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. 

This is a hybrid role, working three days from one of our US office locations (Deerfield, IL, Skaneateles, NY, Raleigh, NC, or Batesville, IN).

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your ideas lead to success

As an Upstream Product Manager – Digital Health Platform Operations and Product Transitions, 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 compete. Your curiosity, love of learning, and active listening give you a significant understanding of healthcare and business.

And while you are a great teammate, you are also competitive—determined to achieve results and get things done.

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.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Associate Director of Product Management for Baxter’s Digital Health Platform, this role will lead business process requirements to enable successful transition from legacy and disparate solutions to Baxter's new consolidated platform. This role will partner with upstream product management teams, downstream marketing teams, service, and R&D to develop and implement migration requirements for over 1,000 customers in over 50 countries. The product manager will also optimize operations of Baxter’s connected ecosystem of products using insights from key team members, customers, and market best processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Align on customer segmentation and targeting strategy, develop unified platform migration positioning, and optimize upgrade processes.
• Drive transition planning and execution from legacy solutions to unified platform.
• Collaborate with relevant partners for the assigned areas of the overall connectivity portfolio and strategy
• Serve as the product management lead for sustaining activities and subject matter expertise for some of the legacy solutions, driving the product lifecycle process for the portfolio of products.
• Collaborate with Digital Solutions & Technical Service and Baxter Division teams to define and implement simplified and enhanced processes and marketing programs for accelerating connectivity adoption including pre-sales, deployment, use, service, and critical issues.
• Provide input to 3-year strategic plan. Manage the global growth strategy and adoption of the unified connectivity platform partnering with division product management and global marketing regions.
• Lead operational excellence, redefining complex, disparate platform workflows including quote to cash, pan-Baxter implementations and support, and “system of systems” product documentation. Proficient in understanding both internal and external customer needs and workflows.
• Collaborate with regional marketing and medical affairs on identification and development of evidence-based proof points with early adopters.
• Influence present and future solutions by evaluating market trends, competitive landscape, environment, business drivers, analytics, and research.
• Make business decisions based on sound financial and market analysis – including market modeling, pricing and positioning.​

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, IT or Sciences preferred. MBA
• 5+ years proven experience in healthcare software, medical devices or equivalent
• Experience developing product requirements for new technologies
• Deep and broad marketing capability expertise, including New Product Development (NPD), customer insight, marketing strategy, and innovation
• Experience building relationships with global key opinion leaders to shape market understanding and build advocacy
• Effectively leverage and use available analytical tools including financial modeling to support NPD decision making
• Experience in Go to Market effort on an NPD team
• Willingness to travel 25%

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.

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 employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary range for this position is $104,000 - 143,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. 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.

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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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