Vice President, Medical Affairs, Healthcare Systems and Technologies (HST)

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 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. Starting from the initial patient exam and diagnosis, and continuing through acute and chronic treatments, we are committed to providing access to leading products, therapies and digital health solutions that support you—and your patients—every step of the way.  Furthermore, the future of healthcare is connected. One moment of focused, personalized care empowers the next. That is why we design our solutions to share actionable insights from the OR and bedside to the EMR and across a health system. With connected products across the ED, OR, ICU and Med Surg environments, our solutions can empower care teams by delivering near real-time communication and information, enabling timely interventions and facilitating patient care goals.

As the Vice President, Medical Affairs (MA), Healthcare Systems and Technologies (HST) you will work as a strategic partner to the Segment President, Regional leaders and cross-functional leaders to ensure that the medical and clinical needs of the HST segment are met and that talent is available to support the full range of medically-related activities. Your will be the leading medical expert in the segment representing all licensed products.

You will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Worldwide Medical (WWM) vision, mission, strategy, and action plan in alignment with the strategies and plans of the segments.  You will provide subject matter expertise for innovation, new product development and support development of key clinical evidence for regulatory registration, clinical claims and in support of clinical value propositions.  In addition, you will ensure that the regional Medical Strategies support the regional plans; and will act as one of the primary spokespersons for the company with key opinion leaders, at global scientific conferences, advisory boards, and regulatory agencies. Furthermore, you will be accountable to ensure that global standards align to the WWM standards and policies and appropriately implement all aspects of Medical Affairs.

As the VP MA, HST, you will be accountable for establishing, nurturing, and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with critical WWM colleagues (such as Clinical Research, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)/Real-world evidence (RWE), Global Patient Safety, WWM Operations and Governance and with cross-function partners (such as commercial,  R&D, RA, Quality) to enable a highly efficient and effective working environment.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Accountable for leading and guiding a Medical Affairs team, establishing and supporting highly functional working relationships with WWM and cross-functional partners.

• Accountable for WWM work required to support the segment including thought leadership for business strategy, innovation/new product development, clinical evidence generation strategy and sustaining product activities to ensure successful product approval, launch, and sustenance.

• Responsible for representing the company with regulatory and legislative agencies for medically-related products discussions.

• Provide expert opinion/due diligence support on business development opportunities.

• Ensure all aspects of the WWM organization are staffed with the appropriate talent.

• Develop and manage budgets within scope of responsibility.

• Provide leadership for clinical evidence generation strategy, scientific and compliance oversight for Investigator Initiated Research and Key opinion leader management.

• Partner within WWM for clinical development teams and with HEOR and RWE team.

• Support Global Patient Safet