McDonald’s Corporation Hiring for Alignment Manager, Center HR Job at Chicago, IL Full Time

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. As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.

From drive thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. 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 als offer outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. We are interested in people who enhance our company culture: Does this role interest you? We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement!

We are looking for a high-performing Alignment Manager to work alongside McDonald’s team of Corporate HR Business Partners to drive an aligned and coordinated People agenda for the Global Functions. Reporting to the Senior Director, Center HR, this role will be responsible for interfacing with the Global People PMO and COEs to ensure that People initiatives and programs are aligned, integrated and sequenced to enable HR business partner success and add value to the business. This role will also interface with the US People team as needed to ensure cohesion of plans and programs for globalized functions with US market teams. This role will also support coordination and alignment for the Center HR team as well as take on ad-hoc projects to support the broader organization and HR Transformation.

Coordination and Alignment with the GP PMO and COEs

Bring the Global Function perspective to the table, including CenterHR scope of work, priorities and calendar, to support prioritization, coordination and sequencing of Global People initiatives

Represent CenterHR on the Global People Steerco to influence prioritization

In partnership with the GP PMO, lead coordination of monthly HRBP calls (in conjunction with US) to ensure timely communication and updates from COEs are provided to business HR partners

Provide guidance and consult to COE partners on effectiveness of products and programs to help meet the needs of Corporate Staff

Represent CenterHR in Staff Engagement conversations (broadly, not functional plans), including DEI initiatives, Working Futures, Remote Work, etc.

Work with aligned segment resources in Talent, DEI, Rewards and Learning to drive a coordinated and integrated approach for programs impacting Center HR and Corporate staff

Internal CenterHR alignment

Drive agenda for weekly CHR meetings, including finalizing agenda, coordination with guest speakers, pre-reads and follow up notes/actions are captured

Workload management

Tracking/portfolio management for CHR

Providing visibility across HRBP workstreams to eliminate duplication of work

Special projects – who is working on what, how much time is it taking, what are the project accountabilities (report backs, timelines, etc.)

Horizontal alignments and associated accountabilities

Follow up on action items from meetings, coordinate with appropriate COEs for updates and deliverables

Plan team engagement and community activities

Drive consistency of templates/resources for HRBPs to use in their functional conversations

As needed, represent, Sr. Director, Center HR, in meetings and other engagements

Organizational Coordination

Primary point of contact for CHR inbox and Service Center/Payroll/Etc.

Clean up resources and tools that are outdated/no longer useful

POC with the Comms teams as needed for announcement coordination

Continuous improvement/special projects

Continuous improvement mentality:

Find opportunities for improvement in HR processes and work with organizational partners to streamline and drive improvements.

Identify opportunities to better structure CHR team time (agendas, staff development, etc.) to meet goals of the team

Make recommendations about work to move to HR Operations as part of larger HR Transformation efforts.

Support special projects as needed on behalf of CHR (working with COEs and HR Operations)

Must be fully vaccinated (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) for COVID-19 and, if hired, present proof of vaccination by start date.

5-7+ years of experience as an HR generalist with a strong working knowledge of the HR Business partner, COE and HR Operations operating model

3+ years of experience required, with an emphasis on program management, planning and alignment

Experience in this type of work at McDonald’s specifically is preferred but not required

Superior written, verbal, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills

Proficient in Microsoft Suite; especially PowerPoint, SmartSheet and Excel

Proven organizational and project management skills; ability to own a project plan and proactively execute against the plan

Previous experience managing and adapting quickly to a fast-paced environment in support of multiple work streams.

Ability to communicate effectively with a broad set of audiences (including across levels and geographies)

Additional Information

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