Senior Director Global Training

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. 

Senior Director Global Training

About Baxter

Baxter provides a broad portfolio of essential renal and hospital products, including home, acute and in-centre dialysis; sterile IV solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition; surgery products and anesthetics; and pharmacy automation, software and services. The company’s global footprint and the critical nature of its products and services play a key role in expanding access to healthcare in emerging and developed countries. Baxter’s employees worldwide are building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of healthcare innovations that enable patient care.

A Career That Matters

Baxter’s employees are united in a mission to save and sustain lives. We are passionate about applying scientific innovation to meet the needs of the millions of people worldwide who depend on our medically necessary therapies and technologies. We focus on increasing access to healthcare, innovating in crucial areas of unmet need, and pursuing creative collaborations that bring our mission to life for patients every day.

Position Overview

Baxter is seeking a highly experienced Global Training Senior Director to lead the transformation and verticalization of our global training organization. This leader will drive the creation and implementation of a standardized training framework, ensuring alignment with our strategic priorities and elevating the impact of training across all regions and functions. Reporting to the Vice President of Commercial Excellence, this role will be critical in establishing a new global standard for training excellence within Baxter.

To accelerate commercial excellence and capability building, Baxter is creating a new Global Training & Commercial Capability organization to standardize, modernize, and optimize sales training, commercial capability development, and digital learning platforms across the business.

We are seeking a seasoned global leader to establish and lead this function—someone with the strategic vision, operational expertise, and commercial acumen to develop a world-class training infrastructure, drive process standardization, and partner effectively with senior commercial leaders.

Role Summary

As Senior Director, Global Training & Commercial Capability, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and leading Baxter’s global commercial training strategy. This role will focus on standardizing commercial learning processes, aligning digital platforms, and building a scalable training ecosystem that enhances the skills and effectiveness of Baxter’s salesforce.

You will collaborate closely with senior commercial leaders, business unit heads, and regional teams to ensure that training programs are strategically aligned, impactful, and integrated into Baxter’s broader commercial excellence framework.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership

• Define and implement a global commercial training strategy that aligns with Baxter’s commercial objectives across all business units and regions.

• Establish and lead a Global Center of Excellence for commercial training, setting standards for competency frameworks, learning methodologies, and performance metrics.

• Build and lead a high-performing global training team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and commercial excellence.

Standardization & Process Optimization

• Develop a consistent, structured commercial training framework applicable across all Baxter business units, ensuring standardization and scalability.

• Implement global competency models, structured onboarding programs, sales effectiveness training, and leadership development initiatives.

• Drive harmonization of training delivery models across geographies to ensure consistency and efficiency.

Digital Learning & Enablement

• Lead the selection, deployment, and optimization of global digital learning platforms to create an engaging and scalable training ecosystem.

• Integrate training programs with CRM, sales enablement tools, and other digital commercial platforms to provide data-driven insights into sales effectiveness.

• Leverage AI, data analytics, and adaptive learning technologies to personalize and enhance learning experiences.

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnership

• Partner with senior commercial leaders, regional sales heads, and business unit leaders to ensure training programs meet business needs and drive measurable impact.

• Act as a trusted advisor to global commercial leadership, providing insights on best-in-class sales capability development and training innovations.

• Champion a culture of learning and development, ensuring strong engagement and adoption of global training initiatives.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics to measure the effectiveness of commercial training programs.

• Implement a data-driven approach to continuous improvement, using analytics and feedback to refine training strategies.

• Regularly report training impact and commercial capability improvements to senior leadership.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• 10+ years of experience in global commercial training, sales enablement, or commercial capability development in a multinational organization.

• Proven track record of building and leading global training organizations at scale, preferably in a complex, matrixed environment.

• Deep expertise in sales methodologies, learning & development strategies, digital learning platforms, and sales enablement technologies.

• Strong experience in standardizing training processes, competency models, and performance measurement frameworks across multiple business units.

• Deep understanding of commercial organizations, salesforce structures, go-to-market strategies, and customer engagement models.

• Exceptional leadership skills, with experience managing large, globally dispersed teams.

• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, driving alignment and adoption of global training initiatives.

• Strong change management and project management expertise, with a track record of successfully rolling out large-scale global training initiatives.

Preferred:

• Experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or healthcare industries.

• Background in digital learning transformation, including AI-driven learning solutions and modern sales enablement tools.

• Master’s degree or MBA in Business, Learning & Development, or a related field.

Why Join Baxter?

This is a unique opportunity to build and lead a new global function at one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of commercial training and capability development, standardizing global best practices, and driving measurable impact across a complex, multinational business.

If you are a visionary leader passionate about developing world-class commercial teams, we invite you to apply and help us elevate Baxter’s commercial excellence to the next level.

Join us and make a lasting impact at Baxter!

What we offer

This is a challenging opportunity and a chance to work in a diverse team with a great mix of people across various countries. Joining Baxter means joining a team that you can truly learn from!

You will be involved in exciting commercial projects which will make a difference to both the company and patients. If you have an interest in this great opportunity and think you can make a difference then this could well be the role for you.

To find out more about working at Baxter, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY89yj_zSIo

Who we are

Do you want to learn more about our business? Go to http://www.baxter.com/inside-baxter/about/overview/corporate.page?

Baxter touches millions of lives every day. Our products and services are essential building blocks of healthcare. You’ll find Baxter’s products and therapies on nearly every floor, in almost every hospital worldwide. You’ll find us in clinics and in the home. Patients and providers rely on Baxter for lifesaving renal and medical products.

Our mission to save and sustain lives inspires our work and our commitment to expanding access to care, providing cost-effective healthcare solutions, delivering quality products and advancing innovations for the world.

Our 50,000 employees serve patients and clinicians in more than 100 countries and are dedicated to ensuring Baxter is there when patients need care.

Our inclusive culture and a diverse workforce drives innovation, creates trusted partnerships with customers, suppliers, and community partners, and contributes to the success and sustainability of our business.

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

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. 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. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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Reasonable Accommodations

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 click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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