Analytics & Insights Team Lead (Deerfield, IL)

You’ll be joining a highly collaborative Commercial Analytics team that plays a central role in how Baxter understands sales performance, pipeline health, and commercial execution across the organization. This group partners closely with Sales, Finance, and Commercial Operations to bring clarity, accuracy, and insight to complex commercial data coming from Salesforce, ERP systems, and multiple upstream sources.

We’re seeking a data‑driven, detail‑oriented Senior Analyst who enjoys solving analytical problems, improving data quality, and translating business questions into meaningful insights. In this role, you’ll build reporting, validate pipeline and contract data, and support commercial decision‑making through accurate, timely analytics. You’ll work hands‑on with SQL, Alteryx, and BI tools to prepare, reconcile, and interpret data that directly influences sales strategy and revenue performance.

This is a high‑impact role with strong visibility across the commercial organization. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional partners, support leadership with actionable reporting, and contribute to ongoing efforts to modernize Baxter’s commercial data environment. If you enjoy working with complex datasets, improving processes, and helping teams make smarter decisions, this role offers both challenge and growth.

This position follows a hybrid schedule and is based out of our Deerfield, IL office.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and maintaining recurring sales and commercial performance reporting across accounts, products, and regions.

• Supporting pipeline and forecasting analytics by extracting, validating, and analyzing opportunity data from Salesforce.

• Building dashboards and reports that track bookings, pipeline health, win rates, and sales execution metrics.

• Performing contract analytics, including pricing validation, volume commitments, and commercial performance tracking.

• Reconciling reported sales, contracted pricing, and revenue assumptions in partnership with Sales Operations and Finance.

• Using SQL and Alteryx to extract, transform, and validate data from Salesforce, ERP systems, and other commercial data sources.

• Conducting data quality checks, investigating root‑cause issues, and collaborating with upstream data owners to ensure accuracy.

• Translating business questions into clear analytical outputs and presenting insights to commercial stakeholders.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Engineering or related field.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in commercial analytics, sales reporting, or business intelligence roles.

• Strong experience working with Salesforce data, including opportunities, accounts, and pipeline metrics.

• Proficiency in SQL and Alteryx for data transformation and analysis.

• Experience building dashboards and reports using BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage and validate complex datasets.

• Nice to Have

• Experience with contract analytics, pricing structures, or commercial agreements.

• Exposure to sales forecasting, pipeline management, or revenue analytics.

• Familiarity with ERP or financial systems and revenue reconciliation.

• Experience supporting cross-functional commercial stakeholders.

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