Manager, Transformation Communications

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 Charities 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.

The McDonald's Global Impact team is aligned around a vision to make McDonald’s famous for our positive impact on people and the planet. Read more about McDonald’s Purpose & Impact here. Within Global Impact, the Global Communications team (Enterprise Communications, External Affairs & Crisis, Segment Communications, Reputation Communications, Story Lab, Communications Measurement & Insight and our McDonald’s production & creative Agency – Agency123) functions as a global center of excellence meant to promote and protect the McDonald’s brand and grow the business.

We’re looking for a Manager, Transformation Communications to support our global communications strategy aimed to equip leaders to drive and protect McDonald’s brand reputation by generating pride, confidence, and trust in our multi-year enterprise transformation strategy focused on modernizing McDonald’s ways of working. This role will be based in Chicago, IL, and you will report to the Director, Transformation Communications. You will be a member of the broader Global Impact and Global Communications team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the team to develop and implement an enterprise transformation communication strategy for engaging global System audiences.
• Partner across the global business to engage and encourage all three legs of the stool (suppliers, franchisees and employees) on our enterprise transformation ambitions.
• Draft content including talking points, leader messages, and FAQs to bring audiences along our enterprise transformation journey.
• Serve as strategic advisor, cultivating trusted partnership with business leaders and their teams.
• Drive proactive and reactive communication planning and material development for enterprise-wide transformation milestone announcements, including project management, sequencing strategy, executive communications, talking points, Q&A, among other materials. Lead and facilitate global leader and partner reviews of materials.
• Develop key transformation communications assets to provide a common framework for our leaders to talk about our enterprise transformation narrative and vision with consistency. This includes maintaining a strong partnership with Market and Segment teams to ensure globally consistent, locally relevant strategies and materials.

Benefits eligible: Yes
Bonus eligible: Yes
Long term incentive eligible: Yes
The expected salary range for this role is $112,860 – 143,900 / 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.

• BA/BS degree required
• Prior corporate communication experience – both in strategy development and in execution
• Outstanding writing and editing skills, with an eye to messaging for a range of channels and audience types
• Excellent verbal communications skills
• Ability to navigate, orchestrate, and work through complex issues with a strategic, tactical, and new perspective
• Shown ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced environment and support multiple high priority work streams and at times, with ambiguous undefined circumstances
• Self-starter with strong sense of initiative and focused on results
• Effective collaborator who will work cross-functionally across teams, geographies, and time zones
• Strong project management skills and experience managing partner relationships, SMEs, and cross-functional partners

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.

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