Intuitive · 6 hours ago
Clinical Data Annotation Lead
San Carlos, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$179K/yr - $257K/yr
3+ years expIntuitive is a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care. They are seeking a Clinical Data Annotation Lead to oversee image annotation processes, manage teams, and ensure the quality of labeled datasets while collaborating with pathologists and machine learning scientists.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Recruit, train, and manage annotation teams (internal and external) including pathologists and other data annotators
Develop and optimize scalable annotation pipelines
Establish rigorous QA/QC processes to ensure annotation accuracy, consistency, and reproducibility across datasets
Partner with ML scientists to align annotation strategies with model development needs
Define requirements for annotation platforms, work closely with product/engineering to improve annotation tooling
Build systems to manage high-volume annotation projects across multiple disease areas and data modalities
Ensure data handling, labeling, and storage meet regulatory and ethical standards (HIPAA, GDPR, FDA)
Define long-term strategy for annotation operations, including vendor partnerships, automation opportunities, and multimodal data integration
Track and report annotation throughput, quality, and efficiency to leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, or related field (PhD a plus)
3+ years of experience in data operations, clinical data management, or annotation workflows, ideally in medical imaging or pathology
Proven experience leading and scaling annotation or labeling operations
Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional teams, vendors, or distributed annotators
Excellent organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
Experience with annotation tools/platforms and data labeling standards
Strong analytical skills and creative mindset
Works well in a small, agile team
Preferred
Prior experience in medical imaging annotation, pathology ML, digital pathology
Familiarity with ML/AI workflows, including supervised learning and dataset curation
Experience with regulatory frameworks for medical data (FDA, CE, HIPAA)
Knowledge of multimodal datasets (e.g., imaging + clinical or molecular data)
Track record of building teams, processes, and infrastructure from the ground up
Benefits
Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity
Company
Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5MKey Investors
St. Cloud Capital
2003-04-30Post Ipo Equity
2000-06-23IPO
1996-01-01Seed· $5M
Leadership Team
Gillian Duncan
Senior Vice President, Professional Education & Program Services - Worldwide
Myriam Curet
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
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