Manager, Strategy & Planning

Company: McDonald's Corporation
Location: Chicago
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description: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.Department OverviewThe Strategy & Planning team within US Strategic Insights & Prioritization acts as internal strategy consultants, providing thought leadership and actionable insights to support major strategic growth initiatives, across pillars such as Marketing, Digital and People. We use a combination of consumer, and internal data to understand and communicate industry trends as well as our own performance to our key partners. We generate insights to find opportunities to prioritize and optimize our initiatives. We help bring both tactical and long-term strategies to life across our network of over 14,000 US restaurants.ResponsibilitiesThe Strategy & Planning team guides and supports growth-oriented priorities. This includes defining the 3-year and 1-year strategies for the US business, identifying sources of future growth along with risks, and providing business analysis.In the US Strategy Manager role, you will contribute to these priorities through the following ways:

• Collaborate with Strategy team, SLT, and growth driver leads to facilitate strategic planning process
• Lead and shape US strategic priorities thorough collaboration and elevation of strategic discussions throughout the system
• Lead strategic deep dives initiated by the US Senior Leadership Team
• Develop executive-level communications regarding the outlook of the industry, competitive intelligence, and US business
• Partner with Business Performance teams to align on narratives, financial impact of strategy and effect of changing business conditions
• Work with Prioritization team to ensure initiatives are resourced to support the strategyQualifications
  • 4+ years of experience in strategy, insights, management consulting or marketing
  • Proven communication skills with experience effectively developing narratives and communicating to various levels of leadership
  • Experience leading and influencing large cross-functional teams and operating in a team-based environment
  • Strong project management skills, self-motivated with the ability to establish and meet deadlines while prioritizing workload
  • Strategic, enterprise mindset: Able to use an organized approach to think across multiple functions and utilize business knowledge, inputs from various stakeholders, data and logic to develop recommendations
  • Strong quantitative, analysis and problem-solving skills: Can solve complex problems using data analysis, financial models, business trend analysis and evaluation of initiatives
  • Excellent communicator: Ability to develop and deliver clear narratives about complex topics that can be catered to different audiences
  • Collaborative and Influential: Open to others' point of view and able to engage with others, within teams, across functions and across levels to drive results
  • Intellectually curious: Interested in digging into questions and problems affecting the business to identify insights that will drive growth
  • Comfortable with ambiguity: Able to take large, opaque questions and focus analysis and recommendations on most relevant points. Able to pivot quickly with mindsets and timelines as projects evolveCompensationBonus Eligible: YESLong - Term Incentive: YESBenefits Eligible:YESSalary RangeSalary Range:$112,860.00 -$143,900.00The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.Additional Information:Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment. Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.Long term Incentive eligible: This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald's long-term incentive plan.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.
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