Master Data Management (MDM) Lead

Master Data Management (MDM) Lead

As the Master Data Management (MDM) Lead, you will drive the development, execution, and evolution of Trimble’s enterprise MDM strategy, with an initial focus on Customer Master Data. You will lead the creation of a unified approach to managing master data across key domains by developing enterprise standards, harmonizing critical data elements, and aligning stakeholders across business and technical teams. This role requires strategic thinking, deep subject matter expertise in MDM, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Strategic Leadership & Program Ownership

• Define and lead Trimble’s Master Data Management strategy, beginning with Customer Master as the priority domain.

• Develop and maintain a scalable MDM roadmap covering multiple data domains, aligning to enterprise architecture and business transformation objectives.

• Ensure MDM goals support broader enterprise data strategy and regulatory, operational, and analytical use cases.

Golden Record & Data Domain Modeling

• Guide the creation and stewardship of the “golden record” for Customer Master, and extend frameworks to other key MDM domains.

• Establish domain-specific logical data models and ensure harmonization of business-critical data elements across systems.

• Partner with data engineering and architecture teams to support data integration, match/merge logic, and lineage traceability.

Business Engagement & Implementation

• Work closely with leaders and SMEs in Sales, Finance, Marketing, GTM to gather business requirements, define business rules, and support process change.

• Translate business needs into scalable MDM design specifications and collaborate on system implementation efforts.

• Provide subject matter expertise on master data usage across ERP, CRM, and analytics platforms.

Data Governance, Quality & Stewardship

• Collaborate with the Data Governance team to ensure alignment on data policies, classification, stewardship roles, and lifecycle management practices.

• Drive adoption of data quality metrics, issue tracking, and automated remediation workflows across domains.

• Enable and support domain-aligned data stewards through documentation, training, and stewardship forums.

Tooling & Platform Collaboration

• Support the evaluation and implementation of MDM tools and platforms (e.g., Tamr, Informatica MDM, SAP MDG).

• Recommend tooling enhancements to improve usability, traceability, data lineage, and self-service.

• Monitor platform effectiveness through defined KPIs and stakeholder feedback.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a related technical field.

• 5 to 8 years of experience in master data management across multiple domains, with recent experience focused on Customer Master.

• Strong understanding of MDM tools, platforms, and cloud-native integration patterns.

• Proven experience developing MDM strategies, managing implementations, and engaging business stakeholders across Sales, Finance, and Marketing.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence at all levels.

• Experience implementing master data processes in ERP and CRM environments (e.g., Oracle, Salesforce).

• Familiarity with data governance, data cataloging, metadata management, and regulatory data requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

• DCAM, CDMP, or equivalent data governance certification is a plus.

Compensation:  Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

Pay Rate Type

Bonus Eligible?

Commission Eligible?

Benefits:  Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Posting Date

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

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