Senior Director, Product Delivery Excellence CoE, Medical Device Product & Portfolio Management (on-site),

This Is Where You Save And Sustain Lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your Role At Baxter

Baxter’s Product Delivery Excellence (PDE) group is an overarching, enterprise-wide organization focused to create a standardized new product development process across divisions and drive a uniform portfolio management process with metrics that enable divisions and segments to assess and monitor the impact of new product development projects.

As the Senior Director, Product Delivery Excellence, Product & Portfolio Management (PPM), you will be a critical thinker and senior leader, to facilitate the strategy, planning, governance, standards, guidelines and improvement opportunities related to Product Delivery – which consists of Project Portfolio and Resource Management (PPRM) activities, data, systems and insights. Withing this Center of Excellence, you will be responsible for PPRM areas to create and implement common activities and standards for PPRM data management, governance and analytics that are aligned to PDE Policies, Process and Governance standards and guidelines. This will entail the definition and institutionalization of approaches, templates and solutions for project management, resource management, and financial forecasts. Common methodologies and best practices will be developed and leveraged across all divisions making it possible for stakeholders to work more seamlessly and effectively toward their objectives. You will coordinate and facilitate cross-division and cross-functional teams in the definition and improvement of Baxter’s PPRM opportunities.

What You’ll Be Doing

Accountable for defining, planning, orchestrating, directing, and successfully supporting the PPRM solution aimed at improving efficiency of segment and divisional Portfolio Management processes, work styles, and tools Create and sustain solutions for connected information flow throughout the produce delivery PPRM processes Assist divisional and segment PMO teams and portfolio leads with understanding and aligning PPRM information for analysis and review Support the segment/divisional teams with understanding PPRM solutions, capabilities and usage to meet organizational goals Accountable for development, implementation, monitoring and improving PPRM solution capabilities and systems Provides critical information to functional leaders and Core Teams for coordinating, allocating and optimizing resources across the pipeline, and within a project Communicates overall pipeline and project progress to the Segment and Corporate leadership teams, including providing up-to-date views on resource, milestone tracking, value and risk associated with NPD, LCM, and product support project investments The management and administration related to PPRMS solutions and vendor interactions Expected travel 15%, though initially higher at 30%

Your Team

As the Senior Director, Product Delivery Excellence, Product & Portfolio Management, you will report directly to Baxter’s VP Product Delivery Excellence. As an individual contributor (no direct reports) you will work cross-functionally across Baxter’s organization.

Your

Location

Working on-site, the role is located at our global corporate headquarters in the greater Chicago, IL area northern suburb of Deerfield or Round Lake. Alternatively, the role can work at one of our facilities in Raleigh, NC, Batesville, IN, Bellevue, WA, St. Paul, MN or in beautiful upstate New York in a bedroom community outside of Syracuse, Skaneateles Falls. Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the

benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or other related field, or equivalent work

experience, is required 10 years of management

experience, with 6 years of

experience in a leadership type role within a multi-division portfolio management group Knowledge of the healthcare business environment and understanding of the competitive landscape particularly medical device strongly preferred �� Proven,

experienced manager adept at directing, motivating and facilitating skilled professionals in a dynamic, high pressure, constantly changing environment 5-8 years managing projects or programs across highly matrixed organizations 3-5 years Program and/or Portfolio management

experience Able to facilitate shared outcomes from cross-functional teams with competing priorities. 5+ years technical

experience with solution configuration and administration Strong analytical/strategic thinking

skills. Ability to lead and provide strategic input and communicate complex ideas and strategies to executives Strong data modeling and PowerPoint presentation

skills. Deep understanding and use of key Portfolio and Resource Management tools (e.g. GenSite, PRIME, Planisware, Planview, Oracle, ServiceNow, etc.) Team player who brings creativity to problem solving Self-starter and proactively thinks about opportunities to drive meaningful solutions Mature, self-aware individual with demonstrated leadership capabilities Highly competent communicator, both orally and in writing Comfortable in ambiguous and rapidly evolving situations Can maintain perspective and focus on key priorities for the overall business

We Understand

compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base

salary for this position is $208,000 - $312,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated

salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon

location,

skills and expertise,

experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and/or long-term incentive. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available

benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter Is An

equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

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