Project Manager, Strategy & Planning

Overview

The Strategy & Planning team is focused on strategy formulation and prioritization, strategic and operational planning, program management office, and vendor management efforts.

The Manager, Project Management role reports to the Sr. Manager or Director role within the broader remit of the Program Management Office. This role leads and directs projects that are highly cross-functional and complex using different development methods which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration.

We are looking for talent with:

• A consultant mindset, capable of seeing around corners and anticipating what business partners need
• Strong facilitation skills, to lead meaningful discussions and working sessions that drive clarity and alignment
• A solid foundation in core project management disciplines to manage scope, timeliness, and stakeholder expectations with excellence

Responsibilities

• Manage project plans, roadmaps and execution to achieve the project goal using various development methods (i.e. Agile, Waterfall)
  • Collaborate with business partners on the creation, execution, and maintenance of Deployment/Testing and Activation project plans
  • Manage project changes by using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project on track
  • Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders
  • Align stakeholders and team members through clear communication of project status, milestones, risks, and issues through regular status reports and meetings
  • Work to implement approved actions and workarounds to mitigate risks
  • Document risks, assumptions, and constraints leveraging historical data and expert judgment in order to understand project limitations and seamless execution
  • Support business partners objectives, such as facilitating and running meetings, creating meeting actions, coordinating and running group activities (e.g. whiteboards, working sessions, stand-ups), connecting them with other SMEs across functions to ensure alignment
• Leverage knowledge of and experience with the following:
  • Accountable for managing projects using various development methods (i.e. Waterfall, Agile) with moderate risk. Manages budget and directs activities of the project teams
  • Executes necessary charters, templates, tools and associated PMO artifacts depending on the project
  • Leverage shared services on technology and market-activation delivery model and best practices
  • Support and ensure the standardization of processes for implementing projects across all clients, in accordance with best practices related to the SDLC and ADLC
  • Execute strategy for function
  • Solve difficult problems impacting a project; identify ways to improve business partner needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred; Agile Certifications preferred (e.g. PSM, CSM, etc.) or equivalent work experience preferred
• 3-5 years of experience required, with a background in managing corporate and large-scale global projects.
• Demonstrates as a deep Subject Matter Expert (SME) in project management process and tools (e.g., Planview, MS Suite (i.e., Project, PowerPoint, Word), JIRA, Trello, or similar tools)
• Experience communicating effectively with all organizational levels, both written and verbal
• Experience with software methodology development processes (i.e. ADLC, SDLC, Lean)
• Ability to work under tight deadlines managing multiple key business priorities and stakeholders
• Experience using Jira and Confluence, leveraging ticket progress and status to track project back to project plan.  Understand & leverage McDonald’s Product Org’s ways of working (e.g. Program Increment planning)
• Ability to help business partners navigate McDonald’s organization (e.g. helping the Implementation team navigate the McD Global Tech org)
• Project budgeting/costing expertise
• Ability to solve complex problems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong understanding of a variety of technology solutions
• Experience with DevOps principles

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: YES

Long-Term Incentive Eligible: YES

Benefits Eligible: YES

Salary Range

​The expected salary range for this role is $112,860.00 - $143,900.00 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.