Chief of Staff Corporate Strategy

Intuitive Surgical
Sunnyvale, CA
Category Operations
Job Description
Role Overview

The Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategy will report to the Head of Corporate Strategy, serving as her key operating and coordination partner, ensuring the enterprise-wide strategic agenda runs smoothly day to day.

What You Will Do

Own the operating rhythm of the Corporate Strategy function, planning and facilitating key strategy meetings, tracking progress and decisions, and ensuring information flows efficiently.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Demonstrated experience operating in a chief-of-staff, executive-office, or similar role supporting senior leaders, ideally within a large, matrixed organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of progressive professional experience, ideally spanning strategy consulting, corporate strategy, executive or chief-of-staff roles, or an equivalent analytical/operational role, preferably within medical device or broader healthcare industries.
  • Demonstrated experience operating in a chief-of-staff, executive-office, or similar role supporting senior leaders, ideally within a large, matrixed organization.
  • Exceptional organizational and program-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and competing priorities.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including experience preparing materials for and presenting to senior executives and boards.
  • Sound judgment and discretion in handling highly sensitive and confidential information.
  • Proven ability to build trust and influence across a large, matrixed organization without relying on formal authority.
  • Strong written synthesis skills; able to distill complex, ambiguous information into clear, decision-ready recommendations.
  • High degree of professional judgment, integrity, and ownership.

Benefits

  • market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity
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