Manager, Strategy & Alignment- Global Impact

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 ofoutstanding 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

Our Global Impact team is seeking a Manager, Strategy and Alignment to play a key leadership role in driving and operationalizing the strategic planning process for Global Impact. In this role, you will work with the Senior Director of Strategy and Alignment to drive alignment on key priorities with the Impact Leadership Team, including budget requests and ongoing resource management, as well as drive understanding of Global Impact priorities across the McDonald’s system.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong working relationships with key partners in Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance to understand enterprise process and requirements for each planning and budget management cycle
• Drive continuous improvement of strategic planning process for Global Impact annually based on updated direction from Corporate Strategy, Global Impact Leadership, and takeaways from prior years
• Lead project plan creation (i.e., inputs, outputs, meeting cadences) and execution (i.e, templates and communications) to coordinate final strategic plans and final budgets across Impact colleagues
• Work closely with the Finance Business Partner to drive budget planning and management to support Global Impact priorities and meet enterprise Finance achievements (annual planning, re-projections, etc.)
• Own education of strategic planning and budget processes to Impact Leadership Team and function team members
• Work closely with Global Impact extended leadership team (Senior Directors and Directors) and key partners from other global functions to accurately articulate and reflect function priorities and budget needs
• Assist leadership in building cases for projects and initiatives
• Support on Impact Leadership Team special projects as needed
• Provide surge support to corresponding Alignment Manager owning function-wide People initiatives (Talent, Culture, Ways of Working) and Communications
  
  

Qualifications

Key Proficiencies include:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; self-drive to collect data needed to determine most efficient or impactful path forward
• Self-starter who is able to independently establish priorities, initiatives, and drive to closure
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong adaptability while maintaining attention to detail
• Strong project management capabilities with the ability to design and implement processes serving a large number of leaders
• Exceptional leadership management capabilities with the ability to effectively handle expectations and build support across many levels of organization
• Excellent communicator and listener who can translate multiple perspectives and complex processes into simple, digestible messages and calls to action
• Potential to become a trusted advisor to executives through the ability to balance expertise, learning mentality, and empathic approach to problem-solving
• Proficiency in Excel and PPT, comfortable creating executive-facing slides and presentations

Requirements:

• Undergraduate or Graduate degree and equivalent work experience in management consulting, strategic planning, or initiative management.
• Demonstrated success in leading sophisticated projects or programs requiring complex stakeholder management
• Experience working in partnership with leadership teams
• Preference for interest in Impact-related fields
  
  

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.

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