Sr. Manager, PMO - Global Finance Modernization - McDonald's Corporation

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.

The Global PMO Sr. Manager supports project and program management for the integrated Global Finance Modernization program to drive orderly and timely project execution and delivery. The Global PMO Sr. Manager will be responsible for supporting key PMO processes, including development of the integrated project/work plan, managing program and project interdependencies, coordinating resources and key PMO meetings, tracking and reporting risks and issues and supporting key deployment and go-live readiness activities across all workstreams and adjacent programs.  
 
The Global PMO Sr. Manager will report to the Global PMO Lead and partner with the 3rd party vendor Solution PMO Lead to administer and operate within different project management areas, specifically ensuring the tracking and completion of key project activities.  

• Work with Global PMO Lead to support development of the program, including project strategy, approach, workstreams and overall structure and timeline for key initiatives 
• Proactively identify and report risk and issues, and engage the right parties to mitigate risk and resolve issues  
• Support program governance and project status forums, including managing logistics and ensuring all parties are apprised of actions and decisions  
• Actively monitor cross-workstream and program-wide dependencies
• Implement and reinforce key project management practices including, Project Change Control and Performance Management, Project Risk and Issue Management, and adherence to PMO Standards, Processes, and Tools   
• Provide project workplan management support, keeping track of plans, staffing, quality standards, deliverables, and dependencies  
• Track and monitor project metrics and reporting
• Closely partner with key workstreams on the program to manage key deployment and go-live readiness activities such as Service readiness testing, Dress Rehearsal, Go/No-Go readiness
• Coordinate and engage with key cross-workstream internal partners to streamline interactions while maintaining line of sight to dependencies required for success  
• Build program-relevant communication materials, including Leadership updates on program status, key announcements, onboarding and offboarding materials

• 8+ years of prior program and project management experience supporting large scale, global integrated transformation programs
• Experience developing and managing project management processes such as multi-team project plans, risks, and issues logs, change control processes, status reporting and resource management
• Strong experience using project management tools (waterfall and agile) to implement and reinforce project management methodology
• Strong experience managing deployment and Go-live readiness activities
• Strong ability to establish alliances with other departments and organizations by recognizing dependencies to assess potential partnership and commitment to the program  
• Strong ability to develop cooperative relationships to achieve results through win-win relationships  
• Strong, professional communication skills, with ability to engage with senior managers and above, using appropriate level of detail, terminology, and style  
• Uses influence to drive decision making and find resolutions  
• PMP Certification or equivalent experience  

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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