Baxter is a healthcare company focused on redefining healthcare delivery and improving patient outcomes. The Analyst, Real-World Data & Healthcare Analytics role involves leveraging large-scale healthcare datasets to support evidence generation and value-based care initiatives for Baxter’s product portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Perform targeted data extractions from healthcare datasets (with a primary focus on the Premier Healthcare Database ) using SQL
- Clean, validate, and structure hospital-level data (EHR, chargemaster) to support RWE analyses
- Develop and maintain reproducible data workflows and automated reporting pipelines
- Ensure all datasets are audit-ready and compliant with Medical Affairs standards
- Prepare datasets and conduct analyses to support budget impact models, cost-effectiveness studies, and value assessments
- Analyze hospital cost and utilization data to support value-based care initiatives and optimization programs
- Contribute to evidence generation supporting clinical and economic value narratives
- Build and maintain interactive dashboards (Power BI or Tableau) to track product utilization, waste, and adoption across surgical specialties
- Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for cross-functional stakeholders
- Support development of data-driven reports for internal decision-making and scientific engagement
- Support RWE generation for scientific presentations, publications, and medical education initiatives
- Fulfill data requests from Medical Affairs leadership to support clinical insight generation
- Operate within a non-promotional, scientifically rigorous framework
- Ensure all data activities comply with HIPAA, FDA guidance, and Baxter policies
- Maintain high standards of data integrity, transparency, and reproducibility
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Health Informatics, Statistics, Economics, Life Sciences, or related field
- Hands-on experience working with the Premier Healthcare Database
- 1–2+ years of experience working with healthcare data (EHR, claims, or hospital datasets)
- Proficiency in SQL; experience with R or Python for data analysis
- Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI or Tableau)
- Working knowledge of healthcare coding systems (ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS, DRG)
- Up to 20% travel
- Experience in RWE, HEOR, or healthcare analytics within MedTech, Pharma, or consulting
- Experience supporting economic modeling or value-based care analyses
- Familiarity with clinical research or Medical Affairs environments
Benefits
- Medical and dental coverage that start on day one
- Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Educational assistance programs
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
- Family and medical leaves of absence
- Paid parental leave
- Commuting benefits
- The Employee Discount Program
- The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Childcare benefits
Company Overview
Baxter is an Italian company founded in 1990 in that cultural and territorial melting pot where the high-end furniture production experience of Brianza meets the knowledge of design capital Milan, hub of Italian creativity. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Lurago D'erba, Lombardia, ITA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.baxter.it/en.