Senior Analyst – Transformation and Strategy

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.

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.

For you, it’s all about the people. As a Senior Analyst – Transformation and Strategy , your impact on patient care is always top of mind. Your desire for challenging, mission-driven work and eagerness to meet unforeseen challenges head-on provide robust opportunities to grow your career as a business-focused IT partner. Baxter trusts and appreciates your curious and collaborative problem-solving nature. You enjoy taking ownership of processes that enable the business to work and serve our customers more efficiently.

A global transformation is happening across our IT function—one where we are intentionally and thoughtfully reimagining how we partner with the business. Your expertise is a welcome addition and will be crucial in developing fresh solutions to optimize our technology for all of Baxter. You enjoy seeing the connection between the future and today as we look to simplify our technology landscape. Your past experiences and enthusiasm for innovation will help us streamline systems and initiatives, break down IT silos and work in an agile, hyper-collaborative model. To drive transformation, we will work smarter, not harder—which means you will be able to focus on value-driven outcomes while gaining regular exposure to the business as you grow your career with Baxter.

We bring value for Baxter by optimizing technology. It’s why we are shifting our approach to a capabilities-first mindset. A leaner technology blueprint will help us drive speed, simplicity, and collaboration. Adopting new technologies and methodologies helps us to keep up with a constantly evolving market—which means we can continue to save and sustain lives across the globe.

We establish relationships with one another to get the work done—winning, failing and learning together. We’re a daring community of experts who are driven to improve our skills and deepen our knowledge. Our teams embrace workplace flexibility, combining the best of both on-site and remote work environments. Monthly check-ins replace annual performance reviews and offer a more personalized approach to your career development. Leadership encourages you to invest in yourself through a variety of learning opportunities. We move quickly, giving you the chance to grow and diversify your portfolio during times of change.

As a Senior Analyst – Transformation and Strategy , you will have the opportunity to lead by example, and enjoy mentoring and learning from others. Here, you are trusted to manage your own time and are given opportunities to grow your career as you wish.

The Senior Analyst – Transformation and Strategy – IT VMO will ensure that the overall processes, policies, or governance for IT Vendor Management are clearly defined, developed, and then met. This role will be focused on analysis of supplier: spend, metrics, governance, contract alignment, Metrics/KPIs, and management. These activities are by nature, highly complex and characterized by multi-faceted change and pace and have significant business acceleration benefits and impacts.

As Baxter transforms our IT organization into an innovative and strategic partner to the business, a key initiative is to invest in our IT talent in order to develop new skills and stronger eye for business. You are encouraged to take thoughtful action in developing your career and are given a myriad of resources to make that a reality. Think training, conferences, certifications, and support for advanced degrees. We live and breathe technology, but we also recognize space outside of work is needed. Take paid time off when you need to and come back refreshed so we can continue to save and sustain lives

• Serve as a key resource to collect and analyze IT spend data by capability and report to senior leadership. Responsibilities can include some or all of the following.
• Pull annual or ADHOC IT spend reports from Baxter’s spend reporting tool.
• Collaborate with the team to drive the IT Supplier Rationalization activities to reduce the overall IT Supplier footprint at Baxter.
• Provide savings opportunities from the analysis of IT spend data.
• Effectively developing and completing activities through the coordination and communication between IT (Information Technology) IT Suppliers and business groups.
• Identify risks and develop strategic solutions for critical issues uncovered during IT Supplier contract reviews using Baxter contract management tools.
• Collaborate with the IT VMO team, IT Senior Leadership and other Business collaborators for process, policies, KPIs, Metrics and Governance of IT Suppliers
• Lead and develop Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) with Strategic and Preferred IT Suppliers with Senior IT Leadership on a regular basis to provide enhanced/next generation services to the business.
• Act as the liaison to the business and IT functions for escalation with IT suppliers to ensure contractual obligations are being met.
• Demonstrate knowledge of IT Vendor Management principles and methodologies, including exceptional organizational and time management skills, as well as budgeting, business financial and P&L (Profit and Loss Statement) skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience required, including 5+ years in a technical environment. Multiple certifications preferred.
• Familiarity with Agile is a plus.
• Hands-on experience leading suppliers, budgets, and financial analysis.
• Technical background with knowledge of software and web technologies.
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow Project Management Platform (SPM) or equivalent technology

• In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Methodologies
• Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to work with large matrix teams
• Change management/project management experience
• Collaboration skills
• Ability to work in ambiguous situations
• Communication and presentation skills

Reasonable Accommodations

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