Sr Manager, IT-BRM, Communications, Corporate Affairs

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:

The Senior Manager, IT BRM Cluster will own the enabled technology strategy and leadership to 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.

What You'll be doing:

• 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.
• Serve as Product Owner across multiple portfolios and establish vision and product roadmaps across multiple portfolios.
• 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.
• Handle critical issue process accordingly when delivery of services falls outside of the SLA.
• 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.
• Lead 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.

What you will bring:

• Highly skilled and experienced at negotiating conflict and problem-solving.
• Be able to influence others, using personal rather than positional power.
• Deep market trends understanding of the advancement and applicability of technology.
• Knowledge of lean product principles and software development lifecycle
• Experience with user-centered design principles

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.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience working with business leadership in creating measured value of IT investment, including functional management and people leadership roles
• 5+ years of experience with marketing enablement, sales enablement, contracting, customer experience.
• 5+ years of experience in life sciences.
• Certified Business Relationship Manager (CBRM®) accreditation conducive.

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.

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