Director, Strategy - Chicago, United States - McDonald's Corporation

McDonald's Corporation

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

4 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Company Description

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.

McDonald's steadfast support of Ronald McDonald House Charities over the past 50 years is one of the greatest testaments to McDonald's investment in local communities.

With the support of McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities has grown to become a vast global charitable system that includes over 260 independent, non-profit chapters in over 60 countries and regions in the world.

The RMHC mission is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families and promote healing when children need healthcare.

RMHC is working toward a world in which every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

Led by an independent Board of Trustees, RMHC Global works to advance the RMHC mission and support RMHC Chapter organizations around the world.

In 2022, the RMHC system served nearly 1.8 million families, providing over 2.2 million overnight stays and a range of social support services while saving families over $611 million in out of pocket expenses.

As part of McDonald's support for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), the company provides human resource support to employees who work to advance the mission of RMHC.

As such, employees hired to work for the Charity receive the same benefits and support that other McDonalds employees receive, including a broad range of outstanding benefits such as a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

Ronald McDonald House Charities is seeking a Director, Strategy and Alignment to play a key leadership role in driving, operationalizing and aligning the RMHC Global organization and system around a set of strategic priorities that advance the global mission.

In this role, you will work with the Senior Leadership Team of RMHC Global to advance the RMHC mission through two major sets of responsibilities:

STRATEGIC PLANNING:
Lead Global team processes to develop annual and multi-year strategic plans**.

_This work will require you to lead:
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- _ Process_

Lead project plan creation (i.e., inputs, outputs, meeting cadences) and execution (i.e, templates and communications) to coordinate final strategic plans and final budgets across RMHC colleagues and the RMHC system

- _ Coordination & Collaboration_

Develop strong working relationships with key partners across the RMHC Global organization in Field Operations, Finance, Technology, Research, Risk Management, Development and Marketing and Communications to ensure broad understanding and effective engagement in enterprise strategic and annual planning processes.
Work closely with Finance to drive budget planning and management to support RMHC priorities and meet enterprise Finance achievements (annual planning, reprojections, etc).
Work closely with RMHC Extended Leadership Team (Directors+) and key partners from McDonald's corporate Global Functions to accurately articulate, reflect, and align function priorities and budget needs.
Own education of strategic and annual planning processes to Global RMHC team writ large, working in partnership with Director, Culture & Learning and Director, Internal Communications

- _ Measurement & Tracking_

Design and execute approaches to measure and track progress on annual and multiyear Global strategic plans
Work with the leadership of RMHC to establish and track progress indicators on annual and strategic plans

LEADERSHIP, SYSTEM & GLOBAL TEAM ALIGNMENT:Support and enable the effectiveness of the RMHC Global Leadership Team and System Leadership Structure and Processes.** _In this role, you will:_

Help to create and operationalize the teaming structure and processes for the RMHC Global organization inclusive of the Senior Leadership team and the Extended Leadership Team in order to ensure sustained crossorganizational collaboration and engagement.
Facilitate the creation and advancement of biweekly agendas for the Senior Leadership Team of RMHC Global and ensure appropriate delegation and tracking of actions out of leadership meetings.
Work across teams to ensure the effective coordination of Senior Leadership Team executive engagement plans
Manage two Executive Administrative support professionals who support the Senior Leadership Team.