, digital healthcare solutions, or healthcare technology commercialization strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to develop portfolio positioning, value propositions, commercialization strategies, and successful product launches.
• Strong commercial and analytical acumen, with the ability to translate market and customer insights into portfolio strategy and actions that drive adoption.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives and competing priorities in a high‑growth, fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑starter with strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to develop and implement solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead cross‑functional teams within a matrix organization.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work with AI tools to increase efficiency.
• The job holder should be based in Aubonne, Switzerland, or Freiburg, Germany.
• Ability to travel up to 40%.

Wir schätzen jede Person in ihrer Individualität – unabhängig von Geschlecht, ethnischer oder sozialer Herkunft, Religion, besonderen Bedürfnissen, Alter oder sexueller Identität.Diskriminierung hat bei uns keinen Platz.

Haftungsausschluss für US-Exportkontrollen: In Übereinstimmung mit den U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)) können einige Positionen bei Intuitive Surgical US-Exportkontrollen für potenzielle Mitarbeitende unterliegen, die Staatsangehörige von Ländern sind, die derzeit einen Embargo- oder Sanktionsstatus haben.

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Für alle Positionen bei Intuitive, die Exportkontrollen unterliegen, steht ein endgültiges Angebot unter dem Vorbehalt, dass vor dem geplanten Eintrittsdatum eine genehmigte Exportlizenz und/oder ein vollständig ausgeführter Technology Control Plan (TCP) vorliegt. Das Eintrittsdatum kann dabei angepasst werden, sofern der Genehmigungsprozess den Einstellungsbedarf nicht unangemessen beeinträchtigt.

Diese Position kann abhängig von den betrieblichen Anforderungen und/oder der Erfahrung der ausgewählten Kandidatin bzw. des ausgewählten Kandidaten auf einer anderen Jobstufe als hier angegeben besetzt werden. Die Vergütung richtet sich nach der Jobstufe sowie der Qualifikationen der Kandidatin bzw. des Kandidaten, selbstverständlich unter Berücksichtigung aller gesetzlichen Vorgaben.