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Senior Director Marketing, Drug Delivery Systems - baxter
Jan 27
Location: Round Lake, caCategories: Marketing
Website: http://baxter.com
Position Description
Baxter International Inc. develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.
This position is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction for the Drug Delivery Systems organization within the Baxter Pharmaceuticals & Technologies business. The Drug Delivery Systems organization is responsible for setting and executing strategy for the life cycle management and the acquisition and development of proprietary drug delivery technology platforms.
The organization acquires, develops and manages proprietary technology platforms. These technology platforms are leveraged across the BPT organization and sub-businesses (which include Global Anesthesia and Critical Care, Global Pharmaceutical Injectables, BioPharma Solutions and Multisource) in order to enhance the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical products within the internal portfolio as well as the portfolios of our customers. The incumbent will lead the business in the identification, acquisition and/or development and management of technologies to satisfy the unmet and emerging needs for the improved safety, quality, efficacy, and efficiency of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical solution delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
* Shape the long-term strategy and overall portfolio of drug delivery technology platforms, including the identification of new platforms to be acquired and/or developed to address unmet and emerging market needs as well as the life cycle management of platforms.
* Team with Global R&D, Business Development, and other business units to evaluate new breakthrough technologies, and assess whether any new needed capabilities should be obtained through acquisition, licensing, or organic skill building. Maintain active assessment & evaluation of acquisition, partnership & licensing opportunities for new products and technologies.
* Lead Marketing efforts to ensure a seamless interface between a forward-looking approach and the needs/issues within the current business and portfolio expansion opportunities. Establish relationships with market and internal stakeholders to ensure that key learnings from current business operations are actively incorporated along with proactive customer feedback mechanisms.
* Participate and provide key direction to the annual World Wide Product Planning (WWPP) and technology planning process.
* Oversee a process to leverage the platforms and platform “capacity” to maximize the return to the BPT portfolio, balancing the tradeoffs between utilization of the technology to differentiate internal products and the products of partner organizations.
Baxter provides its employees with comprehensive compensation and benefits.To view other opportunities at Baxter and to learn more about the company, please visit our Web site at http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/careers . EOE M/F/D/V.
