Manager, Project Management
Date: May 7, 2026
Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607
Company: McDonald's Corporation
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 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 Overview
The PMO Manager supports project and program management for the integrated Global Finance Modernization program to drive orderly and timely project execution and delivery. The PMO Manager will be responsible for leading 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 weekly status reporting across all workstreams and adjacent programs.
The PMO 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.
Duties
- Work with Global PMO Lead to support development of the program and project strategy, approach, workstreams and overall structure and timeline for key initiatives.
- Manage project plans, roadmaps and execution to achieve project/program goals along side with SI counterpart using various methods (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
- Proactively identify and report risk and issues, and engage the right parties to mitigate risk and resolve issues.
- Lead program governance and project status forums, including managing logistics and ensuring all parties are apprised of actions and decisions
- Act as a cross‑functional integrator across People, Process, and Technology teams, connecting stakeholders to standards, documentation, and best practices.
- Help with implementation and reinforcement of project management methodology 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
- Coordinate and engage with key cross-workstream internal and 3rd party vendor 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
Qualifications
- 5-7 years’ experience required: Prior corporate and global project management experience required with 3+ years managing projects
- Expertise in Technical Project Management process and tools, inclusive of JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet; Planview experience a plus
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional, globally-dispersed teams with light direction
- Strong experience developing executive-level presentations
- Experience working with a 3rd party vendors / systems
- Ability to form cooperative relationships across teams/functions alliances to achieve results
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and managing multiple key business priorities
- Ability to work through ambiguity and solve complex problems
- Strong, professional communication skills, with ability to engage with senior leaders using appropriate level of detail, terminology, and style
- PMP Certification or equivalent experience highly preferred
- Agile Certifications (e.g. PSM, CSM, etc.) or equivalent work experience preferred
- Experience with 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
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: YES
Long - Term Incentive: YES
Benefits Eligible: YES
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $115,872.00 - $144,840.00 USD per year
The 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, including but not limited to comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage, as well as, life insurance.
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.
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