Director of Marketing, Connected Care Group (Deerfield)

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. Summary:Baxter is committed to driving connectivity for patients, clinicians, and customers across healthcare settings. Baxter’s Connected Care Group focuses on two critical areas: (1) Digital Products, delivering connected devices and software to customers, and (2) Digital Platforms, facilitating software development across Baxter’s medical devices with a unified architecture to accelerate customer-focused solutions. The portfolio includes key offerings that drive revenue and advance Baxter’s mission to save and sustain lives while shaping the future of healthcare.The Director of Marketing, Connected Care Group serves as the marketing leader for Baxter's Connected Care portfolio, responsible for shaping portfolio growth strategy, customer adoption, market expansion, and commercial performance across Digital Products and Digital Platforms. In partnership with Product Management, Sales, and other cross-functional teams, this leader translates market opportunities, customer insights, and competitive dynamics into portfolio strategies that accelerate revenue growth, strengthen customer value realization, and expand market penetration.This role owns portfolio positioning, marketing strategy, customer adoption strategy, and commercial growth initiatives while leading upstream and downstream marketing teams. The Director will modernize marketing capabilities through data-driven decision making, AI-enabled marketing approaches, customer adoption strategies, and scalable commercial processes that improve marketing effectiveness and business outcomes.This role sits within the Connected Care Group and reports into the Senior Director of Product Management. There will be a team of 2-5 direct reports that will be responsible for driving growth of the portfolio. Key stakeholders in the Connected Care Group include Product Management, Sales, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Project Management, Operations, and R&D. Across the broader organization, she/he will also interact with other marketing, product management, medical affairs, sales, regional, and quality teams. She/he will have responsibility to communicate milestones and progress to BU leadership and executives as appropriate.To be successful, this leader must balance near-term commercial priorities with long-term portfolio growth and market development objectives. The ideal candidate will be a strategic and data-driven marketing leader who can influence across a matrixed organization, build high-performing teams, and drive measurable business outcomes through modern marketing capabilities and customer-centric growth strategies.This role requires adaptability in a fast-paced and evolving environment, balancing strategic leadership with operational engagement. Success requires a highly collaborative, visible leader who can effectively influence across virtual and in-person teams while navigating changing business priorities. While this is primarily a strategic leadership role, the Director is expected to remain close to execution and contribute directly where appropriate to ensure speed, quality, and alignment with business priorities. We are seeking a collaborative, high-energy, and agile individual who has an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare and technology ecosystem.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesCore ResponsibilitiesShape portfolio growth strategy and influence business unit priorities through market insights, customer understanding, competitive intelligence, and commercial analytics.Lead upstream and downstream marketing teams to drive portfolio adoption, market expansion, customer value realization, and revenue growth across Connected Care offerings.Build and modernize marketing capabilities, including customer adoption programs, digital and AI-enabled marketing approaches, commercial analytics, and scalable demand generation processes.Ensure alignment between product strategy and commercial execution through effective positioning, go-to-market strategies, and cross-functional leadership.Develop and lead a high-performing marketing organization while managing marketing investment to maximize business impact and ROI.Marketing Capability and Commercial TransformationLead the modernization of marketing across Connected Care through data-driven decision making, AI-enabled marketing approaches, digital engagement strategies, and scalable commercial processes.Establish metrics and analytics that connect marketing investments to customer adoption, pipeline creation, revenue growth, and marketing ROI.Drive continuous improvement of marketing operations, customer journey management, demand generation, and portfolio performance measurement.Upstream MarketingLead market and customer insight generation and partner with Product Management and business leadership to translate those insights into portfolio strategy, product investment priorities, market expansion opportunities, and long-term growth initiatives.Own portfolio-level positioning and narrative, ensuring clear articulation of platform value and differentiation across interconnected solutions.Analyze market size, growth, and competitive dynamics to inform strategic priorities; develop deep subject matter expertise across the portfolio.Capture and communicate customer intelligence and other learnings back across the Baxter organization.Understand key growth drivers and pricing.Clarify the portfolio and product-specific value propositions and positioning relative to customer pain points and competitors.Segment customers and inform priorities.Understand decision-making and purchasing processes for customers.Help craft internal and external messaging.Develop OUS marketing plan and enable growth outside developed markets.Create multi-year plans to build the Connected Care brand through a long- term marketing strategy.Manage 1-3 Upstream Marketing individualsDownstream MarketingEnsure the organization has effective marketing processes, tools, content, and enablement capabilities required to support commercial successCommunicate and implement messaging across functional and geographic partners – and help shape their communications.Develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns, content, and omnichannel strategies to drive awareness, demand generation, and sales enablement.Develop segment-specific messaging, value propositions, and clinical/economic narratives to drive targeted campaigns and market engagement.Deliver high-quality pre launch, launch, and post-launch promotional programs that maximize product adoption and penetration within the market.Support regional commercial marketing teams to help achieve growth and profitability with support for messaging.Work cross-functionally with business units, region/country teams, and functions to brainstorm, develop, launch new processes and improvements.Work with internal teams to develop clinical and economic messaging.Lead product launches, field sales support, and other marketing activities.Generate/analyze competitive intelligence and promote understanding of competitive tactics with the sales team.Partner with marketing communications to create innovative and forward-looking content to drive market awareness, lead generation, leading to deal closure.Develop relationships and regularly interact with customers through presentations, interviews, tradeshows, professional societies, and site visits.Collaborate with global portfolio marketing to understand issues related to product quality/customer complaints; ensure feedback is communicated back to respective owners for input into recommendations and resolution to identified issues.Manage agencies and external stakeholders where needed.Collaborate with Medical Affairs to aid in guiding high-value studies to support key claims in marketing materials and establish Baxter’s presence as a thought leader.Manage 1-3 Downstream Marketing individuals.Qualifications: Experience marketing complex, software-enabled or platform-based healthcare solutions, with a demonstrated ability to drive enterprise adoption.Strong understanding of digital health ecosystems, including interoperability, clinical workflows, and enterprise IT environments.Highly organized, self-starter who can lead and collaborate across the organization effectively.Ability to operate with ambiguity in volatile environments, leading a function in and through the face of change, setting clear direction and guidance for the team you lead.Ability to work and influence across business units and functions. Demonstrated track-record of leading and influencing in a matrixed environment.Excellent written & verbal communication and presentation skillsNeeds to work independently without supervision on most initiatives.Team player with a strategic partnership mindset. Must be available to travel to customer sites and team meetings frequently.Entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset.Ability to prioritize and influence others while exercising proper judgement for sound decision making and trade-off analysis.Strong ability to communicate effectively at all levels inside and outside of the organization.Strong work ethic and comfort with ambiguity.Experience and knowledge of trends shaping product devel