Senior Manager, IT BRM Cluster

Vantive : A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our $5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre.

Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

Your Role :

As the Senior Manager, IT BRM Cluster will own the enabled technology strategy and leadership within his her scope and ensure alignment with Baxter strategy.

This role works with various levels of leaders in the organization to shape the digital strategy and value proposition of the company, while engaging in major initiatives that drives business growth and advocating how new technologies can improve the company s speed, agility, productivity, and innovation advantage.

To be successful, this role must engage with the leaders to build digital and technology understanding in the leadership team while collaborating on business strategies and outcomes to ensure the technology suite and roadmap within their respective product portfolios will deliver the required business value.

This role will act as the single point of contact for multiple leaders and be accountable for IT team members’ relationship to ensure alignment across IT functions and process fluency.

What You'll Be Doing

• Be accountable to identify and design enabled solutions within his her scope that deliver a radical increase in efficiency gains and revenue growth.
• Is accountable for all aspects of IT services either provided or led from any other group within the entire IT organization within his her scope.
• Develop and drive IT strategies to align with a high impact business agenda supporting the business, including the integration points between this function and other functional IT partners.
• Accountable for relationships with business partners.
• Serve as Product Owner across multiple Product Portfolios and establishes a vision and product roadmaps across multiple portfolios and provide transparency to business and technical team members.
• Collaborate with vendors, industry consultants and senior company management to define information needs, develop cases and priorities, sustain service levels, and proactively leading business demands.
• Be a trusted advisor on helping the business to construct significant arguments for vital investments and the required organizational change activities that the business will be required to perform for success.
• Understand and anticipate the direction of the business, find opportunities based on the capability needs and make recommendations to support the desired future state outcome.
• Initiate and maintain a Function / Business Area capabilities roadmap by keeping current with technology advancements and digital innovations within the subject matter area
• Become an inspiring leader by introducing different ways that technology can improve value in our pursuit operational improvements and revenue growth.
• Handle critical issue process accordingly when delivery of services falls outside of the SLA.
• Maintain a deep knowledge of the latest market and technology trends related to our industry and particularly to the business segment supported.
• Connects with other product owners and managers to keep alignment between product roadmaps and business needs.
• Lead spend and IT investments according to plan and ensure timely work during budget and forecasts processes.
• Be responsible for the demand and associated portfolio of technology investments for the business segment and / or division.
• Lead and drive continuous improvement opportunities for end-end business processes and system interdependencies across multiple functions.
• Work with senior leaders to evolve culture and interpersonal behavior, elevating IT into a strategic partner.

What you will bring

• Proven experience in Partners management
• Broad business process knowledge and business supporting technology knowledge.
• Highly skilled and experienced at negotiating conflict and problem-solving to achieve positive outcomes at executive levels.
• Ability to set expectations with business partners and successfully leverage governance for a positive business partner experience.
• Process improvement methodologies.
• Deep market trends understanding of the advancement and applicability of technology.
• Ability to evaluate, interpret and incorporate financial data into way we make decisions.
• Knowledgeable of lean product principles and software development lifecycle

Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in business or a related field such as technology, economics, computer science, data management, communication, marketing, or statistics.
• 5+ years’ experience working with business leadership in creating measured value of IT investment, with at least 5 years in functional management and people leadership roles
• 5+ years of experience in commercial technologies supporting capabilities such as marketing enablement, sales enablement, contracting, customer experience, etc.
• 5+ years of experience in life sciences.
• 5+ years of experience in building cases (costs, benefits, assumptions).
• Certified Business Relationship Manager (CBRM®) accreditation conducive.
• Prior experience working in a highly matrixed, large organization preferred.

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.