Stewardship Compliance Manager

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.

As a Stewardship Compliance Manager, you provide specialized knowledge and technical support in quality assurance and control processes across the organization;
You analyze quality and compliance data, develop best practices, and advise teams on adherence to industry standards, regulations, and internal policies;
You collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement quality and stewardship improvement initiatives, conduct training, and ensure that products and processes consistently align with established quality and regulatory benchmarks;
You are responsible for safeguarding Bayer’s License to Operate by meeting or exceeding regulatory compliance, stewardship, and trait quality requirements through the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of sustainable quality processes that drive functional excellence and enable business agility across all North America sites and crops, with counter-season oversight in South and Central America.

• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure compliance with applicable requirements for shipping, handling, release, and processing of confined material, including biotech traits and experimental pesticide treatments, within an ISO 9001 Quality Management System;
• Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert for Stewardship, Regulatory Compliance, and Trait Quality, acting as the NA Compliance Committee Functional Compliance Lead and representing NA Product Supply in cross-functional compliance initiatives;
• Support the design and implementation of initiatives, programs, and regulations related to Stewardship, Compliance, and Trait Quality in alignment with statutory and regulatory requirements;
• Ensure appropriate incident management by overseeing investigation, documentation, and implementation of effective mitigation measures to prevent recurrence and protect Bayer’s License to Operate;
• Develop training materials and implement training strategies and delivery plans that build stewardship and compliance capability across the organization;
• Engage in the development and implementation of sustainable IT systems to capture, track, and monitor compliance activities in partnership with IT and Regulatory functions;
• Drive Product Supply internal Field Inspection Program management, including planning, conduct, and reporting, to enable continuous improvement in field compliance and stewardship practices;
• Support the preparation, conduct, and follow-up of US Regulatory Authority inspections, including USDA, EPA, and FDA, ensuring readiness, robust responses, and timely closure of actions;
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to automate existing processes and implement new processes and tools that strengthen stewardship and compliance performance;
• Conduct stewardship risk assessments and Management of Change activities, including external partner reviews, stewardship plan development, and stewardship contract addendum review, to ensure consistent and compliant operations.

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, Chemistry, Agronomy, or a related field with 7 or more years of experience, preferably in field trial planning, regulatory compliance for chemistry, seeds and traits, trait quality, molecular laboratory work, or similar applicable experience;
• Up to 25% travel with position.

• Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience;
• Comprehensive understanding of US regulations for field compliance, stewardship best practices,…