Academic Surgical Education Marketing Lead

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager, Academics, to partner with academic medical centers to drive endorsements, standardized training, and programmatic best practices. You will align with C-suite, support curriculum adoption, and advance the academic mission to establish da Vinci and Ion as standards of care.

Collaborating across Marketing, Product, Digital, Customer Training, and Key Accounts, you will scale training, mentor faculty, and promote evidence-based adoption across top

Responsibilities

• Build and execute Academic Total Program Observations across several major Academic Medical Centers
• Develop and execute Academic IDN Summits across major healthcare networks that shape the future direction and growth of these key customers
• Develop and execute strategic academic engagement platforms—including executive forums, national user conferences, and peer-to-peer education—that influence institutional priorities, accelerate technology adoption, and create measurable opportunities for programmatic growth.
• Liaise with the Academic Key Accounts team to build and execute influencer marketing across healthcare systems.
• Elevate early practice alumni as thought leaders: Position early practice academic medical center alumni as da Vinci champions, elevating them as key influencers and thought leaders.
• Develop academic faculty KOLs who can shape Program Director belief and effective programmatic adoption of da Vinci as part of academic tripartite mission.
• Empower the next generation of academic influencers by integrating thought leaders into local peer-to-peer events and key sessions at Intuitive 360, CONNECT, and society symposia to drive belief and adoption of da Vinci.
• Develop scalable strategies and tactics for shepherding da Vinci trained residents and fellows into early practice roles where they can develop and scales their da Vinci and Ion practices, including development of early practice mentorship events.
• Collaborate closely with our Market Activation and Outreach Team to help Academic Medical Centers develop and deploy messaging that elevates the impact of da Vinci surgery and Ion bronchoscopy across patients and providers.
• Amplify academic success stories by highlighting case studies from across the country on resident training best practices, benign procedure integration, and da Vinci 5 case studies in academia.

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager, Academics, to partner with academic medical centers to drive endorsements, standardized training, and programmatic best practices. You will align with C-suite, support curriculum adoption, and advance the academic mission to establish da Vinci and Ion as standards of care.

Collaborating across Marketing, Product, Digital, Customer Training, and Key Accounts, you will scale training, mentor faculty, and promote evidence-based adoption across top