Senior Manager, Strategic Insights & Analytics

Baxter•Deerfield, IL

18h•$152,000 - $209,000

About The Position

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. About the Role Baxter’s Advanced Surgery business is one of the company’s most strategically important and fastest growing divisions, focused on improving outcomes in complex surgical procedures through trusted hemostats, sealants, and adhesion prevention solutions. The business is a priority area for Baxter’s executive leadership, with continued investment in innovation, portfolio expansion, and strategic growth. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Insights & Analytics to play a central role in shaping how Advanced Surgery understands its markets, competitors, and future opportunities. This role owns market intelligence and competitive insights for the division and combines rigorous analytics with strategic thinking to inform long range planning, portfolio decisions, and business development priorities. This is a high visibility role that sits at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and storytelling. The Senior Manager will work closely with global Marketing, R&D, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, and Commercial teams, and their insights will regularly inform senior leadership discussions. You will join a collaborative, low ego team that values curiosity, partnership, and impact—and you will inherit a strong analytical foundation while helping evolve the function for the future. What You ’ ll Do In this role, you will be responsible for turning complex healthcare data into clear strategic direction for the Advanced Surgery business. You will lead market intelligence and competitive insights, maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape across hemostats, sealants, adhesion prevention, and adjacent surgical categories. This includes monitoring competitor performance and strategy, synthesizing quarterly earnings and investor communications, tracking product launches and regulatory developments, and translating external signals into implications for Baxter’s portfolio and positioning. A core component of the role is global market sizing, forecasting, and long range planning. You will own Advanced Surgery’s annual market forecasts, coordinating with regional teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, developing the US forecast, and aligning assumptions with corporate finance. You will also lead bi annual market share and competitive landscape analyses, providing leadership with a clear, visual understanding of where Baxter competes and where future growth opportunities exist. You will be accountable for quarterly US market size and growth reporting, integrating multiple external data sources—such as SG2, IQVIA, DRG, and Premier—and validating trends against Baxter’s internal performance. These insights are widely used across marketing, strategy, and leadership forums and require both analytical rigor and strong judgment. The role includes hands on Premier analytics, with a focus on specialty level and utilization insights. You will analyze procedural volumes, product usage, and penetration by specialty and site of care, helping the organization understand how products are used in practice, where growth is occurring, and where unmet needs remain. This work supports both near term commercial decisions and longer term innovation and portfolio strategy. In addition, you will support M&A, licensing, and partnership evaluations, providing market sizing, competitive landscape assessments, and scenario modeling to inform investment and portfolio decisions. Across all areas, you will be expected to translate analysis into insight—building clear, executive ready narratives and presenting findings to cross functional stakeholders and senior leaders with confidence.

Requirements

Experience analyzing healthcare or medical device datasets such as Premier, SG2, DRG, IQVIA, or similar claims and utilization sources.
Strong capability in Excel based modeling, forecasting, and market sizing.
Working experience with SAS, R, or SPSS; SQL or Python
Familiarity with medical coding, procedure based analytics, and claims or charge level data.
A demonstrated ability to translate complex analyses into clear, strategic insights for executive audiences.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
A proactive, intellectually curious mindset and comfort working independently on highly visible, recurring deliverables.
A collaborative, low ego approach and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, cross functional environment.

Responsibilities

turning complex healthcare data into clear strategic direction for the Advanced Surgery business
lead market intelligence and competitive insights, maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape across hemostats, sealants, adhesion prevention, and adjacent surgical categories
monitoring competitor performance and strategy, synthesizing quarterly earnings and investor communications, tracking product launches and regulatory developments, and translating external signals into implications for Baxter’s portfolio and positioning
global market sizing, forecasting, and long range planning
own Advanced Surgery’s annual market forecasts, coordinating with regional teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, developing the US forecast, and aligning assumptions with corporate finance
lead bi annual market share and competitive landscape analyses, providing leadership with a clear, visual understanding of where Baxter competes and where future growth opportunities exist
accountable for quarterly US market size and growth reporting, integrating multiple external data sources—such as SG2, IQVIA, DRG, and Premier—and validating trends against Baxter’s internal performance
hands on Premier analytics, with a focus on specialty level and utilization insights
analyze procedural volumes, product usage, and penetration by specialty and site of care, helping the organization understand how products are used in practice, where growth is occurring, and where unmet needs remain
support M&A, licensing, and partnership evaluations, providing market sizing, competitive landscape assessments, and scenario modeling to inform investment and portfolio decisions
translate analysis into insight—building clear, executive ready narratives and presenting findings to cross functional stakeholders and senior leaders with confidence

Benefits

Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

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