VP, Global Quality & Regulatory Excellence at Baxter International in Deerfield, IL

Job description

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. At Baxter, the quality of our products and the strength of our regulatory practices directly support the patients and clinicians who rely on us. As Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory Excellence, you will shape how Baxter anticipates risk, strengthens operational performance, and uses data, technology and innovation to advance quality worldwide. Based in Deerfield, Illinois, you will influence enterprise strategy and help build the capabilities that will define Baxter’s future. Your Role at Baxter You will lead the strategy connecting quality excellence, operational quality, regulatory resilience, enterprise risk, data and analytics, and responsible artificial intelligence. Working closely with the senior Quality leadership team and leaders across Baxter, you will translate emerging regulatory, technology and business trends into decisions that protect patients, strengthen product availability and quality, and support sustainable growth. Your impact will extend across Baxter’s businesses, manufacturing network and global quality systems. You will guide enterprise priorities, investments and transformation initiatives while building scalable capabilities that improve performance and strengthen regulatory confidence. Success will be reflected in early identification of risk, stronger operational and process performance, disciplined investment decisions, effective governance, responsible innovation, and quality capabilities built to deliver lasting business and patient impact. What You'll Be Doing Shape Baxter’s multi-year strategy for quality excellence, operational quality, regulatory resilience, enterprise risk, data, analytics and responsible AI, aligning priorities with patient needs and business strategy. Strengthen operational quality across manufacturing sites, product platforms, supply networks and quality systems by identifying systemic opportunities and driving improvements in reliability, compliance and product availability. Lead enterprise quality transformation and targeted interventions, focusing expertise and investment where they can create the greatest patient, regulatory and business value and scaling successful approaches across Baxter. Advance Baxter’s digital quality and analytics strategy by prioritizing scalable technology, automation and AI capabilities that improve insight, decision-making and organizational performance while maintaining appropriate governance and human oversight. Anticipate changes in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and global health authority expectations, translating external developments into proactive regulatory strategies, preparedness priorities and enterprise decisions. Guide enterprise risk, operating-plan and capital-investment decisions by connecting quality and regulatory priorities with patient and product risk, resilience, financial stewardship and long-term value. Build a strong global leadership and talent pipeline, developing the capabilities Baxter will need across operational quality, strategic risk, data, technology and transformation while creating alignment across businesses, functions and geographies. What You'll Bring Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Microbiology,