VP, IT - Global Corporate Functions

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

As the VP - IT, Global Corporate Functions, you will be a strategic leader responsible for supporting the information technology needs of including Finance , HR, and Legal. You will develop the technology strategy and multi-year roadmap, including investments and simplification initiatives, in alignment with the functions' strategies that support overall business objectives, digital process transformation, and dedicated operations. You will own the development and implementation of employee engagement and collaboration technologies globally, ensuring the technology supports the evolving workplace and employee needs.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with Global Functions leadership (Finance including Corporate Strategy and Global Business Services, HR, and Legal) and product/project owners to develop and implement strategies, technology, and technology roadmaps in line with business objectives.
• Surface and influence the adoption of new technologies that improve engagement, efficiency, decision-making, quality, security, and overall simplification of the environment.
• Collaborate with leadership and product/process owners to establish portfolio intake processes that align with the Global IT Demand management process. This ensures timely investment decisions and the ability to prioritize demand when business conditions shift.
• Build and lead a team that collaborates with executives to set budgets, define strategic goals, and align initiatives with those goals in the technology portfolio. Ensure the team has the right skills to handle changing portfolio needs.
• Work alongside the Business Development team to ensure effective planning and implementation of M&A and Partnership activities.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, data, infrastructure, and security and compliance teams to incorporate them into portfolio planning for Global Functions and enterprise agile standards.
• Provide strategic IT leadership for Finance’s multi-year Endeavor transformation program.
• Lead the development and continual improvement of the employee digital training platform and content, while providing overall IT leadership for evolving the strategic workplace engagement and collaboration technologies and platforms.

What you'll bring

• Detailed knowledge of Workday, JDE, and other systems and tools that facilitate Global Functions (Finance, HR, and Legal).
• 15 years of progressive application development/maintenance and/or project/program management experience. Minimum of 10 years in a significant managerial role.
• Knowledge of Cloud computing models and how they can be optimally deployed to support business objectives (AWS required and one additional cloud preferred).
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organization, and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Technical and business support of enterprise functions, e.g., Finance, HR, Legal, etc.
• Demonstrated success driving the development, implementation, support, and upgrading of large enterprise platforms. Oracle EPMS, JDE, Salesforce, Model N, Workday, and ServiceNow experience a plus.
• Experience with project/product and portfolio level Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrable ability to build strong teams; recruit top talent and develop colleagues of all levels.
• Strong ability to connect with others, influence decisions, and deliver engaging presentations to diverse groups.
• Bachelor’s degree required; major in Information Systems or related technology degree preferred. An MBA or advanced degree preferred.

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 Missio