This is where my expertise drives business innovation.

A global transformation is happening across our IT function—one where we are intentionally and thoughtfully reimagining how we partner with the business. Your expertise is a welcome addition and will be crucial in developing fresh solutions to optimize our technology for all of Baxter. You enjoy seeing the connection between the future and today as we look to simplify our technology landscape. Your past experiences and enthusiasm for innovation will help us streamline systems and initiatives, break down IT silos and work in an agile, hyper-collaborative model. To drive transformation, we will work smarter, not harder—which means you will be able to focus on value-driven outcomes while gaining regular exposure to the business as you grow your career with Baxter.

Your team

We create value for Baxter by optimizing technology. It’s why we are shifting our approach to a capabilities-first mindset. A leaner technology blueprint will help us drive speed, simplicity, and collaboration. Embracing new technologies and methodologies helps us to keep up with a constantly evolving market—which means we can continue to save and sustain lives across the globe.

The SAP Basis Lead will manage the SAP ecosystem to include support, enhancements, and projects with our external service providers. This critical position provides supportable, scalable, reliable, and auditable solutions across the SAP landscape. The SAP Basis lead acts a trusted partner within the team to ensure the environments are optimally architected and fine-tuned. This role will reside within the Healthcare Software and Technologies segment.

What you'll be doing

· Accountable to ensure availability, continuity, integrity, security, and recovery of all SAP components both individually and holistically, ensuring definition and implementation of associated processes.

· Responsible for lifecycle management of all SAP systems and tightly coupled technologies including establishing practices for application of service packs, version upgrades, preventative, and corrective maintenance through change management process by leading and influencing staff and partners.

· Leads a team with responsibilities and capabilities in SAP BASIS, providing guidance and expertise in all aspects of SAP administration.

· Drive operational excellence, provide level III incident and problem management, including resolution and root cause analysis of the most complex SAP Basis and database issues.

· Accountable to ensure adherence to best practices for monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting of the SAP environment and SAP transport system.

· Responsible to continually assess SAP landscape environment requirements aligned with future application roadmaps, lead build (or decommissioning) of SAP instances.

· Maintain knowledge of SAP roadmap and emerging technologies impacting SAP Basis, make recommendations to improve efficiency, throughput, capabilities and/or capacity.

· Responsible for understanding and defining security roles and authorizations required by the BASIS team, ensures appropriate controls and usage of privileged access.

What you'll bring

· 12+ years’ experience in a leadership role with Basis administration.

· Multiple years of demonstrated leadership of complex global implementations.

· SAP certification/s highly preferred.

· Wide Experience in S/4HANA, ECC, NetWeaver, BW4/HANA, BW, BPC, BTP, Cloud Connector, Fiori/Gateway (Embedded and Distributed), Solution Manager, Web Dispatcher, Business Objects Platform (Business Intelligence and Data Services), Lumira Platform, SLT.

· Experience in HANA, MS SQL Server and Oracle

· Multiple years of demonstrated leadership of complex global implementations.

· 2+ years of Project lead experience that includes at least 1 full S/4 HANA project life-cycle in a lead role preferred.

· Ability to lead and facilitate multi-functional teams in support of critical initiatives within the business organization and IT.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences and interpersonal requirements.

· Exceptional change management and listening skills, with the ability to develop strong working relationships with multiple team members.

· Solid focus on delivering customer value through continuous improvement and innovative thinking.

· Self-starter, with the ability to formulate creative approaches in ambiguous settings.

· A dedication to foresee problems, identify risk, and develop plausible solutions.

· Interpersonal skills with ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines, and deliver on commitments.

At Baxter, we offer a dynamic and future focused work environment offering workplace flexibility, additional annual leave and a strong value driven culture. Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. See Less