The Opportunity
As a McDonald’s Project Manager you will get to work on a variety of strategic and exciting projects to be delivered across UK&I. As the Project Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the project, from shaping the approach through to achieving the desired outcomes.
The projects you lead will vary as we believe that a good Project Manager’s skills are agnostic, and you can quickly learn the subject specific details. Whilst you will be leading the project team, project management at McDonald’s also requires you to roll-up your sleeves and get stuck in.
What will my accountabilities be?
Your primary goal is to deliver the projects, within agreed timeframe, within budget and to a high standard, ensuring goals and benefits are achieved. You will therefore be responsible for:
- Defining, maintaining and managing the project plans, including the identification and scheduling of project deliverables and milestones
- Defining funding requirements, navigating the securing of funds, and subsequently tracking delivery against budget
- Defining resource requirements to deliver projects, being clear on roles and responsibilities, and managing the assignment of functional resources at different phases of the project (may include establishing a cross functional team of SMEs)
- Managing the relationship and completion of deliverables by third parties as required
- Providing leadership to the team in the delivery of the project plans, ‘rolling up sleeves’ where necessary
- Establishing and leading the governance forums required
- Reviewing and approving key deliverables of the projects (ensuring both quality and integrity of content)
- Maintaining the RAID log and managing the Change Request process if required – removing roadblocks and escalating as appropriate
- Creating the narrative for the projects and manage all stakeholder engagement, including corporate stakeholders, third parties, global, franchisees, P-Teams, restaurants, etc
- Preparing regular status reports and ensuring all stakeholders are kept up to date
- Leading regular interactions with the Sponsor to inform, alert, negotiate and maintain a continuing good relationship and shared vision for the project outcome
- Working with global stakeholders to leverage central expertise and learnings from markets who have already adopted solutions
As an ambassador of the Transformation Team you will also:
- Support the general upskilling and capability build of project management across the organisation, working closely with the Head of Project Delivery
- Coach and mentor junior project managers
- You will support the general knowledge build and understanding of the Transformation Team across the business
What Team will I be a part of?
You will be part of the ‘Transformation team. This hugely important team connects people across our business to focus on delivering the right projects, in the best way, to achieve our business goals. It proactively and independently challenges and innovates, working diligently to improve the way we work and deliver Transformation as a business.
Who are my customers?
Your key stakeholders are wide and varied, and include:
- UK&I Exec and Directors
- Executive Sponsor
- Functional/department experts
- The wider Transformation Team
- Tech Team
- Franchisees
- Restaurants
- Global stakeholders
What background do I need to have?
Essential:
- A bachelor's or master's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience in delivering projects end to end
- Experience with project planning tools (e.g. MS Project)
- Experience in tracking project finances and resources
- Excellent strategic planning and delivery skills
- Ideally a project management qualification from the below:
- Prince 2
- Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
- Project Management Institutes (PMIs) Project Management Body of Knowledge
- Experience in leading diverse team in a matrix management structure
- Demonstrated experience in managing upwards (incl. C-suite level)
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong business acumen and a results-orientated approach
Desirable:
- Knowledge and experience of agile ways of working
- Experience of delivering legislative projects
- Knowledge and experience hospitality, leisure or retail sector
- Knowledge of how a franchised business operates
At McDonald’s we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonald’s 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 McDonald’s or elsewhere.”
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