Director of Quality, Laboratory Excellence

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 creativity addresses challenges

Your Team at Baxter

Within Quality, every role makes a difference. Products that Baxter makes are shipped worldwide for patients in need. Whether it's building a new process from scratch or facing a never-before-seen production hurdle, individuals within Quality are given the trust and opportunity to bring creativity to the table.

Regardless of your specific role with a product, it is sure to touch a portion of our global operation.

The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality.

Our patients come first, always.

The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate.

As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring.

We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something.

This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.

What you'll be doing

Designs and develops the Global Commercial Product Stability program to ensure business goals and industry leadership.

Responsible for a lab that performs stability testing for several products manufactured in the Americas.

• Responsible for the Particle Laboratory and it’s strategy and activities.
• Responsible for oversight of chemistry and microbiology laboratory harmonization of the laboratory’s designs, qualification of personnel, and testing requirements in compliance with Baxter and Regulatory requirements.
• Management of team members who may perform microbiological validations for products and processes.
• Proactively identify and escalate opportunities for risk reduction and continuous improvement.
• Provide coaching to other functions / sites in using problem solving structured approach during laboratory investigations.
• Manages overall coaching, training, development, and succession plans for the team

What you'll bring

• Significant experience (10+ years) in Quality, Regulatory, and / or Manufacturing. 7+ years of management experience.
• Technical experience in drug, biologics, and medical device industry.
• A degree in a life science discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Experience working in a laboratory or managed laboratory operations
• Experience leading a large Quality or Regulatory organization; strong ability to motivate and lead a diverse team with varying levels of experience while also collaborating with colleagues across the globe.
• Proven leadership ability with a track record of making difficult decisions in a logical, rational manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a leader. Strong communication skills are essential.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in theworkplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy whichincludes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite at any Baxter location .

This policyprovides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-personin support of ourMission.