Senior Data Governance and MDM Specialist in Boise, Idaho

Senior Data Governance And Master Data Management Specialist

About Lamb Weston:
You've probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference.

You'll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you'll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar - together. If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description

Summary:

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. While the business owns data decisions and outcomes, this role is responsible for ensuring governance processes, standards, and controls are defined, implemented, adopted, and sustained. This role operates as a senior individual contributor with deep SAP data knowledge and strong execution discipline.

The Specialist works across business, SAP, and data teams to establish clear data definitions, ownership, stewardship workflows, and governance controls that enable trusted, consistent enterprise data.

Job Description

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.

Basic &

Preferred Qualifications

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 company wide 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

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements. Pay Transparency:
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