Project Specialist

Your Role at Baxter

This dynamic role, in the healthcare software industry, is pivotal within Baxter Care Communications. The Project Specialist is a remote-based role, responsible for the planning, coordination, documentation, and execution of Hillrom Care Communications projects. This position will play an integral role in planning customer technology roadmaps and customer attainment strategy. Key activities include project planning, resource allocation and coordination, project risk assessment and mitigation, revenue forecasting, customer communication and internal partner management.

What You'll Be Doing

• Project management, planning & execution.
• Act with autonomy as the primary point of contact for all client project-related needs during an active implementation.
• Use project management software, conduct regular meetings, provide agendas and meeting minutes, and build and maintain project plans.
• Provide strong, proactive, project leadership and drive follow-ups.
• Supervise all required project metrics, and proactively identify, communicate, and resolve customer issues.
• Meet or exceed established PMO metrics including revenue forecasting, assigned project reporting / results, customer revenue / project count loads, and customer satisfaction reporting.
• Host in-person and remote meetings and translate technical information from technical to non-technical resources to meet project requirements.
• Understand the challenges facing each customer and offer custom solutions, while acting as a resource for sales team during long-term planning sessions.
• Define a clear revenue management strategy that enables revenue goal attainment.
• Balance the backlog of your customer with knowledge of short, mid, and long-term orders.
• Ability to travel 10-20%.

What You'll Bring

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 $72,000 - $99,000 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.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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.

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability / handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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