Collaboration Engineer
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.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Collaboration Solutions Analyst to join Intuitive's IT Digital Workplace team in Sunnyvale, CA. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our business partners, helping teams maximize productivity, communication, and collaboration through Intuitive’s digital workplace ecosystem. You will partner closely with stakeholders across the organization to understand business needs, recommend collaboration solutions, drive adoption, and deliver an exceptional employee experience.
The ideal candidate is passionate about helping people work more effectively, building strong relationships, leading change, and translating business challenges into practical technology-enabled solutions. This role combines customer engagement, training, program management, and collaboration platform expertise to create a world-class digital workplace experience.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned business functions, building strong relationships and understanding their collaboration, communication, and productivity needs.
- Partner with stakeholders to identify challenges, recommend solutions, and optimize the use of workplace technologies including Microsoft Products, Zoom, Box, Slack, Smartsheet, Asana, and other collaboration tools.
- Lead end-user engagement activities including workshops, consultations, office hours, onboarding sessions, and training programs that drive adoption and improve the employee experience.
- Act as a trusted advisor by translating business requirements into effective collaboration strategies and recommending best practices that align with organizational goals.
- Develop user-focused communications, training materials, knowledge articles, and enablement resources that promote successful adoption of digital workplace tools.
- Gather employee feedback and platform usage insights to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and enhancement of collaboration experiences.
- Support change management initiatives associated with new collaboration capabilities, platform enhancements, and digital workplace transformations.
- Collaborate with technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of collaboration solutions while maintaining a strong focus on user experience.
- Lead or support projects involving collaboration tools, employee experience improvements, process optimization, and workplace productivity initiatives.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning across the organization.
Experience & Skills
- Minimum 5 years of experience supporting business users, customer-facing technology programs, workplace technology, employee experience, change management, or business relationship management.
- Experience working directly with stakeholders to understand business requirements, recommend solutions, and drive successful outcomes.
- Strong understanding of collaboration technologies such as Microsoft Suite, Zoom, SharePoint, Box, Smartsheet, Asana, Slack or similar platforms.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and training skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven experience leading user adoption, change management, communications, and enablement initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving and consultative skills with a customer-first mentality.
- Experience gathering requirements, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving cross-functional initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and navigate complex organizational environments.
- Experience using data and user feedback to measure adoption, identify opportunities, and improve employee experiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting digital workplace, collaboration, employee experience, or workplace technology programs.
- Familiarity with collaboration platform governance, compliance, and business process optimization.
- Experience leading organizational change, communications campaigns, or technology adoption programs.
- Certifications in Change Management, Microsoft 365, Collaboration Technologies, or Project Management are a plus.
Minimum Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Organizational Development, Communications, Information Technology, Human Resources, or a related field.
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.
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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.
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.