Associate Director, HST Communications

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.

Your role at Baxter

As the Associate Director of Communications, you will lead internal and external communications for Healthcare Systems and Technologies GBU. You will develop communications strategies, build and manage strong relationships, and collaborate with colleagues.

Your Team

You will be part of a Communications team that is critical to the company's success, from engaging employees to building Baxter's reputation in the U.S. and beyond. Our work is highly visible across the company and is at the center of every successful program, announcement and more. Your team is fun and collaborative, coming from both agency and in-house backgrounds, driven by our passion for saving and sustaining lives

What you'll be doing

• Provide strategic counsel to segment president. Build opportunities for leader to engage with organization, establish their voice and drive visibility for the business.
• Develop overarching communications strategy for key revenue and reputation-building initiatives, focused on the U.S.
• Build and manage strong relationships with segment and broader HST leadership team, including functional leaders.
• Collaborate with colleagues in WEU, ANZ and Japan to build and implement local reputation-building initiatives.
• Lead media relations efforts to promote key initiatives for the segment. Pitch and secure media placements in the U.S. and create key messages and other materials to assist in our response to inquiries from journalists.
• Lead communications response to issues. Provide counsel to senior leaders, drive response strategy and develop key messaging for use with employees and external partners.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree required in English, marketing, journalism, public relations, advertising, or transferrable area.
• 10+ years of experience in corporate communications or public relations. Pharma, med tech or healthcare industry and agency experience desired.
• Demonstrated experience advising a senior leader who leads a sophisticated global business.
• Able to successfully develop communications strategy to meet our goals, while demonstrating measurable impact of efforts.
• Effectively maintains relationships with internal partners, including those who are outside of direct team. Ability to manage conflicting viewpoints and help move the team to resolution.
• Strong and versatile writing skills for a variety of content types, channels and topics. Experience writing for the web and social media.
• Strong discernment to be able to understand underlying business imperatives and develop communications strategy that advances those imperatives.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $128,000 to $252,000 plus an annual incentive bonus, and equity target.The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

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