Associate Director Portfolio - Upstream Marketing - Deerfield, IL

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

This is where your ideas lead to success!

As an Associate Director, you have lots of ideas grounded in research and knowledge of the marketplace. Your skills in planning and implementing these ideas are what make you an outstanding business partner and marketer! You critically think through problems and communicate your ideas in a way that helps us contend.

Your curiosity, love of learning, and active listening give you a significant understanding of healthcare and business.

At Baxter, we're not just promoting the latest life-saving products; we're thinking strategically about getting products to those who need them by understanding the value they provide, the market where they are needed, and the approach to reach the right individuals.

Your Team

We develop quality products with the patient in mind, so our marketing efforts are also patient-centric. That means you can be proud of our work and the value we provide to people every day.

As a large, multinational organization, you have the opportunity to expand your knowledge through collaboration with a variety of individuals, exposure to different facets of our portfolio, and an encouraging leadership team that promotes ongoing development.

From your leaders to your peers, we operate as a team. We are passionate about delivering for our patients and the business.

We continue developing digital tools to enable efficiency and support a variety of learning and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing

The Associate Director Portfolio, North America is the commercial cross functional lead and voice of the North America market and will be responsible for building a pipeline that delivers LRP of $1 billion for this business.

This role will lead new pipeline ideation and areas of growth for the North America Pharmaceutical business. The role will act as the North America commercial Lead on Global teams for the launch preparation of several mid to long term assets and act as Lead on North America strategic projects.

The scope of responsibilities for this position will be mostly strategic in nature and will be fundamental to support the future growth of pharmaceuticals business in North America.

Be responsible for the LRP process for North America. Identify gaps and potential opportunities to deliver LRP of $1 billion for North America.

Develop strategies to bridge gap and provide direction for long-term growth of the business.

• Find opportunities and craft the portfolio strategy for North America business.
• Identify high value strategic product opportunities, complete lifecycle until launch.
• Prepare business cases, high level launch strategies and investment recommendation to senior Leadership on Global BD and / or pipeline opportunities.
• Act as the US Commercial Lead, until the Launch Management Team is formed, on North America launch projects for Mid to Long term portfolio assets.
• Build go-to-market strategies for expansion into new channels such as specialty pharmacies, ASCs and other alternate sites of care.
• Develop a pool of external KOLs and internal key customers to validate assumptions and interest for new pipeline opportunities.
• Research, integrate, and translate market research insights into opportunities and strategies that shape decisions and drive organizational action for the North America business, its portfolio of products, and pipeline development products.
• Work cross functionally with R&D, IP, Market Access, Marketing, Insights and Analytics and other teams, to conceptualize the ideal launch plan and cost for future launches.
• Lead strategic projects that have significant impact on the direction and performance of North America business.
• Provide medium to long-term insights to the business, identifying the potential gaps in order to offer recommendations for future product development aimed at improving the long term future profitability of the business.
• Able to stay on top of the latest industry trends and dynamics and bring external insight towards pipeline strategy.
• Identify new areas / product categories and connect the dots between Baxter capabilities or external partnerships to ensure entry into these new growth areas.
• Support assessment of BD and M&A opportunities for North America

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree required. MBA preferred with 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience spanning Portfolio Management, Marketing, Business Development, Strategic Business Planning
• Understanding of US and Canada pharmaceutical industry, generic pharma and / or specialty pharma knowledge preferred
• Good understanding of pharmaceutical products, diseases and therapy areas, regulatory and IP landscape
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex insights, as well as to connect commercial, financial, and clinical perspectives to develop strategies and business case rational
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written); presentation skills

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