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McDonald's Director, Transformation PMO Lead (EDAA) in Chicago, Illinois

Company Description:

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

We are enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model, in which employees spend part of their week connecting with co-workers in our state-of-the-art headquarters. Located in the booming West Loop of downtown Chicago, it's set up to be a global hub that cultivates collaboration:

  • Take a class at Hamburger University

  • Sample future items in our Test Kitchen

  • Utilize the latest technology to connect with your team around the globe

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone.

Job Description:

McDonald’s is on an exciting journey to transform our enterprise data, analytics, and AI function and turn our data into a winning advantage for the system. We are seeking a McDonald’s PMO lead to oversee the enterprise data, analytics, and AI transformation program and coordinate all project management activities. This individual will lead a workstream focused on ensuring on time delivery of project objectives through project management rigor, communication of key project milestones and outcomes, and management of risks. The Enterprise Data, Analytics, and AI team is responsible for turning the systems data into a winning advantage through delivery of data products, platforms, analytics, and services to the system.

Responsibilities

  • Provides leadership, direction, and support to the DAA program and workstream teams.

  • Collaborates with leadership and Accenture to define project objectives, scope, and delivery.

  • Facilitates cross-functional collaboration and communication between the DAA program to ensure alignment and stakeholder engagement.

  • Leads strategic initiatives to optimize the project delivery process and drive continuous improvement to ensure the success of the project.

  • Keeps track of the DAA program status to provide visibility to leadership.

  • Establishes a program governance framework and tracks workstream performance to monitor the project progress.

  • Directly influences the definition of the functional strategy of a corporate function and executes the strategy to drive the operational direction of a sub-function 

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years experience in project management methodologies, tools, techniques. Ability lead the program’s project management and work with senior leadership.

  • Professional Qualifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is preferred.

  • Education Background: Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Business Administration, IT or a related field.

  • Leadership and Team Management Experience: Strong leaderships skills to motivate and inspire teams to achieve project goals and deadlines. This person must also have prior experience managing leadership.

  • Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: Strong problem-solving skills to drive decisions and ensure the success of the program. Must have prior experience driving organizational change and adoption of new process or technologies.

  • Business Acumen: Have basic understand of business operations, financial management principles, and risk management practices.

  • Adaptability and Resilience: Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Must have experience managing multiple project and/or workstreams.

  • Professional Acumen: Project management certification (e.g., PMP)

Additional Information:

McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.

Requsition ID: REF7250N_743999993313190

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