Sr Director, Strategy & Planning
Date: Jun 19, 2025
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. As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.
From drive thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.
Department Overview
We are looking for an entrepreneurial business leader to join our global marketing leadership team. The Senior Director of Marketing Strategy & New Business Ventures will contribute to setting long-term strategy and executing short-term strategy for the function. This person will identify and solve complex problems that have a broad impact on the business and create methods to address current and future customer needs. This position is also accountable for leading multiple projects and new business ventures and is responsible for budget and resource allocation for project teams. This leader will also be developing more agile and innovative ways to learn. This leader will be responsible for building business cases that guide executive leadership decisions and will partner with the global CMO for critical leadership updates on the future of Marketing initiatives and growth drivers.
The ideal candidate will be a proven strategy leader, with expertise in and knowledge of multiple disciplines and experience, including market experience, interacting and managing across functions, and directly with senior leadership. This candidate should also have an entrepreneurial mindset, be comfortable with ambiguity and agile ways of working, and be open to evolving their role and responsibilities
Duties
Project Leadership
- Serve as project lead on New Business Ventures engaging with internal and external stakeholders
- Create an environment that prioritizes speed, innovation, learning and quality through agile and collaborative working
Future Planning & Leadership Support
- Support the global marketing function by advising on the direction of team strategy and future initiatives
- Budget Planning and Leadership
- Provide support, perspective, and thought partnership to the global CMO and marketing leadership in preparation for critical business updates (Phase Planning, Board Meetings, etc.)
- Provide thought partnership in governance forums ensuring that the direction of projects is in line with our consumer strategy
Qualifications
- 10+ years in corporate strategy, and strategic planning preferred
- Experienced in managing and running large projects
- Experienced with executive-level communication
- Ability to work flexibly across various functions internally and externally
- Agile thinking and the ability to identify and react to customer experience trends, thinking ahead to plan the future strategic focus
- Ability to build trusted partnerships and influence through insight and collaboration
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and desire to deliver results
- Strong business acumen including tactical and strategic thinking
Salary Range
$193,000 to $251,000
Additional information
At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice, or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.
Nearest Major Market: Chicago