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Manager – Industrial Design

Manager – Industrial Design

CompanyIntuitive Surgical
LocationSunnyvale, CA, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in product design and development.
  • Minimum Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, in Industrial Design.
  • Experience leading industrial designers, including mentoring staff, negotiation of project scopes with stakeholders, and general project management ability.
  • Proven record of design excellence and shepherding of highly usable and beautiful products to market that contain sophisticated user interactions.
  • Excellent teamwork skills with natural inclination to collaborate across multiple disciplines.
  • Brings holistic view. High-level of confidence and articulation of design approach and POV. Exceptional aesthetic and storytelling skills. Passionate for delivering the best possible experience.
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Nurtures relationships with partners and stakeholders within the businesses.
  • Leads the design of physical products, product ecosystems, and design strategies from concept to implementation.
  • Identifies, frames, and acts on opportunities to drive product design and user experience consistency, and envisions compelling new product possibilities for the business.
  • Creates compelling presentations and regularly presents to business leaders and stakeholders.
  • Serves as a leading champion of product usability and design excellence by collaborating with other design teams (interaction, visual, creative), clinical development, human factors, product marketing to inform and prove designs.
  • Collaborates with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineering to explore, define attributes, and execute highly crafted new product designs.
  • Establishes group objectives and individual work goals for the team, consistent with overall product development and business goals.
  • Plans resources, assigns tasks, sets priorities, establishes metrics and tracks progress for team.
  • Facilitates and drives informed, efficient, and collaborative decision-making.
  • Nurtures personal development of team members. Establishes goals and tracks performance.
  • Recruits and retains creative and highly capable industrial design professionals.
  • Seeks out and adopts best practices from industry to develop and improve Industrial Design processes at Intuitive.

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.