Program Manager,

About the role

This is where your work saves lives.

The studies we undertake and the products we generate boost results for patients worldwide. As a Program Manager at Baxter, your contributions directly impact others significantly. It's demanding work, and you won't be working alone. Our teams collaborate across functions and lead through inspiration. Whether guiding a team through a project or supervising employees, our research and development team is tasked with motivating others to achieve outcomes.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others.

Responsibilities

• Support and provide business and technical leadership for one or more projects within the Infusion Therapies and Technologies (ITT).
• Lead team in defining project strategies, developing goals, and ensuring project scope is defined and controlled.
• Engage regularly with all management levels for clear communication across teams and collaborators.
• Guarantee identification and communication of project risks, devise risk plans, and guide teams in the proactive handling of risk strategies.
• Foresee possible conflict scenarios, offer proactive resolutions, and address conflicts for mutually beneficial results.
• Drive teams to identify and implement continuous improvements.
• Work with and support other program managers to ensure the successful launch of new products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering field preferred with 8+ years total combined experience or Masters with 5+ years.
• 3+ years of experience in project management.
• Evidenced proficiency in guiding cross-functional global teams within the medical field (pharmaceuticals or biotechnology).
• Experience across the full project lifecycle (discovery, requirements definition, development, launch, and sustaining).
• Knowledge of regulatory pathways for drugs, biologics, or combination devices.
• Strong business insight.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated self-starter who can quickly and efficiently manage continuous change; willing to challenge the norm when needed and drive decisions.
• Understanding and experience in good manufacturing procedures, good laboratory, and product development process requirements.
• Ability to collaborate within a distributed team to comprehend project requests and transform requirements into final project deliverables.

Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Skills

• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Risk Management

Benefits

See US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

Pay

$120,000 - $165,000 annually

Schedule

Full-time