Physician Innovator, Corporate Strategy

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive seeks a Physician, Corporate Strategy to translate clinical insight into growth opportunities within the Future Forward Incubator in Sunnyvale. The role blends clinical expertise with venture and corporate strategy to identify unmet needs, assess strategic fit, and shape technology concepts from hypothesis to de-risking.

The candidate may come from strong clinical practice with innovation exposure or from venture/startup strategy with MD fluency.

Qualifications

• MD or DO required; active clinical practice is valued but not required for candidates with substantial innovation, venture, startup, business development, Biodesign, or corporate strategy experience.
• Must demonstrate at least one of the following experience profiles: (1) meaningful hands-on clinical practice or procedural care experience plus exposure to innovation, venture, startups, business development, Biodesign, or product development; or (2) strong venture, startup, business development, Biodesign, corporate strategy, or product strategy experience plus sufficient clinical fluency to evaluate medical needs and care pathways.
• Ability to identify unmet clinical needs and convert observations into structured hypotheses, need statements, development plans, or investment theses.
• Experience conducting clinician, patient, or stakeholder interviews and synthesizing voice-of-customer input into actionable product or strategy recommendations.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, early-stage environments where the path forward is uncertain and evidence must be built iteratively.
• Strong cross-functional influence skills and ability to collaborate with engineering, clinical, regulatory, reimbursement, product, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate clinical workflows, procedure economics, adoption barriers, competitive dynamics, and strategic implications for new technology platforms.
• Clear executive communication skills, including crisp written synthesis, structured presentations, and the ability to explain complex clinical concepts to non-clinical audiences.
• Curiosity, ownership mindset, and enthusiasm for building new technologies that can transform care delivery and improve patient outcomes.
• Biodesign or equivalent needs-based innovation training preferred; experience in venture, startups, business development, product strategy, or corporate strategy strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, frame, and prioritize unmet clinical needs using clinical immersion, literature review, market sensing, and voice-of-customer input.
• Translate physician and patient insights into concise need statements, opportunity hypotheses, clinical workflows, requirements, and early de-risking plans.
• Evaluate early-stage opportunities for clinical importance, feasibility, strategic fit, adoption barriers, competitive landscape, and potential business impact.
• Partner with engineering and design teams to define clinical use cases, procedural workflows, performance goals, and prototype feedback loops for new platforms.
• Lead or support early clinical de-risking activities, including preclinical studies, simulated use, workflow validation, and early feasibility planning where appropriate.
• Develop point-of-view assessments on emerging technologies, startups, venture-backed innovation, adjacent markets, and external partnership opportunities.
• Collaborate with regulatory, reimbursement, health economics, product, and commercial strategy partners to shape indication strategy and development pathways.
• Engage KOLs, clinicians, entrepreneurs, academic innovators, and external partners to validate concepts and inform investment decisions.
• Communicate findings to senior stakeholders through clear written recommendations, executive presentations, and data-driven opportunity narratives.

Education

MD or DO required

Job description

Intuitive seeks a Physician, Corporate Strategy to translate clinical insight into growth opportunities within the Future Forward Incubator in Sunnyvale. The role blends clinical expertise with venture and corporate strategy to identify unmet needs, assess strategic fit, and shape technology concepts from hypothesis to de-risking.

The candidate may come from strong clinical practice with innovation exposure or from venture/startup strategy with MD fluency.