Senior Director, BD Excellence Global Capability

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

• 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.

• →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 whilst personally providing BD Excellence expertise to drive to faster outcomes.
• →Partner with BDELs, business leaders, and regional teams to accelerate maturity and adoption of BD Excellence practices.
• →Partner with BDELs around the globe to design custom learning, coaching, certification, and capability-building plans, identifying support needs and accountability
• →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.

• Execution Excellence: Drives disciplined deployment and sustained adoption of enterprise initiatives.
• Functional Expertise: Deep expertise in continuous improvement, operational excellence, capability development, and change management.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Builds trusted partnerships across executive, functional, and regional leadership teams.
• Influence Without Authority: Aligns diverse stakeholders around common objectives and enterprise outcomes.
• Operational Rigor: Implements governance, standards, and deployment processes that ensure consistency and accountability.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Uses metrics and analytics to drive prioritization, capability investments, and performance improvements.
• Strategic Communication: Delivers compelling messages for executive audiences and large-scale organizational engagement.
• Change Leadership: Leads adoption, behavior change, and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Global Collaboration: Effectively operates across cultures, regions, and matrixed organizational structures.

• 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.

• 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.

Travel Requirements: Approximately 70% domestic and international travel based on business and deployment needs.

At BD, we are committed to supporting our associates’ well-being, development, and success through a performance-based culture. For this position, BD offers a competitive compensation package along with the following benefits specific to this role: 

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