Manufacturing IT - Product Specialist (Pittsburgh, PA locations) at Bayer AG - Venezuela

Indiana Township, Pennsylvania, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 May, 26

Salary

145200.0

Posted On

28 Feb, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Lifecycle, Product Vision, Product Roadmap, Backlog Prioritization, User Stories, Product Health Tracking, Budget Management, Technical Support, Hardware Troubleshooting, Software Troubleshooting, Agile Best Practices, Cross-functional Collaboration, KPI Definition, Metrics Monitoring

Industry

Chemical Manufacturing

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. Manufacturing IT - Product Specialist (Pittsburgh, PA locations) Manufacturing IT - Product Specialist (Pittsburgh, PA locations) PURPOSE The Manufacturing IT Product Specialist supports strategy and drives execution for multiple digital products that largely focus on one technical platform. Location: Indianola, Saxonburg, and O’Hara. This position ensures that products fulfill their primary purpose to enable users to perform tasks that create value for the company. It has two broad areas of responsibility: Supporting strategic vision for the products to ensure the customer and their needs are at the center; and ensuring team priorities are supporting business outcomes for customer, product, technical and enabling teams. This requires continual alignment of the product strategy and objectives with customer, product, technical, and enabling teams. Managing the product backlog, which prioritizes the work of the assigned squads, to achieve the vision and aligned strategy. To successfully manage these areas of responsibility, product specialists must have a deep understanding of the product domain, related technology, and architecture. YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Product Strategy & Management: Own the product lifecycle for assigned digital manufacturing products from discovery through decommissioning; Define product vision and strategy centered on user needs and business outcomes; build and maintain business cases and product roadmaps; Prioritize the product backlog to align squad work with 90‑day outcomes and longer-term objectives; write and co-create user stories with teams; Track product health (availability, stability, performance, compliance) and manage related budget responsibilities. Manufacturing IT Support & Operations: Provide on-site technical support for manufacturing applications and devices (PCs, tablets, scanners, printers, and related peripherals) across three Pittsburgh sites; Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software and connectivity issues to minimize downtime and maintain production flow; Perform regular maintenance, updates and security patching for manufacturing systems and applications; Assist with rollouts and implementations of new manufacturing technologies and ensure smooth adoption through training and user enablement. Delivery, Agile & Cross-functional Collaboration: Drive agile best practices with development and operations teams (sprint planning, backlog grooming, continuous planning); Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, quality, cybersecurity, and finance stakeholders to ensure alignment and value delivery; Escalate and coordinate resolution of technical incidents with centralized IT teams when necessary. Continuous Improvement & Metrics Define and monitor KPIs that reflect product outcomes and manufacturing operational health; Use metrics and user feedback to prioritize enhancements and technical debt remediation. WHO YOU ARE Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following: REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar or minimum 4 years equivalent practical experience. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Ability to lead through influence initiatives that involve cross-functional teams from initiation to delivery; Ability to establish and manage initiatives against a set of key metrics and goals; Strong analytical, management and organizational skills; Strong verbal and written communication abilities: must effectively communicate with technical and non-technical people; Experience in building product vision, product roadmap, and product strategy; Experience in designing, developing, delivering or leading digital solutions. Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96,800.00 to $145,200.00 Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. This 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. This posting will be available for application until at least 3-10-26. YOUR APPLICATION Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer. To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes. 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) using the contact information below. Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: Notice for U.S. Visitors: All information on this site is subject to compliance with local rule and regulations as they may vary from time to time and across different geographies, including, without limitation, U.S. Executive Orders. Bayer is an E-Verify Employer. Location: United States : Pennsylvania : Indianola Division: Enabling Functions Reference Code: 862241 Contact Us Email: hrop_usa@bayer.com

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Responsibilities

The Product Specialist supports strategy and drives execution for multiple digital products, ensuring they enable users to perform value-creating tasks by centering strategy on customer needs and aligning team priorities with business outcomes. Key tasks include owning the product lifecycle, managing the product backlog, and providing on-site technical support for manufacturing applications and devices across three Pittsburgh locations.