Senior Data Governance and MDM Specialist

About the role

Lamb Weston is a leading manufacturer in the food industry, inspiring and bringing people together with foods they love and trust. We serve customers worldwide, empowering individuals to make a genuine difference.

Job Description

The Senior Data Governance and MDM Specialist is accountable for the execution and operationalization of Lamb Weston’s enterprise data governance and master data management practices. This role ensures governance processes, standards, and controls are defined, implemented, adopted, and sustained.

Key Responsibilities

• Own execution of enterprise data governance and support MDM processes across assigned data domains.
• Drive implementation of governance standards, policies, and operating procedures.
• Establish and maintain business glossaries, data definitions, and metadata in alignment with enterprise standards.
• Enforce data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models in partnership with business leaders.
• Operationalize master data standards, including change control and issue resolution processes.
• Work directly with SAP teams to document, standardize, and govern SAP master data structures.
• Coordinate data stewardship workflows, including issue intake, triage, prioritization, and closure.
• Partner with Data Quality resources to align governance standards with quality rules and controls.
• Configure, support, and drive adoption of data governance and MDM tooling.
• Facilitate governance forums, working sessions, and stakeholder reviews as required.
• Ensure governance practices are embedded into data delivery, analytics, and operational processes.
• Develop and maintain governance documentation, training materials, and communications.
• Identify governance gaps and proactively drive corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working with enterprise data in SAP-centric environments.
• Strong, hands-on understanding of SAP master data concepts and structures.
• Demonstrated experience executing data governance or MDM initiatives in complex organizations.
• Strong working knowledge of data governance concepts including ownership, stewardship, metadata, and standards.
• Excellent documentation, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate complex data concepts into clear business language.
• Proven ability to operate independently and drive outcomes in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10 percent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data governance or MDM tools.
• Familiarity with Snowflake and cloud data platforms.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise data transformation programs.
• Understanding of data quality frameworks and how they integrate with governance.
• Passion for building sustainable governance practices that deliver real business value.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts
• Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.