Product Owner

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. 

Your role at Baxter

Join our dynamic team as a Product Owner – Sr Principal Software Systems Engineer for Digital Applications in the R&D/Software organization, where you will play a pivotal role in developing groundbreaking healthcare solutions. You will be at the forefront of new product development and sustaining activities within our Infusion Pump Platforms and connected Digital Applications, ensuring we meet customer needs while adhering to the highest regulatory standards. If you are passionate about transforming healthcare technology and eager to build a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you!

What You'll Be Doing

• Acquire and detail key customer needs/use insights through strong observation skills and communication skills
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and commercial departments to identify user needs that can be validated
• Translate customer insights into product features working collaboratively with marketing
• Work with remotely distributed teams to explain/drive product backlog and related epics to development and verification teams
• Create and own product portfolio backlogs across multiple Digital Applications, using innovative methodologies
• Work closely and guide individual Digital Application product owners within the portfolio to execute the product roadmap
• Take prototypes of minimally viable product (MVP) to customers and get early feedback on digital product concepts and features
• Work collaboratively with technical program managers assigned to product portfolios to ensure product backlog items and related epics are effectively groomed into the development cycles

Additional responsibilities include:

• Driving Guidelines: Implement and champion guidelines in software systems development and product lifecycles, applying Agile PDLC/SDLC and Systems Engineering methodologies in collaboration with engineering and validation groups.
• Technical Leadership: Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a distributed R&D team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• User Needs Translation: Identify and capture user needs for digital applications, helping software systems engineering team members translate these needs into functional and non-functional system requirements.
• Validation: Collaborate with stakeholders to define user needs validation strategies
• Hands-On Testing: Conduct ad-hoc testing of in-development and developed software systems to ensure ongoing product quality and realization of product features.
• Agile Execution: Enforce and support teams in completing Agile/Scrum planning, including estimating, scheduling, and completing committed tasks.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Drive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to enhance processes, practices, and technical mentorship.
• Compliance Assurance: Uphold compliance with the product development process and quality system standards.

What You'll Bring

• Product Manager/Product Owner experience demonstrating strong customer focus and direct interactions with customers - preferably within regulated connected medical devices/cloud applications space
• Experience being at customer sites regularly and having connections with hospitals/caregivers/clinical customers
• Experience working with marketing/sales/commercial teams
• Expertise in product backlog creation and management, requirements management, risk management, and development in an Agile environment (e.g. milestones/sprints)
• Experience with cloud-based digital applications (e.g. SaaS/PaaS/IaaS environments with AWS/Azure or similar CSPs) is preferred
• Experience with SaMD classified and MDDS digital/cloud applications preferred
• Knowledge of implementing and enforcing medical device cybersecurity design paradigms is a plus.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Strong documentation skills and experience in a regulated industry.
• A Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline with 10+years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 8+years of experience.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

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 employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $128,000 to $176,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. 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. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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