Auditing Director jobs in Illinois

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your creativity addresses challenges

You are creative, thorough, and a heads-down do-er. You embrace a challenge and truly apply the collaborative powers of your team to produce great results. You are motivated by work that is never the same from one day to the next. As a Director, Quality Auditing and Compliance Excellence, you are unafraid of navigating through necessary internal processes to facilitate a product you deeply believe in. You can absorb and act on complex procedures and data and train your team or peers if needed. You take pride in getting things done quickly without sacrificing safety or quality.

Your Team at Baxter

Within Quality, every role makes a difference. Products that Baxter makes are shipped worldwide for patients in need. Whether it's building a new process from scratch or facing a never-before-seen production hurdle, individuals within Quality are given the trust and opportunity to bring creativity to the table. Regardless of your specific role with a product, it is sure to touch a portion of our global operation.

The mission of Baxter is to save and sustain lives. This mission is embedded into everything we do. This means if there is a decision to be made where quantity and quality are at odds, we will always choose quality. Our patients come first, always.

The Quality function values both working together as a team and independently. We draw energy from working in a plant or an office where there are opportunities to collaborate. As the company evolves, so does the way our team approaches work as it strives to create top-of-the-line products.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.

What you'll be doing

• Manage the strategy, design and implementation of the Audit Quality System. Oversight of Audit process results and conformance to regulations and Baxter Quality Manual.
• Manages a global team of leaders and auditors that audit Baxter sites, external suppliers, preclinical suppliers and clinical suppliers.
• Understands and assures conformance to regulations. May interface with regulators during regulatory inspections.
• ·Facilitates harmonization of regulatory responses.
• Partner with quality leaders and stakeholders on audit/audit readiness strategy, process and execution.
• ·Business Process Owner of the audit/inspection database.
• Manages overall coaching, training, development, and succession plans for the team.

What you'll bring

• Significant experience (10 years) in Quality, Regulatory, and/or Manufacturing. 7 years of management experience.
• Technical experience in drug, biologics, and medical device industry.
• A degree in a life science or engineering discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Experience (5 years) in auditing.
• Experience inspecting manufacturing sites for a global regulator, FDA experience preferred
• Experience leading a large Quality or Regulatory organization; strong ability to motivate and lead a diverse team with varying levels of experience while also collaborating with colleagues across the globe.
• Proven leadership ability with a track record of making difficult decisions in a logical, rational manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a leader. Strong communication skills are essential.

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 $176,00-264,000 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, commission, and/or long-term incentive. 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. 

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 at any Baxter location. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

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