Manager, Agriculture & Nutrition

The Manager, Agriculture, Allergens & Nutrition is accountable for the leadership and development of the Agriculture, Allergens and Nutrition function, setting a clear direction, building capability and ensuring successful delivery of McDonald's UK & Ireland priorities and the >

NEXT strategy. Reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Nutrition & Agriculture, the role leads the development and delivery of integrated Nutrition and Agriculture strategies and provides leadership for the allergen agenda. It translates long-term ambitions into practical plans and measurable outcomes, protecting brand trust while helping the business make balanced choices across agricultural resilience, environmental impact, menu ambition, customer experience, food safety, allergens, nutrition, quality, affordability and value.

This is a broad, enterprise-facing leadership role. Working in close partnership with Menu, Marketing, Business Insights, Operations, Supply Chain, Food Safety & Quality, Impact, Communications and Government Relations, the role helps shape choices from farm to menu to restaurant. It provides evidence, guardrails and constructive challenge early enough to influence decisions, recognising that the best business outcome will often require explicit and well-judged trade-offs rather than optimisation of any one measure in isolation.

The role is the business's senior Nutrition, Allergens and Agriculture thought partner and leads the market response to relevant regulatory and policy developments. It represents McDonald's externally with government, trade associations, industry groups, NGOs, academics and other stakeholders, building credibility and helping shape discussions on public health, allergen safety, responsible agriculture and resilient sourcing. Given the breadth of the remit, the successful candidate is not expected to be the deepest technical expert in every discipline.

They must be an exceptional integrator and leader who can deploy the expertise of the team and wider specialist network, recognise where additional expertise is required and bring multiple perspectives together into clear, evidence-based recommendations for the business.

• Lead the development and delivery of the McDonald's UK & Ireland Nutrition, Allergens and Agriculture strategy, ensuring it supports business priorities, brand trust and long-term growth.
• Act as the principal business partner to Impact, Menu, Marketing, Business Insights, Operations and Supply Chain, helping balance nutrition, allergen safety, agricultural resilience, environmental outcomes, affordability and great taste and quality within menu and sourcing decisions.
• Provide strategic leadership on emerging nutrition, agriculture, allergen and supply-chain issues, identifying risks, opportunities and future regulatory requirements and translating them into practical business and brand plans.
• Lead McDonald's UK&I approach to responsible agriculture and farm-level resilience, working with suppliers, farmers and industry partners to strengthen long-term supply security, farm viability, animal health and welfare, and environmental outcomes, including CO2e reduction.
• Serve as the business's senior Nutrition and Allergens lead, thought partner and spokesperson, providing credible guidance across the organisation and representing McDonald's with regulators, government, industry and other external stakeholders.
• Ensure customer-facing nutrition, ingredient and allergen information is accurate, compliant, accessible and customer-focused, including the interpretation and implementation of relevant legislation and policy.
• Build effective relationships and governance across the McDonald's System, ensuring the function is engaged early in…