Medolla, Emilia-Romagna
60 days ago
R&D Project Leader I - LSI

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.

The Renal Lead System Integrator (LSI) team is a part of the R&D organization that supports the Renal Care business unit. Within the team we provide project management activities in all product phases, innovation initiatives, new product development and improvement programs for existing therapy systems. This collaborative role gives you the direct opportunity to define solutions to new products and services to patients and continue Baxter’s mission to save and sustain lives.


Baxter is a global company with R&D sites at multiple locations in the world; competences and capabilities are spread over the different R&D sites, and you will commonly collaborate with colleagues across several of these R&D sites. Work assignments within the team are highly variable and we can promise you a work environment with exciting project management challenges and variability in your day-to-day activities.

Lead System Integrator co-ordinates/leads R&D team within a Project or Program with her/his Project Management and Technical Leadership skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Support research and development (R&D) project management work and research for medical devices and regulated healthcare products

Owner of R&D program schedule creation, tracking, and execution. Responsible for delivering an integrated product with detailed plans from primary iteration to successful system verification completion

Participates as a member of cross functional teams and/or integrates cross functional inputs into project delivery

Supports project execution and proactive risk management.  Effectively tracks project status, risks and external spend

Basic understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations, and standards

Prepares project reports, analyses and delivers presentations to R&D leadership on a weekly basis

Supports scheduled meetings in R&D, develops and manages agenda, creates minutes, and follows up action items throughout the integration steps

Establish project communication channel. E.g., Teams group, Status meeting, Escalation matrix, etc. 

Facilitate/organize project design reviews and change control meetings 

Qualifications:

Experience in project management principles and methodologies

Strong interpersonal and communication skills in written and verbal form

Ability to provide technical leadership for medical device projects with medium complexity and scope

Ability to decompose complex problems into actionable task lists

Understanding of design requirements for development, validation, and verification of medical products

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent field

1+ years of R&D experience; experience in medical device industry preferred

Reasonable Accommodations

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

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