Associate Director, IT Portfolio Manager

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for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove sections like "Equal Employment Opportunity", "Reasonable Accommodations", "Recruitment Fraud Notice". Also remove "Applicants must be authorized to work..." etc? That's legal, maybe considered boilerplate? It's about work authorization; might be considered legal boilerplate; but it's substantive? It's a requirement: must be authorized to work in US, no sponsorship. That is a requirement. Should we keep? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. "Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time." That's legal/immigration requirement; could be considered legal boilerplate. Probably remove. Also "US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)" heading is not in our allowed headings; but we can include Benefits section with content. We'll need to extract benefits details. We need sections: About the role (intro paragraph), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (maybe combine qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe education/experience), Skills (maybe specific skills), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections if posting has real specific content. Let's parse. Intro: "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 Associate Director, IT Portfolio Manager, you will serve as the primary technology portfolio leader for Baxter's Supply Chain organization, partnering closely with senior business and IT leaders to drive prioritization, governance, planning, and execution across a complex portfolio of strategic initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring technology investments align to business priorities, deliver measurable value, and are appropriately funded, resourced, and governed throughout their lifecycle. In this highly visible leadership role, you will provide end-to-end accountability from project intake through value realization while leading a team of Project Managers and Program Managers. Acting as both a strategic advisor and hands-on coach, you will help shape investment decisions, facilitate executive prioritization discussions, and ensure successful delivery of projects that support critical business objectives. You will also partner closely with Finance, executive stakeholders, and the PMO Center of Excellence to optimize portfolio performance, improve governance, and drive consistent project management practices across the organization. This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys balancing strategy, execution, financial management, and people leadership in a fast-paced environment. This is a hybrid position based in Deerfield, IL." That's about the role. We'll put in

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. Responsibilities: The "What you'll be doing" bullet list: - Serve as the primary partner to business and IT leaders for project intake, portfolio governance, prioritization, and delivery. - Lead the evaluation and business case development of new initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, resource capacity, and funding constraints. - Facilitate portfolio planning and prioritization discussions, balancing business value, risk, capacity, and investment requirements. - Own portfolio-level financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, spend tracking, and variance management. - Provide end-to-end accountability for project and program delivery, ensuring initiatives meet scope, timeline, budget, and value objectives. - Lead, coach, and develop a team of Project Managers and Program Managers while driving accountability and continuous improvement. - Prepare executive-level portfolio reporting and present portfolio health, performance, risks, and investment recommendations to senior leaders. - Partner with Finance, business stakeholders, and the PMO Center of Excellence to strengthen governance, improve processes, and drive successful value realization. We'll put

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• each. Requirements: Could be "What you'll bring" list: Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. 10+ years of progressive experience in IT portfolio management, program management, and project management leadership. Experience partnering with senior business and IT leaders to facilitate prioritization, investment decisions, and strategic planning activities. Strong financial management capabilities, including budgeting, forecasting, investment governance, and portfolio performance management. Demonstrated experience leading teams of Project Managers and Program Managers in a complex, matrixed environment. Experience delivering technology initiatives that support manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, or other operational business functions. Strong communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization. Experience using employer-sanctioned AI tools and data-driven decision making to improve productivity, portfolio performance, and delivery outcomes. We could split into Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (soft skills). But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what to put where. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into Requirements (education + experience) and Skills (communication, etc). Qualifications maybe not needed. But we have to use headings only if real content. We could do: - About the role - Responsibilities - Requirements (education + experience) - Skills (communication, stakeholder, AI tools) - Benefits - Pay - Schedule (maybe hybrid position based in Deerfield, IL indicates schedule? It says hybrid position based in Deerfield, IL. That's location, not schedule. No explicit schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It does not state schedule details like full-time, part-time, hours. So omit Schedule. Pay: we have salary range $168,000 - $231,000, plus discretionary bonuses. So we can include Pay section. Benefits: we have description of benefits: medical and dental coverage start day one, insurance for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits: ESPP, 401(k) RSP with options for employee contributions and company matching. Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, time-off benefits: paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, paid parental leave. Additional benefits: commuting benefits, Employee Discount Program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), childcare benefits. We'll put Benefits section. We must not include boilerplate like "We are committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace..." That's about flexible workplace policy; could be considered Schedule? It mentions flexible workplace policy with required minimum number of days a week onsite. That's schedule info? It's about hybrid work expectations. Could be considered Schedule. The posting says: "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." That is schedule-related (onsite days). So we could include Schedule section with that info. However the instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state flexible workplace policy with required minimum number of days a week onsite. So we can include Schedule. Thus we will have Schedule section with that paragraph. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat content. Also we must not include duplicated lines. We'll produce HTML:

  About the role

  ... (the intro paragraph(s) maybe split into two paragraphs for readability but it's okay). We'll keep as one

  containing the whole block.

  Responsibilities

  • ...
  ...

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in IT portfolio management, program management, and project management leadership.
  • Experience partnering with senior business and IT leaders to facilitate prioritization, investment decisions, and strategic planning activities.
  • Strong financial management capabilities, including budgeting, forecasting, investment governance, and portfolio performance management.
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams of Project Managers and Program Managers in a complex, matrixed environment.
  • Experience delivering technology initiatives that support manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, or other operational business functions.

  Skills

  • Strong communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
  • Experience using employer-sanctioned AI tools and data-driven decision making to improve productivity, portfolio performance, and delivery outcomes.

  Benefits

  • Medical and dental coverage that start on day one.
  • Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
  • Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Educational assistance programs.
  • Time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
  • Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

  Pay

  The estimated base salary for this position is $168,000 - $231,000. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position is also eligible for discretionary bonuses.

  Schedule

  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.

  We must ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEO etc. We removed those. Check for duplicated lines: none. Check that we didn't include job title as heading: we didn't. Check that we didn't include Job ID/requisition numbers: none. Check that we preserved all substantive information: we captured intro, responsibilities, requirements (education/experience), skills (communication, AI tools), benefits, pay, schedule