Security Manager
Date: Jul 2, 2026
Location: MADRID, ES, 28023
Company: McDonald's Corporation
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. But it’s our people and values (inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family) that make us real leaders. If you want to join a big company but feel at home every day, take a look at this job opportunity.
We are looking for a Security Lead who will be responsible for developing and/or implementing security programs across assigned regions and countries. This role will help minimize claims, strengthen compliance with McDonald’s security standards, guidelines and procedures, and protect McDonald’s people, assets and brand. The Security Lead will also provide security-related guidance and support to regional and country leadership teams, as well as to franchisees in the assigned areas.
What will key accountabilities be?
- Contribute to the development of global security projects and lead their subsequent local implementation across the country.
- Lead security incident management, including investigations, escalation, reporting, corrective action planning and follow-up, to minimize the impact on McDonald’s.
- Lead and/or actively participate in country or regional crisis response team activities as required.
- Partner with relevant departments, including Operations, HR, Finance and subject matter experts, to ensure consistent application of security policies and confirm that security training and delivery channels are in place.
- Immediately escalate any inconsistencies in policy application and serious security policy violations to management.
- Coordinate security programs for McDonald’s offices to monitor and maintain a secure working environment.
- Manage the country or regional Security G&A budget.
- Monitor and analyze trends in McDonald’s security-related incidents in the market, such as policy violations, restaurant P&L loss and property damage, and prioritize improvement opportunities.
- Report relevant local market security trends that may impact the security environment to leadership.
- Proactively consult with country and regional leadership and franchisee leaders, such as CoOps, by providing security expertise, resources and solutions.
- Coordinate security services for regional and country conventions and other special events.
- Participate in key meetings to train and educate country and regional management teams on how to identify significant security risks.
- Develop and follow an escalation process for critical events, such as the disclosure of critical information to second or third parties, death or bodily injury, and life safety incidents.
- Notify the appropriate leadership teams of any media or social media content that may have regional or global implications.
At McDonald's, we are guided by our values, including the value of inclusion, which means we open our doors to everyone. We are firmly committed to diversity and inclusion.
Position Requests
- University degree
- Master’s degree in Security Management
- Previous experience working and coordinating projects in the Security Industry. At least 10 years of experience working in a director or manager position.
- English: C1
Benefits
- Flexible schedule for a healthy work/life balance
- 37.5 hours working week, 27 days of annual leave
- Competitive salary reviewed annually
- Remuneration package beyond your salary: tip + health insurance + life insurance + accident insurance + pension plan + restaurant card
- Flexible remuneration such as childcare vouchers
- Career and development plan (that can take you anywhere in the McDonald’s world!)
- We care for digital disconnection
- We are a family-friendly company
- Great work environment
- Annual awards (to recognize the extraordinary)
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