Data Steward for Analytics & AI Readiness

Bayer CropScience Limited; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 127,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision & dental

Retirement plan

PTO & sick leave

Job summary

Bayer is seeking a Data Steward for Business Analytics & AI Readiness in Chicago, IL. You will partner with stakeholders to govern data definitions, metadata, quality, and lineage, ensuring data assets support trusted analytics and AI use cases.

Responsibilities include cross-functional liaison, remediation of data quality issues, data migrations, and maintaining data catalogs. The role requires strong SQL, data governance experience, and excellent communication to translate technical concepts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5-7 years in data governance, analytics, or data management.
• Experience with data warehouses, reporting platforms, and data quality processes.
• SQL knowledge and data analysis techniques.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders to drive data stewardship.
• Liaise between Business Analytics, Data Engineering, Product, and Governance teams to align on data definitions and requirements.
• Establish and maintain business metadata, including business terms and data documentation.
• Identify, prioritize, track, and coordinate remediation of data quality issues across critical datasets.
• Support data migration and modernization with data requirements, quality expectations, lineage, and context.
• Monitor data quality trends and improve completeness, accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data assets.
• Facilitate root cause analysis of recurring data issues and drive 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 with business context.
• Drive governance of Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and other high-value data assets.
• Develop and communicate data standards and stewardship guidance to stakeholders.
• Promote AI readiness by documenting datasets with metadata and business context.
• Act as a steward for trusted data to improve discoverability and usability.

Skills

SQL

Data governance

Data management

Stakeholder collaboration

Data quality

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field

Master's (MS/MBA) in a related field

Job description

Bayer is seeking a Data Steward for Business Analytics & AI Readiness in Chicago, IL. You will partner with stakeholders to govern data definitions, metadata, quality, and lineage, ensuring data assets support trusted analytics and AI use cases.

Responsibilities include cross-functional liaison, remediation of data quality issues, data migrations, and maintaining data catalogs. The role requires strong SQL, data governance experience, and excellent communication to translate technical concepts