Sr. Director, Technical Product Management, Robotics

Role Summary

Senior Director of Technical Product Management in the robotics/surgical space. Defines and delivers the technical vision for products, builds roadmaps, and leads a team to deliver advanced surgical robotics and digital solutions that improve clinical outcomes and drive market leadership. Based in Santa Clara, CA.

Responsibilities

• Work with Robotics R&D leaders and engineers to build and execute R&D technical product and program roadmaps, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with business objectives
• Partner with the Program Management Office and Global Strategic Marketing to integrate R&D roadmaps into the end-to-end product lifecycle
• Drive the development and implementation of a functional and operational excellence roadmap for the R&D organization
• Provide regular strategic and execution updates within R&D and lead all aspects of their implementation
• Represent the R&D organization in Program, Product and Technology Roadmap processes
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate R&D project risks and technical challenges
• Lead team of technical product and program managers

Qualifications

• Required: A minimum of 12+ years of relevant industry experience within product and program management
• Required: Bachelor‚Äôs/undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline
• Required: 5+ years of people management experience
• Required: Demonstrated success in partnering and influencing across a cross-functional environment
• Required: Strong ability to drive functional excellence in technical disciplines
• Required: Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and build clarity through frameworks, roadmaps, and documentation
• Required: Strong ability to actively develop talent in alignment with Credo-based culture
• Preferred: Medical device experience with Class II, III in capital equipment development
• Preferred: Understanding of Global Regulatory/Clinical requirements of medical technology

Skills

• Product Management, Robotics, Technical Program Management
• Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Negotiation, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), PMO, Project Reporting, Project Scheduling, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Risk Management, Tactical Planning

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs/undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline

Additional Requirements

• This role will be based out of Santa Clara, CA, and may require up to 25% travel (International and Domestic)