Data Strategy & Solution Manager

Bayer CropScience Limited; Creve Coeur (MO); On-site; USD 124,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision

Dental

Retirement

PTO

Sick leave

Job summary

Bayer Crop Science is seeking a Data Strategy & Solution Manager in the United States. The role leads data strategy and implementation decisions for NA ANZ Product Supply, partnering with Supply, Commercial and IT to align regional and global priorities.

Responsibilities span architecture of data flows, governance across SAP and SFDC, and leading large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders. Strong collaboration and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of professional experience in data strategy, governance or supply chain data solutions.
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to design solutions considering risks and data consequences.
• Proven collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge base of current state process enablers from an application and data perspective.
• Represent North America in Global Projects and New Business Innovation Initiatives.
• Engage with Regional IT leaders to define data strategy best practices for NA.
• Define and execute a data strategy for NA ANZ Product Supply to improve data accessibility and interoperability.
• Govern reference, transactional, and reporting data across SAP, SFDC and related tools.
• Drive investments with global and local IT to implement the data strategy.
• Lead as business project manager or data solution lead on major NA initiatives.

Skills

Data strategy

Data governance

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Supply chain data

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field

Tools

SAP

SFDC

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Data Strategy & Solution Manager

As a Data Strategy and Solution Manager with Bayer Crop Science, you will lead data strategy and implementation decisions for North America, Australia, and New Zealand (NA ANZ) Product Supply. You will partner with Product Supply, Commercial, and IT project teams to ensure data provisioning strategies meet process needs while balancing regional and global priorities. Through strong stakeholder relationships, you will influence and drive region-wide improvements that strengthen the integrity, efficiency, and availability of data flows supporting NA ANZ Product Supply.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role are to:

• Develop knowledge base of current state process enablers from an application and data perspective. Help build knowledge needed deeper in functional teams.
• Represent North America (NA) in Global Projects and in New Business Innovation Initiatives.
• Engage with Regional IT leaders to define leading practices and design patterns in data strategy for the NA region.
• Define and execute a data strategy on behalf of NA ANZ Product Supply that improves the accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of data and ensures access to data generated from and used by external sources and functions outside of SCM.
• Contribute to and apply design principles and standards to govern reference, transactional, and reporting data that is captured in enterprise (SAP, SFDC) and function specific tools. Work closely with the IT organization to highlight and resolve data gaps and opportunities to improve data delivery SLAs.
• Drive business execution of investments needed to achieve the data strategy in collaboration with global and local IT organizations.
• Play the role of business project manager and/or business data solution lead on the largest strategic projects for NA.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer or information science, data science, or business related field
• 10 years of relevant professional experience, including experience with data strategy, data governance or driving supply chain data solutions
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to understand complex data processes and consequences of decisions and design solutions considering risks
• Experience with customer and partner data
• Excellent collaboration skills to work across diverse stakeholder groups
• Ability to influence all levels of the organization

Preferred:

• 3+ years of project experience with change management experience
• 3-5+ years experience in data strategy, data governance or driving supply chain data solutions

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately $124k-180k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive program (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

• health care
• vision
• dental
• retirement
• PTO
• sick leave

This posting will be available for application until at least 8/26/26.

To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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Location: United States : Missouri : Creve Coeur

Division: Crop Science

Reference Code: 877094

Email: [e-mail]