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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Director, IT Portfolio Manager - **Company:** Baxter International Inc. - **Location:** Deerfield, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $168,000.0 - $231,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Information Technology - **Published:** September 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://baxter.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/baxter/job/Deerfield-Illinois/Associate-Director--IT-Portfolio-Manager_JR-210651-1/apply ## About the Role * Communicator * Curious * Results driven * Collaborative * Problem Solver, * Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. * 10+ years of progressive experience in IT portfolio management, program management, and project management leadership. * Experience partnering with senior business and IT leaders to facilitate prioritization, investment decisions, and strategic planning activities. * Strong financial management capabilities, including budgeting, forecasting, investment governance, and portfolio performance management. * Demonstrated experience leading teams of Project Managers and Program Managers in a complex, matrixed environment. * Experience delivering technology initiatives that support manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, or other operational business functions. * Strong communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization. * Experience using employer-sanctioned AI tools and data-driven decision making to improve productivity, portfolio performance, and delivery outcomes. ## Description This is where we value your strategic mindset, technical expertise and passion for innovation. If you are someone who has the ability to transform strategies into actionable plans while also demonstrating empathy and a willingness to assist others, this might be the right opportunity for you. Your contributions will make a significant impact on Baxter's mission to save and sustain lives. * Paid Time Off * Employee Health & Well-Being Benefits * Continuing Education/ Professional Development * Support for Parents * Employee Assistance Program, As the Associate Director, IT Portfolio Manager, you will serve as the primary technology portfolio leader for Baxter's Supply Chain organization, partnering closely with senior business and IT leaders to drive prioritization, governance, planning, and execution across a complex portfolio of strategic initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring technology investments align to business priorities, deliver measurable value, and are appropriately funded, resourced, and governed throughout their lifecycle. In this highly visible leadership role, you will provide end-to-end accountability from project intake through value realization while leading a team of Project Managers and Program Managers. Acting as both a strategic advisor and hands-on coach, you will help shape investment decisions, facilitate executive prioritization discussions, and ensure successful delivery of projects that support critical business objectives. You will also partner closely with Finance, executive stakeholders, and the PMO Center of Excellence to optimize portfolio performance, improve governance, and drive consistent project management practices across the organization. This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys balancing strategy, execution, financial management, and people leadership in a fast-paced environment. This is a hybrid position based in Deerfield, IL. What you'll be doing * Serve as the primary partner to business and IT leaders for project intake, portfolio governance, prioritization, and delivery. * Lead the evaluation and business case development of new initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, resource capacity, and funding constraints. * Facilitate portfolio planning and prioritization discussions, balancing business value, risk, capacity, and investment requirements. * Own portfolio-level financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, spend tracking, and variance management. * Provide end-to-end accountability for project and program delivery, ensuring initiatives meet scope, timeline, budget, and value objectives. * Lead, coach, and develop a team of Project Managers and Program Managers while driving accountability and continuous improvement. * Prepare executive-level portfolio reporting and present portfolio health, performance, risks, and investment recommendations to senior leaders. * Partner with Finance, business stakeholders, and the PMO Center of Excellence to strengthen governance, improve processes, and drive successful value realization. ## Related Videos - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [Augmented Intelligence for transport planning: Human in the Loop Modelling](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/72-augmented-intelligence-for-transport-planning-human-in-the-loop-modelling) - [The Human API: Designing Organizations for Judgment, Not Just Execution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100213-the-human-api-designing-organizations-for-judgment-not-just-execution) - [Angstfreude - AI and Corporate Culture - The Thrill and the Threat](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100354-angstfreude-ai-and-corporate-culture-the-thrill-and-the-threat) - [It's not easy being green](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/558-it-s-not-easy-being-green) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere)