Director, Corporate Strategy & Transformation

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 requir