Manager, Finance - Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance (RAQA)

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The Finance Manager will be the lead finance partner to Intuitive's Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
(RAQA) leadership teams, including Regulatory Affairs, Product Quality, Post Market Survey (PMS), Quality
Systems and Compliance (QS&C), and Compliance Audits.  This role is responsible for financial planning, strategic and economic decision support, expense and headcount management, performance reporting, and data-driven business insights for the RAQA organization.

The Manager will lead 2 Analysts in supporting these functions and will work closely with partners across Finance, Global Operations, Services, and other cross- functional organizations.  The Manager will lead, grow, empower, and inspire team members and collaborate across the broader Finance
organization to enable Intuitive's strategic, operational, quality, and financial goals.

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close, quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting, and related financial planning processes across all RAQA functions, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and strong business ownership.
• Deliver a thorough and thoughtful 3-year Long Range Model (LRM3) that links functional priorities, resource requirements, strategic investments, and productivity opportunities to enterprise objectives.
• Serve as a trusted strategic finance partner to RAQA leadership by translating business priorities into financial implications, resource allocation choices, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Lead workforce and expense planning, including headcount reconciliation, hiring plans, attrition, open requisitions, and investment phasing, with clear visibility for functional leadership.
• Create financial and scenario models to support key investment decisions. Establish expected outcomes and rigorously assess return on investment and post-implementation performance.
• Provide in-depth analysis of actual spending, commitments, and remaining budget to identify trends, emerging risks, investment capacity, and opportunities to optimize cost and resource deployment
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs leaders to support Global Expansion, including financial planning, scenario analysis, resource requirements, and investment trade-offs associated with regulatory readiness and market expansion priorities.
• Partner with Product Quality leadership and the Global Operations Finance team on new manufacturing site development.
• Collaborate with Operations Finance and Services Finance teams to establish transparency into Cost of Quality, identify its key drivers, develop relevant performance measures, and advance cross-functional actions that reduce costs while sustaining quality and compliance objectives.
• Support global matrix management by connecting functional and regional financial views, clarifying ownership, and ensuring that planning and performance discussions reflect the full global cost and resource footprint.
• Proactively identify and implement opportunities to streamline and automate planning, reporting, headcount management, and recurring financial processes, enabling the team to spend more time on strategic analysis and business partnership.
• Lead and develop Analysts, strengthening technical capability, business acumen, executive communication, cross-functional influence, and readiness for broader responsibilities

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant finance experience, including financial planning and analysis, business partnership, or strategic decision support.
• Strong organizational, analytical, people management, and leadership skills, with executive presence and the ability to translate complex information into clear business insights.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional leaders and navigate a matrixed global organization.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team and peers to deliver accurate, timely, and high-quality results that
• positively impact the business.
• Deep business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to rapidly learn business models, operating processes, and financial drivers.
• Experience developing financial models, scenarios, KPIs, and performance reporting to support investment decisions and resource allocation.
• Proficiency with financial systems and analytical tools. 
• Self-starter with intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to establish clear priorities and goals in an ambiguous and changing environment.
• Ability to manage a team effectively through ambiguity while maintaining strong controls, attention to detail, and high standards for accuracy.
• This role requires working onsite in our Sunnyvale, CA office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday every week.

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field. 

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MBA and/or CPA is a plus
• Experience with Anaplan, Tableau, and SQL is preferred.

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.

Accommodation & Accessibility Notice:

Intuitive is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please contact People Services at [email protected].

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Base Compensation Range Region 1: $160 300 USD - $230 700 USD
Base Compensation Range Region 2: $136 300 USD - $196 100 USD
Shift: Day
Workplace Type: Onsite - This job is fully onsite.