Data Scientist

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.

The Role

Are you enthusiastic about working with data and systems? Join our Commercial Excellence Team as a Data Scientist in a 2 year fixed term role. You will be part of the Commercial Excellence team – a team of experienced colleagues equipped with a diverse set of professional competencies and cultural backgrounds. The diversity extends through our collaboration across the business and at the core of this team is our joint ability to drive change and maintain an exceptional positive mindset with a “go do” attitude.

In this role, you will leverage your expertise in data modelling, transformation, and visualisation to consolidate and automate business intelligence across multiple ERP systems and CRM tools. You will focus on utilising Power Automate to streamline workflows, reducing manual intervention and enabling scalable, automated processes that support rapid decision-making. Your work will drive efficiency and support the organisation’s long-term automation goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Baxter’s master data and reporting systems, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and integrity across various BI tools

• Focus on compliance with internal governance frameworks and external regulatory requirements

• Build and optimise SQL queries to improve the performance of legacy systems, ensuring that data flows efficiently

• Utilise Power Automate to streamline workflows, driving efficiency and supporting rapid decision-making

• Collaborate with the Commercial Analyst, Finance, Commercial, and Global business partners to identify and drive data improvement projects

• Design and develop the dashboards for reporting, customer targeting, market intelligence and sales manager tools

• Visualise market intelligence analysis to assess overall business performance and sales force effectiveness

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement

• Develop materials, presentations, scorecards and measurements for internal audiences to articulate strategy, validate key metrics, and track execution, sales effectiveness & financial implications

• Serve as the first point of contact for the business on field force-related data and performance metrics

• Provide support and training to internal collaborators, improving their understanding of data and systems

• Successfully implement scalable, automated processes that support the organisation’s long-term automation goals.

Key Requirements

• Tertiary degree in Data Science, Information Technology or related fields

• Proven experience in data modelling, transformation, and visualisation

• Expert in Power BI, including advanced DAX, for developing complex visualisations and insightful reports

• Skilled in ensuring data governance and compliance, building models that align with internal and external standards

• Proficient in a wide range of analytics tools, including SQL, Tableau, Cognos, SAP, and JDE, to create flexible and scalable data solutions

• Extensive experience in optimising legacy systems and integrating modern technologies to ensure long-term viability

• Skilled in driving operational scalability and ensuring systems are future-proof to support business growth

• Proven success in automating key workflows to improve efficiency and scalability, while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and address complex reporting and analytics requirements across multiple systems

• Outstanding ability to collaborate with various business functions

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• A proactive approach and a can-do attitude.

Why Baxter?

At Baxter ANZ, we are focused on being a Best Place to Work where our people can be their authentic self, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a culture where all employees can collaborate and work together effectively. Relationships are a key component in how we operate in Baxter and we share the common traits of being reliable, ethical, caring, having empathy, actively listening to our colleagues as well as being open minded to new ideas and perspectives. Baxter is an organisation that makes inclusion and diversity a priority and that seeks to promote and improve gender equality in the workplace.

Baxter is proud to be recognized as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia. We are also committed to delivering support structures for working families; stronger actions to address pay inequalities; and strategic recruitment and promotion practices that help to encourage the full participation of all people at work.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a hybrid structure with 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

Situated in Western Sydney, and featuring and onsite cafeteria and café, gym, we offer a dynamic and future focused work environment offering workplace flexibility, development & career growth, volunteering leave, 12 weeks parental leave, income protection insurance and a strong value driven culture focused on diversity, equality, and inclusion.

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by law. Baxter encourages applicants of all ages.

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