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 seeking a Director to join our Center HR Team supporting People Transformation to support our Global Technology Team. This person will lead the effective planning, integration, coordination and execution of people transformation deliverables to the Global Technology function. You will focus on overseeing all sequencing, resourcing and execution of new and in-flight HR initiatives with stakeholder engagement as a priority. You will report to Center HR, with a strong dotted line to the EVP, Global Technology. You will lead a cross-functional Global People working team to deliver initiatives effectively, in particular coordinating closely with the Organization Effectiveness, Global Total Rewards, Global Talent, and Learning and Development teams.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Organization Effectiveness (OE) team and Global Technology Senior Leadership Team (GTSLT), crafts strategic plans to continue to evolve the Global Technology organization. This includes but is not limited to: shifting organization structures as needed to support product-centric ways of working using agile principles across teams; aligning team models to flawlessly deploy and calibrate products created with in-house engineering and data; co-shaping learning and development functional strategy with L&D dedicated resource to enable evolution of the function.
• Enable organizational evolution by effective influencing of functional talent management and development plans.
• Aligns ongoing and planned executions of organizational structure and ways of working initiatives.
• Coordinates closely with Global Technology’s internal agile and change management resources to minimize misalignment between HR and functional project plans
• Collaborates closely with Global People CoE’s as well as HRBP for the function to sequence deployment of initiatives and influence Global Tech’s people strategy
• Consults with project workstream owners to identify project charters, structures, roles, resource requirements, and governance structures
• In partnership with the Global L&D Functional and Leadership team, defines the learning needs of the function and co-creates functional learning strategy accordingly
• Interfaces directly with Leadership, Vendors, initiative stakeholders and workstream owners to identify potential issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement (minimize blocked time and bottlenecks)
• Subject matter expert and primary point of contact for transformation workstreams, develops understanding and expertise across HR functions, responsible for project plan and establishing key deadlines within overall long-term transformation
• Reports on initiative progress, deliverables, and metrics to HRBP and CIO. Develops and Leads update meetings to Global People function GTSLT.

Qualifications

• Exceptional strategic abilities to develop transformation strategy for a large global workforce driving a key pillar of McDonald’s business growth plans
• Incredible attention to detail and ability to manage complex logistics
• Quick assimilation to understanding of McDonald’s HR processes and objectives
• Ability to quickly identify timing and resourcing bottlenecks and adapt plans to minimize downtime
• Effective relationship builder capable of communicating with stakeholders across HR and Technology functions and levels of seniority
• Influential talent leader capable of driving work through lateral relationships without direct hierarchical span of control
• Deep knowledge of project management best practices and ability to coach initiative owners
• Previous organizational transformation, HR business partner, and/or change management experience preferred
• Previous HR experience with a technology organization preferred
• Microsoft Suite of Products
• Bachelor’s Degree

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.

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