[Hiring] Senior Director, BD Excellence Global Capability @BD

Role Description

BD Excellence capability building programs are consistently deployed and adopted across global businesses and functions.

• Leaders demonstrate increased proficiency and engagement with BD Excellence tools, methodologies, and operating principles.
• Capability maturity, adoption metrics, and operational performance indicators show measurable year-over-year improvement.
• Global deployment approaches enable scalability while maintaining consistency and governance standards.
• Stakeholders view the BD Excellence Office as a trusted partner for coaching, deployment, and organizational effectiveness.
• Success is achieved through strong leadership in highly matrixed, complex, and globally distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise strategy for BD Excellence capability development and global deployment.
• Provide hands-on tiger team expertise, embedding into high priority teams and initiatives to rapidly scale BD Excellence capabilities.
• Partner with BDELs, business leaders, and regional teams to accelerate maturity and adoption of BD Excellence practices.
• Design custom learning, coaching, certification, and capability-building plans with BDELs globally.
• Lead deployment governance, standards, assessments, and measurement systems across the enterprise.
• Drive executive engagement and leadership development related to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Establish and monitor KPIs that measure adoption, capability growth, business impact, and value realization.
• Facilitate sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and deployment methodologies globally.
• Identify capability gaps and implement solutions to strengthen organizational effectiveness and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, Organizational Development, or related discipline required.
• MBA, Master’s degree, or equivalent advanced education preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in operational excellence, capability development, transformation, business excellence, or related fields.
• Significant experience leading enterprise-wide deployment and organizational change initiatives.
• Proven success within global, matrixed organizations and cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated track record delivering measurable business outcomes through capability building and operational improvement programs.

Requirements

• Expert-level knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and deployment frameworks.
• Strong business and financial acumen with ability to connect capability investments to business value.
• Experience establishing governance models, performance systems, and maturity assessments.
• Exceptional leadership, coaching, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale organizational change and culture transformation.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus
• Potential Discretionary LTI Bonus
• Potential reimbursement of vehicle use/mileage
• Potential reimbursement of phone use
• Health and Well-being Benefits
• Medical coverage
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Hospital Care Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accidental Injury Insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care with life insurance
• Other Well-being Resources
• Anxiety management program
• Wellness incentives
• Sleep improvement program
• Diabetes management program
• Virtual physical therapy
• Emotional/mental health support programs
• Weight management programs
• Gastrointestinal health program
• Substance use management program
• Musculoskeletal surgery, cancer treatment, and bariatric surgery benefit
• Retirement and Financial Well-being
• BD 401(k) Plan
• BD Deferred Compensation and Restoration Plan
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Financial counseling
• Baxter Credit Union (BCU)
• Daily Pay
• College financial aid and application guidance
• Life Balance Programs
• Paid time off (PTO), including all required State leaves
• Educational assistance/tuition reimbursement
• MetLife Legal Plan
• Group auto and home insurance
• Pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Discounts on products and services
• Academic Achievement Scholarship
• Service Recognition Awards
• Employer matching donation
• Workplace accommodations
• Other Life Balance Programs
• Adoption assistance
• Backup day care and eldercare
• Support for neurodivergent adults, children, and caregivers
• Caregiving assistance for elderly and special needs individuals
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for fertility, birthing, postpartum, and age-related hormonal changes
• Leave Programs
• Bereavement leaves
• Military leave
• Personal leave
• Family and Medical Leave (FML)
• Jury and Witness Duty Leave