Company DescriptionMcDonald's evolving Accelerating the Arches growth strategy puts our customers and people first and demonstrates our competitive advantages to strengthen our brand. We are recognized on lists like Fortune’s Most Admired Companies and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.Doubling Down on the 4Ds (Delivery, Digital, Drive Thru, and Development)Our growth pillars emphasize the critical role technology plays as the best-in-class, global omni-channel restaurant brand. Technology enables the organization through digital technologies, and improving the customer, crew and employee experience each and every day!Global Technology forging the wayLeading the digitization of our business is the Technology organization made up of innovation specialists who build industry defining tech using the latest innovations and platforms, like AI and edge computing to deliver on the next set of groundbreaking opportunities for the business. We take on technology innovation challenges at an incredible scale, and work across global teams who are always hungry for a challenge! This provides access to compelling career paths for technologists. It’s bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.Job DescriptionThe Global Technology Employee Experience Digital Products team focuses on People and Operations Technology platforms within McDonald’s restaurants. These responsibilities are critical to our greatest asset – our People. The Project Manager will partner cross functionally to identify, measure and address opportunities and develop initiative strategies. The Project Manager will develop and deploy innovative engagement solutions in the US and Globally aligned with our restaurant HR and Operations strategies.The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing strategic direction and multiple product roadmaps toward the successful execution/delivery of multiple projects including the systemwide engagement tool to modernize the way we connect with our crew and managers.The Project Manager will also be expected to apply tried technical product management processes in close collaboration with business partners, vendors, team members, and various Technology functions. The Project Manager will assume end-to-end initiative accountability to deliver the functional requirements defined by a cross functional team. The ideal candidate also can accommodate flex hours based on country time zones.Principal Accountabilities:Advise and lead technical project delivery from beginning to end - the integration, implementation, administration, global deployment and support of the employee engagement platformLead cross-functional teams including consultants and vendors to provide holistic approach to leading the implementation and global rollout of the employee engagement solutionBuild relationships by collaborating to establish and maintain solution delivery in a geographically dispersed environmentLeading product roadmaps - continuously prioritize bug fixes and optimization features, delivering the highest value features first and making calculated trade-offsLiaise with functional business partners to ensure continual roadmap alignment with other organizational critical initiativesProvide project performance and progress reporting to various project collaborators including executive leadership with a focus on business benefit realizationInterface, coordinate, and communicate project interdependencies with other Technology functional and business areas in timely and proactive mannerSupervise risks throughout the project delivery and provide proactive steps to address themQualifications Undergraduate Degree5 years’ of experience in project management, including robust capabilities to translate user needs into product features, into successful project deliveryExcellent skills in building and maintain effective relationships with cross-functional teams to achieve project goalsDemonstrable experience in successfully supporting projects in a Waterfall & Agile environmentExcellent organizational skills, and ability to deliver quality outputs within extremely tight deadlinesOutstanding problem-solving and decision-making capabilitiesSubject matter authority who brings a strong perspective on employee engagement and understands its role within the broader employee experience vision McDonald’s is trying to achieveExceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skillsProficiency in JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, Project Management Software, Power BIAdditional InformationMcDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. 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