Associate Director R&D - Systems Engineering, V&V, Connectivity, and Codes & Standards (electromechanical medical device with connected software)

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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.

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Your Role at Baxter:

Our Healthcare Systems and Technologies segment is advancing the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations that will help deliver personalized care to patients, while helping to enhance workflow efficiency, enable cost-effective care and improve patient outcomes. Patient Support Systems (PSS) is focused on accelerating patient recovery. Clear visibility into patient status can help identify issues sooner to avoid common risks and enable faster treatment and recovery time. The PSS Product Portfolio meets customers' and patients' needs in acute care hospitals, long term care facilities and in the home and includes bed frames and surfaces, bariatric solutions, clinical workflow solutions, and patient handling solutions.

As the Associate Director R&D, PSS, you will be a functional leader to create strategy and execution plans for PSS Systems and V&V engineering NPD, Sustaining, Connectivity, and Codes & Standards (C&S).  You will work closely with key cross-functional stakeholders, subject matter experts, and key opinion leaders (internal or external) to perform needs assessment, product ideation, and evaluation of product concepts. From these concepts, you will oversee the development and/or sustaining of system architecture, requirements, risk management, connectivity, reliability, verification, validation, and C&S compliance. In addition, you will provide technical leadership for teams to ensure the completion of complex projects and programs within boundaries of quality, time, and budget.  You will foster an environment of creativity and innovation within R&D and employ kaizen to create and implement best-practice methodologies and processes.   Based on significant technical expertise, you’ll review and approve complex designs and provide direction to technical staff. You will supervise high-level professionals/engineers in their assigned project activities and/or teams led by managers/senior managers.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Create and communicate processes, standards or operational plans in support of the business vison and goals, ensuring industry leadership. Inspire team to action consistent with vision. Establish high standards and stretch goals for organization. Remove barriers to outstanding performance. Hold team accountable for successful completion of projects/tasks.

• Select, develop and retain teams that include technical contributors and managers/senior managers. Define and communicate criteria by which team and individual success will be measured. Provide constructive feedback and recognition.

• Provide technical guidance for a large-scale program, or several small projects with complex features, in the areas of release of new products, product improvements, value improvements, changes in regulatory requirements, review supplier-initiated changes, and complaint investigations.

• Solve problems expeditiously through the use of multiple disciplines and technical principles. Create innovative products/processes/methods through novel combinations of expertise within the organization.

• Provide leadership to teams and team members, guiding them in terms of prioritization, problem resolution, process clarification, referrals to appropriate experts, etc.   Creates schedules and budgets as part of certain processes and projects and aligns with cross-functional stakeholders.     

• Successfully coach, mentor and motivate others, and remove barriers to drive to exceptional performance.   Ensure development of state-of-the-art expertise in industry and function specialties within defined scope of responsibility.

• Provide leadership to cross-functional technical teams both internal and external to Baxter in accordance with best practices for innovation and new product development.

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