Data Steward (Business Analytics & AI Readiness) at Bayer | Chicago, IL, US | Rezi

Data Steward (Business Analytics & AI Readiness) at Bayer

Data Steward (Business Analytics & AI Readiness)

Bayer · Chicago, IL, US

5 days ago

Data Steward (Business Analytics & AI Readiness)

Bayer · Chicago, IL, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

Bayer Digital Farming Solutions (DFS) is seeking a Data Steward to collaborate with Business Analytics, Data Engineering, Product Teams, and Data Governance to enhance the quality, consistency, and usability of critical business data assets. This role acts as a liaison, establishing data standards, business context, metadata, and quality processes to support analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives. The ideal candidate is passionate about data quality, governance, analytics, and enabling trusted data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

  • Develop collaborative relationships with business stakeholders, data owners, product teams, and technical partners to understand data challenges and drive stewardship initiatives.
  • Serve as a liaison between Business Analytics, Data Engineering, Product, and Governance teams to align on data definitions, standards, and business requirements.
  • Establish and maintain business metadata, including business terms, critical data elements, business rules, and data documentation.
  • Identify, prioritize, track, and coordinate remediation of data quality issues across critical business datasets.
  • Support data migration and modernization efforts by documenting data requirements, quality expectations, lineage, and business context.
  • Monitor data quality trends and partner with stakeholders to improve completeness, accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data assets.
  • Facilitate root cause analysis of recurring data issues and drive sustainable corrective actions.
  • Partner with technical teams to ensure data warehouse, reporting, and AI-use-case requirements are reflected in data models and source systems.
  • Support metadata management, data catalog, and governance tools by maintaining business context and stewardship information.
  • Drive identification and governance of Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and other high-value business data assets.
  • Develop and communicate data standards, stewardship practices, and business guidance to stakeholders.
  • Promote AI readiness by ensuring key datasets are well-documented, governed, and accompanied by meaningful business context and metadata.
  • Act as a steward for trusted data by improving discoverability, usability, and understanding of enterprise data assets.
  • Support governance committees and working groups through preparation of materials, issue tracking, and stewardship recommendations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of experience in data governance, business analytics, data management, business operations, or a related discipline.
  • Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements, document business processes, and support data-driven decision-making.
  • Experience working with enterprise data environments, including data warehouses, reporting platforms, and data quality management processes.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and data analysis techniques.
  • Experience investigating and resolving data quality issues across complex business processes.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.
  • High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and accountability.
  • Master’s (MS/MBA) in Business, Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, or related field (Preferred).
  • 12+ years in operations, including 10+ years leading teams (Preferred).
  • Global experience (Preferred).

Skills

  • Data Governance
  • Business Analytics
  • Data Management
  • Business Operations
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis
  • Metadata Management
  • Data Quality Management
  • AI Readiness

Location

  • United States: Missouri: Creve Coeur
  • United States: Illinois: Chicago
  • United States: Residence Based
  • United States: Washington: Seattle

Work Type

  • Residence Based

Experience Level

  • 5-7 years

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's (MS/MBA) (Preferred)

Salary/Compensations

  • $127k-185k

Benefits

  • Bonus or incentive program
  • Health care
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Retirement
  • PTO
  • Sick leave

About the Company

  • At Bayer, we are visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges, striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is a reality.
  • Bayer Digital Farming Solutions (DFS) is a division focused on innovation in agriculture.
  • Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs.
  • Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.

Equal Opportunity

  • Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.
  • Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s).
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