Title: Sr Director Mergers & Acquisitions
Location: Statewide Multi Use, IL
Job Requisition ID: Req-272022
Time Type: Full time
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
At Lamb Weston, we don't pursue transactions for their own sake. We invest behind long-term value creation.
As Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, you will serve as the Company's lead to Corporate M&A and principal advisor to the CFO, CEO, and Executive Chairman on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic investments. You will help determine where the Company deploys capital, identify transformational opportunities, lead transaction execution, and drive value realization following close.
This role offers a unique opportunity for an accomplished investment banker or corporate development leader to transition from advising clients to directly influencing enterprise strategy and investment decisions within a $6+ billion global public company.
Reporting directly to the CFO, you will operate at the highest levels of the organization, regularly engaging with the executive leadership team, our Executive Chairman and CEO, and the Board of Directors on matters critical to the Company's future growth and shareholder value creation.
Why This Role
This position offers the opportunity to:
• Partner directly with the CFO, CEO, and Executive Chairman on corporate strategy and capital allocation decisions
• Lead strategic acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and investment opportunities from origination through value realization
• Influence long-term enterprise growth strategy through M&A across global markets and business segments
• Present directly to Executive Chairman, CEO and the Board of Directors
• Expand beyond transaction execution into enterprise finance leadership, strategic planning, and business decision-making
• Build broad operating experience while working alongside leaders across Finance, Strategy, Legal, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and HR functions
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Development and Strategic Growth
Partner with Corporate Strategy leadership to shape and execute Lamb Weston's inorganic growth agenda.
You will:
Identify, evaluate, and prioritize acquisition, partnership, joint venture, and investment opportunities in line with Lamb Weston’s strategy
Develop M&A investment theses aligned with long-term growth objectives
Monitor industry trends, competitive dynamics, market disruptions, and emerging opportunities
Maintain executive-level relationships with investment bankers, advisors, and potential transaction counterparties
Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership on transaction alternatives and capital deployment
Transaction Leadership
Lead transactions from opportunity assessment through deal execution.
You will:
Source and evaluate acquisition opportunities
Build and oversee advanced valuation, financial modeling, and scenario-planning analyses
Lead negotiations alongside senior executives and external advisors
Direct comprehensive due diligence activities across financial, operational, commercial, tax, human resources and in conjunction with Legal team
Structure transactions to maximize…