Director, Corporate Strategy & Transformation bei Baxter

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter:

As the Director, Corporate Strategy & Transformation, you will be responsible for enabling enterprise-wide transformation through centralized program tracking, reporting, and risk escalation. You will support the Transformation Lead in delivering business-critical objectives, ensuring accurate executive visibility, and integrating inputs across workstreams. You will bring analytical rigor, communication clarity, and execution discipline in Baxter’s ($10.6B with 38K employees) complex environment. A key focus of this role is optimizing the business to ensure focus and investment of resources on the highest growth priorities.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Strategic Leadership / Transformation Office Leadership:

•          Partner with the Transformation Lead to shape and evolve the overarching transformation vision and roadmap.

•          Translate strategic priorities into clearly defined workstreams, KPIs, and ownership structures.

•          Ensure prioritization of initiatives aligns with enterprise goals

•          Drive synthesis and storytelling across transformation efforts to support executive decision-making and alignment.

Program Management and Cross-Functional Execution:

•          Lead the development and maintenance of centralized dashboards and reporting tools to track progress, risks, and benefits realization.

•          Integrate and synthesize initiative updates across workstreams into a cohesive portfolio view.

•          Monitor portfolio-level progress across budget, timelines, and delivery milestones; escalate cross-cutting risks and issues as needed.

•          Maintain documentation integrity, version control, and audit readiness across transformation deliverables.

Stakeholder Engagement:

•          Build strong, collaborative relationships with project managers, workstream leads, and senior leaders.

•          Serve as a liaison between TMO leadership and workstream teams to clarify expectations, align priorities, and elevate risks or resource needs.

•          Facilitate governance forums, including Transformation Steering Committee meetings and executive reviews, to maintain momentum and alignment.

•          Provide strategic support and “SWAT” assistance to senior leaders as needed.

Change Management and Communication:

•          Identify and mitigate risks and resistance to transformation initiatives.

•          Synthesize complex data and updates into clear, compelling narratives that drive buy-in and transparency.

•          Continuously improve communication tools, templates, and processes based on feedback and evolving needs.

•          Serve as go-to-partner for workstream teams and leadership in providing project reporting, risk tracking, and decision-making inputs.

Your Team:

The Director, Corporate Strategy & Transformation reports to the Vice President Corporate Strategy.

Your Location:

The role is located at our global corporate headquarters in the greater Chicago, IL area northern suburb of Deerfield.  Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change. 

What You’ll Bring:

•          Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA preferred

•          5 - 9 years experience in project/program management, transformation leadership, or enterprise PMO

•          Proven experience managing end-to-end transformation reporting cycles, including planning, execution, and post-review synthesis

•          Demonstrated success in supporting high-level governance forums, including Steering Committees and executive reviews, through structured preparation and delivery

•          Ability to lead integration of updates from multiple workstreams into a cohesive portfolio view of transformation progress and risks

•          Familiarity with benefit realization tracking, budget alignment, and delivery milestone monitoring at the enterprise level

•          Adept at identifying reporting risks or gaps and escalating issues for resolution in a timely, structured manner

•          Comfortable working under tight deadlines and adapting to evolving reporting requirements from leadership and stakeholders

•          Strong data handling, reporting, and transformation management office toolset knowledge

•          Clear communicator with ability to engage cross-functional teams

•          Experience in enterprise reporting, transformation support, or change initiatives

•          Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset

•          Comfort with ambiguity and managing multiple priorities

•          Demonstrated ability to synthesize large volumes of transformation data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership

•          Skilled in developing and maintaining dashboards, reporting templates, and governance materials to support executive forums

•          Experience facilitating portfolio-level reporting cycles and version control processes across distributed teams

•          Track record of identifying and implementing improvements to reporting processes and tools based on evolving transformation needs

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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 our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $192,000 - $264,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and/or long-term incentive. 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.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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