Sr Manager, Technical Product Management

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Date: Nov 10, 2025

Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607

Company: McDonald's Corporation

Company Description: 

McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.  

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.   

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.   

Check out the McDonald’s  Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology and our global team are directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.  

Job Description

The Sr. Technical Product Manager, role is part of the Supply Chain technology team within Global Technology Enterprise Products and Platform. The role reports to the Director of Master Data, Foundation, and Compliance. The role is responsible for driving the Supply Chain Audit and Compliance platform outcomes, managing the agile product and processes, improving the user experience and adoption, and ensuring alignment with the Global and Market Supply Chain teams.

 

Responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help shape products and processes at a global scale.

  • Lead and drive product backlogs with functional requirements from business stakeholders with respect to master data management strategies and implementation.
  • Lead conversations with the scrum team to drive how the technology capabilities and user journeys are defined for a given business process in conjunction with solution parameters.
  • Define and influence product roadmaps and business discussions with recommendations on how functionality/workflow, and user journeys should be defined, leveraging the technology stack’s capabilities.
  • Lead, understand, and evaluate business processes, enabling you and the team to translate business needs into development and data requirements.
  • Work with business analysts to ensure process flows align with the agreed business process and provide two-way communication between stakeholders and the project team on processes and functionality.
  • Lead technical solution design discussions with the project development team and establish standards and review that the acceptance criteria are captured, ensuring they resonate with the outcome of the functionality.
  • Act as a key point of contact for the team to clarify product/solution functionality, and delivery timeline
  • Lead technical discussion and planning with business and technology stakeholders to factor in the dependency of the cross-functional team for product rollout in different geographies.
  • Take ownership and work closely with cross-functional Technology Architects/Leads to understand and drive simplification and consistent user experience across the platform/solutions.
  • Take ownership of managing finances for the portfolio of products and ensure product backlogs and prioritization align with the committed budget.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience with Agile Product Management methods and terminology. 8+ years of Technical Product Management experience
  • Apply a holistic approach to solution and data management, quality principles, and cultural change, supporting the realization of business objectives.
  • Have hands-on experience with Cloud Capabilities such as Glue, Lambda, and API Gateway, and a clear understanding of dynamic scaling.
  • Must understand how Identity Management plays a role in user provisioning within a given product/solution and have good knowledge of SAML/OIDC protocols.
  • Understand the importance of change management in implementing functionality and data strategies.
  • Have experience managing expectations and working in a multi-vendor environment, including System Integration partners and Software-as-a-Service providers.
  • Have a clear understanding of how different cloud technology stacks work together and understand their core capabilities.
  • Demonstrate oral/written communications skills to multiple levels of leadership, with the ability to convey complex ideas in easy-to-understand, friendly language

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Understanding of restaurant operations and processes (McDonald’s experience is a definite benefit)
  • Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, PowerBI and Tableau
  • Experience in multi-country rollout of a Product.

Compensation

Benefits eligible: Yes
Bonus eligible: Yes
Long term incentive eligible: Yes

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $149,260 - $190,310 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, 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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