Associate Director, Baxter GPS Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma)

Location: Hybrid role based in Deerfield, IL; St. Paul, MN; Bellevue, WA; Skaneateles, NY; or Raleigh, NC, with regular in-office presence and approximately 50% travel to hirify.global sites and business locations.

Base salary: $160,000–$220,000 per year, plus eligibility for discretionary bonuses.

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare company focused on improving healthcare delivery and its mission to save and sustain lives.

What you will do

• Lead enterprise-level improvement projects and Kaizen events from problem definition through implementation and sustained performance using Kaizen, DMAIC, and other improvement methods.
• Map and simplify end-to-end value streams across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Quality, Engineering, and enabling functions.
• Analyze operational, financial, customer, and commercial data to identify root causes, waste, variation, growth opportunities, and performance gaps.
• Facilitate value-stream mapping, process-simplification workshops, and structured problem-solving sessions with senior leaders, functional experts, and frontline teams.
• Develop business cases, project charters, implementation plans, performance measures, and control plans, and validate operational and financial results.
• Align stakeholders, coach leaders and project teams, communicate results to senior leaders, and embed GPS principles, standard work, and continuous-improvement routines while ensuring quality, safety, financial-control, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Approximately 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, business, supply chain, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading Kaizen events and end-to-end value-stream simplification projects with measurable outcomes.
• Strong proficiency in statistical analysis, root cause analysis, process mapping, and change management.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead teams without direct authority.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to travel based on business needs, potentially up to 50%.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Current Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Experience leading enterprise or multi-business-unit transformation initiatives in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Broad experience across functions such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Quality, Engineering, or shared services.
• Experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated industry.
• Experience coaching Green Belts and building continuous-improvement capability.
• Familiarity with operational, financial, commercial, and customer performance measures, including quality, yield, cycle time, productivity, inventory, cost, revenue, and service.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible workplace policy with a required minimum number of onsite days each week.
• Medical and dental coverage beginning on day one, plus life, accident, disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employee contributions and company matching, employee stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts, and educational assistance.
• Paid holidays, 20–35 days of paid time off based on length of service, family and medical leave, and paid parental leave.
• Additional commuting, childcare, employee discount, and employee assistance benefits.