Bayer · 2 days ago
Lead Data & AI Architect, North America
Whippany, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expBayer is a visionary company committed to solving the world's toughest challenges. They are seeking a Lead Data & AI Architect to design data and solution architecture for data & analytics products, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance digital transformation and innovation.
BiotechnologyChemicalHealth CareLife SciencePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Work closely with NA business stakeholders, data scientists, full stack engineers, data architects, and product managers to define project scope and deliverables
Assess and translate functional and non-functional requirements into technical concepts in alignment with business objectives and user needs considering robustness, scalability, re-usability, cost efficiency, performance & security & data privacy requirements
Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in Data & AI technology
Collaborate closely with the cloud platform team to continuously enhance the technology stack of our global & local cloud-based data, analytics and AI platforms
Produce comprehensive documentation, including architectural diagrams, design specifications, and user manuals
Steer external providers or internal engineers, guide them as architect, provide cost and time estimations, challenge vendor costs and assure quality delivery of implementations & proper handover to support
Develop and enforce data governance policies and standards while working closely with data stewards, governance councils, and business units to ensure alignment and compliance
Ensure data quality and that data is accurate, complete, consistent, and timely, while maintaining metadata repositories and promoting metadata standards across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field with 10-13 years of relevant industry experience, OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field with 5-8 years of relevant industry experience
Significant working experience in the field of data engineering and architecture
Mastery of AWS Data Stack & Snowflake
Profound understanding of data management practices, including data governance, data quality & data preprocessing, and descriptive analytics architecture
Architectural understanding of descriptive analytics solutions as well as AI solutions and AI-based applications
Excellent data knowledge (e.g. financial data (COPA), SD, market data from Profitero, IQVIA, Nielson, IRI or similar vendors, sell-in/sell-out, digital channel data; retailer data, warehouse & transportation data) as well as knowhow of necessary business process (e.g. marketing & commercial, order to cash & supply chain, etc.)
Professional experience in steering IT providers and software vendors
Good knowledge of the GitHub ecosystem including the core VCS, GitHub Actions for CI/CD and working with tickets/issues and pull requests
Basic understanding of ML/Ops practices
Problem solving and analytical skills, combined with impeccable business judgement. Interpersonal and communication skills, active listening, consulting, challenging, presentation skills also essential
Fluent in English, both written & spoken, intercultural awareness and willingness to travel
Preferred
5-8 years of working experience in the field of data engineering/architecture, ideally in CPG industry
Practical experience with Databricks and Azure Data, AI application development technology stack and SQL/Python
Knowhow in PowerBI/Tableau is a plus
Benefits
Health care
Vision
Dental
Retirement
PTO
Sick leave
Company
Bayer
Bayer is a life science company that specializes in the areas of health care and agriculture.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$9.34BKey Investors
Bank of AmericaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationTemasek Holdings
2025-09-26Post Ipo Debt· $331.5M
2024-12-06Post Ipo Debt· $5.29B
2022-11-08Grant· $12M
Leadership Team
Wolfgang Nickl
Member of the Board of Management of Bayer AG and CFO
Abi Abitorabi
VP, CGT Platform Implementation Lead
Recent News
2026-01-09
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