Mgr Customer Training

Intuitive; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Manager, Customer Training to lead and expand our regional training centers in Amsterdam. You will develop training program strategies, optimize center utilization, and advance surgeon- and staff-focused education across markets.

Lead the Customer Training team, hire and mentor staff, and partner with global peers to harmonize training processes while aligning with Sales and Marketing. Fluency in English required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience including 4+ years in Training / Professional Education.
• Proven ability to develop and execute a strategic training plan.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence collaborations with customers.
• Proven ability to build, mentor, and develop a high performing team.
• Experience managing training projects with measurable outcomes across multiple parties.
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medical disease states, surgical applications, and OR environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• B.A. / B.S. degree or equivalent clinical/medical degree.

Responsibilities

• Establish new training centers to support regional needs.
• Deliver quarterly training center business reviews.
• Leverage state-of-the-art technologies to maximize training platforms and measure effectiveness.
• Manage hiring to onboard new training team members.
• Ensure sustained performance and development of a skilled training team.
• Develop sustained competency within Customer Trainers in key areas.
• Maintain competency and currency on training protocols and recertification.
• Manage and optimize Trainers' weekly schedules to fit market needs.
• Collaborate with Academic and Surgical societies to develop strategies.
• Harmonize processes with global training education peers.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to align training strategies with regional needs.
• Support programs for fellows, residents, and hospital staff at training centers.

Skills

Training leadership

Strategic planning

Interpersonal skills

Team development

Communication skills

Education

BA/BS degree or clinical/medical degree

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:

As a member of the Customer Training Team, this individual will be responsible for leading and supporting training center operations in our direct markets and developing training program strategies.

The Manager Customer Training will also focus on developing the customer training team in the region, optimizing the utilization of our training centers in market, and supporting innovative technical and Surgeon‑led training programs.

This Position will report to the Sr. Manager position of the area.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Establish new training centers as needed to support the Regions’ needs.
• Deliver quarterly training center business reviews.
• Leverage state of art technologies to maximize training and educational platform, measuring training effectiveness and implementing enhancements as necessary.
• Manage the hiring process to onboard new training team members as needed.
• Ensure sustained performance and development of a highly skilled training team.
• Develop sustained competency within the Customer Trainers in the following areas:
  • da Vinci System technology and Ion.
  • da Vinci System applications.
  • Training Pathway process.
  • Training/coaching techniques/methodologies.
• Maintaining competency and currency on technology training protocol following theonboarding program guidelines, and annual recertification.
• Manage & optimize Trainer’s weekly schedules in order to fit the specificities of the markets and the training programs available.
• Conduct surveys to gather data and measure program effectiveness.
• Propose solutions to improve actual processes.
• Analyze the CRM data to ensure best utilization of the training resources.
• Work with the Customer Training Academic team and the Surgical societies in order develop training program strategies.
• Collaborate with the global training education peers to harmonize and improve processes.
• Collaborate with the Sales and Marketing teams to identify the specific needs of the areasand develop training strategies accordingly in alignment with the Customer Training Team and in particular with the Professional Education Managers training and Academics.
• Collaborate with the Program Managers and the surgeons in market to promote clinical education programs specific to the region’s needs.
• Support the development and execution of training programs for fellows, residents, andhospital staff at designated training centers and potentially at the hospitals or external labs.
• Support the development of training programs at designated training centers to furthersurgeons’ and OR staffs’ development of da Vinci system technology skills.
• Deliver customer training activities in his/her local training center as required
• Occasional support of the da Vinci® System in a hospital operating room.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

•8+ years of experience including 4+ years of Training / Professional Education experience.

• Demonstrated ability to initiate, build and execute a strategic plan.

• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated experience in influencing and building effective

collaborations with customers.

• Demonstrated ability to build, manage, mentor, and develop members of a high performing team.

• Demonstrated success in managing training projects and initiatives with measurable

outcomes across multiple constituents: internal Intuitive functions and external parties.

• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medical disease states, surgical applications, and

operating room environment.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

• B.A. / B.S. degree required or equivalent clinical/medical degree.

Working Conditions

• Located in Amsterdam
• 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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business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
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