Sr Manager, Product Management

Job Description:

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.?

Department Overview

This opportunity is within the Commercial Products & Platforms - Consumer Product team that develops digital platforms and experiences that delight our customers and enable marketers to deepen customer relationships. As Senior Product Manager - Loyalty Platform, you will lead the platform powering our MyMcDonald's Rewards program across all customer-facing channels, helping us reach our goal of 250 million 90-day active loyalty users by 2027. This role reports to the Director, Product - Offers & Loyalty Platform and will manage 1 direct report.

The ideal candidate blends technical expertise, strategic thinking, ability to influence and align across the McDonald's system, and creative problem-solving skills to address customer and marketer needs. They navigate trade-offs across stakeholder needs, flexibility, scale, speed, cost, reliability, and compliance. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams (including other Product Teams, Engineering, Architecture, Marketing, Finance), Market & Segment teams, and vendor partners.

Duties

Product Strategy & Roadmap: Develop and implement the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Loyalty Platform, aligned to business strategy. Define capabilities to support long-term platform health and flexibility, not just the features we are building today.

· End-to-End Product Development: Define and prioritize platform standards, features, user stories, and backlog items in partnership with cross-functional teams, ensuring clarity and alignment across architecture, channel product teams, marketing, legal, and analytics. Partner

with Engineering and Scrum Master(s) to manage squad ceremonies. Represent platform priorities and trade-offs in cross-team planning, major initiatives, and leadership forums.

· Product Sense & Market Analysis: Develop a keen understanding of the loyalty platform space and the capabilities that drive competitive advantage for McDonald's. Use market insights to keep the loyalty platform competitive and customer/marketer-centric.

· Performance & Optimization: Define and track product performance and outcomes (e.g., cost per active loyalty user, reuse of capabilities, faster enablement), ensuring data-driven decisions. Conduct post-launch evaluations to prioritize future product iterations.

· Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Partner with Channel teams, Marketing, and Segment/Market teams to drive buy-in/adoption and inform trade-offs. Lead and evolve the relationship with the loyalty platform vendor.

· People Leadership: Develop an associate product manager, including role modeling product ways of working and empowering them to be accountable for results.

Qualifications

· 6+ years of product management experience, including application of agile delivery practices

· 1 or more years of people management experience

· Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, computer science, or an equivalent

· Technical fluency - experience on back-end platforms and working with vendor partners, with ability to speak to areas including APIs, workflows, system boundaries

· Demonstrated success managing highly cross-functional products and/or initiatives, including influencing stakeholders in complex organizations

· Ability to synthesize competing asks and ambiguity into a clear product vision and prioritized strategy, grounded in enterprise needs and economics

· Excellent communication and presentation skills; clearly communicates complex concepts and rationale to both technical and non-technical audiences

· Desired, not required:

o Experience on loyalty/rewards platforms

o Experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or engineering

o Experience working in a global organization, preferably matrixed, franchised, and in the consumer/retail sector

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Long - Term Incentive: Yes

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $152,678.00 - $190,847.00 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.

Additional Information:

Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, including but not limited to comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage, as well as, life insurance.

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 View email address on click.appcast.io. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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Requsition ID: 4133