Overview

At Intuitive, our Talent Acquisition Consultants are strategic partners who help build the teams that drive innovation and business growth. This role goes beyond filling requisitions. You will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, leveraging talent market intelligence, data, and recruiting expertise to attract exceptional talent and influence workforce decisions.

We are looking for a consultative recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at building relationships, and enjoys partnering with leaders to solve complex hiring challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for top-performing agency recruiters seeking broader business exposure and greater strategic impact.

What You'll Do

Strategic Talent Partnership

• Partner with hiring leaders to understand business objectives, workforce plans, and current and future talent needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and recruiting best practices.
• Influence hiring decisions through data-driven recommendations and talent market expertise.

Talent Attraction & Recruitment

• Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to identify and attract top talent.
• Proactively build pipelines of diverse and highly qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs.
• Utilize networking, referrals, recruitment marketing, industry events, and direct sourcing to engage both active and passive candidates.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Full Lifecycle Recruiting

• Lead all aspects of the hiring process from intake through offer acceptance.
• Drive timely execution while balancing speed, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
• Facilitate interview strategy, candidate assessments, offer discussions, and final hiring decisions.

Data, Process & Continuous Improvement

• Leverage recruiting metrics, talent intelligence, and market data to influence decisions and improve outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to enhance recruiting effectiveness, scalability, and candidate experience.
• Lead or participate in projects that drive continuous improvement across the Talent Acquisition function.
• Support hiring leader development through training, coaching, and interview best practices.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated success in agency or corporate recruiting with a strong track record of delivering results.
• Exceptional sourcing and talent identification capabilities, including passive candidate engagement.
• Ability to build credibility and influence leaders at multiple levels of the organization.
• Strong business acumen and consultative problem-solving skills.
• Experience using talent market insights and data to shape recruiting strategies and hiring outcomes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Passion for delivering a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience.

Why Join Intuitive?

This role offers the opportunity to move beyond transactional recruiting and become a strategic talent advisor to business leaders. You'll help shape hiring strategies, influence organizational growth, and play a direct role in building teams that advance life-enhancing technology around the world.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in an agency and/or corporate environment.
• Proven success delivering high-quality hires across multiple functions and skill sets.
• Strong sourcing expertise with the ability to identify and engage passive talent in competitive markets.
• Demonstrated ability to influence hiring leaders and serve as a trusted talent advisor.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to leverage market insights and recruiting data to drive hiring decisions.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, and able to effectively manage multiple searches simultaneously.
• Experience with ATS, CRM, and recruiting technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in healthcare, medical device, life sciences, engineering, or technology environments.
• Experience partnering directly with business leaders on workforce planning and talent strategy.
• Experience with Workday, SmartRecruiters, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated success recruiting passive talent for highly competitive or hard-to-fill positions.

Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Ideal Candidate

We're looking for a recruiter who wants to move beyond transactional recruiting and become a strategic talent partner. The ideal candidate combines strong sourcing skills, market expertise, and consultative influence to help leaders make exceptional hiring decisions and build high-performing teams.

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.

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 base compensation ranges are listed.

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 HRHelpNow@intusurg.com.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. produces the da Vinci® Surgical System, a minimally invasive robotic surgery system that uses highly complex mechanics, replaceable instruments and accessories, and enhanced three-dimensional visualization to extend surgical technique and precision beyond the limits of the human hand.