AI maturity
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Chief AI Officer
Head of Enterprise AI
Intuitive · Medical Robotics & Surgical Technology · 📍 Sunnyvale, CA
Intuitive Surgical is hiring its first enterprise-wide AI leader to operationalize AI strategy across its robotic surgery and digital health platform at a moment when AI is becoming central to surgical outcomes and competitive differentiation.
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CTO
Company stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key responsibilities
- Define and drive enterprise-wide AI strategy across surgical robotics, digital health, and business operations
- Translate AI capabilities into clinical, product, and operational value
- Build and lead cross-functional AI governance, standards, and centers of excellence
- Partner with R&D, product, regulatory, and commercial teams to embed AI at scale
- Communicate AI roadmap and progress to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders
Requirements
- Proven senior leadership experience deploying AI at enterprise scale
- Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies including LLMs, computer vision, and predictive analytics
- Ability to bridge technical AI execution with business strategy in a regulated industry
- Track record of cross-functional influence without direct authority in large organizations
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed
- ⚠ Sparse job description provides limited scope clarity
- ⚠ No previous postings — unclear if this is a new function or restructured role
- ⚠ Regulatory complexity of medical AI may constrain speed of AI deployment
- ✓ Intuitive Surgical is a well-capitalized, profitable public company with strong AI data moat from millions of robotic surgical procedures
- ✓ Growing competitive pressure from Medtronic Hugo and J&J Ottava creates urgency for AI differentiation
- ✓ Enterprise-wide scope signals genuine strategic commitment, not a siloed hire
- ✓ Sunnyvale HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley AI talent ecosystem