Sr Manager, Strategy

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. From support of Ronald McDonald House 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 also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

The Senior Manager, Compensation Strategy is a strategic advisor within Total Rewards, combining deep compensation expertise with advanced analytics, structured problem solving, executive storytelling, and internal consulting to address complex business and workforce challenges.

This role is intentionally oriented toward strategic projects, advanced analytics, and executive advisory work, with a significant portion of time devoted to solving complex compensation and workforce questions rather than ongoing program administration. The Senior Manager will use compensation expertise as a foundation while applying analytical rigor, business judgment, and a consulting mindset to high-priority organizational challenges.

The Senior Manager will tackle complex and often ambiguous questions where the path forward is not predefined. This individual will frame problems, develop hypotheses, conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, evaluate alternatives and trade-offs, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior and executive leadership.

Success in this role requires intellectual curiosity, executive presence, strong business acumen, and an exceptional ability to transform complex analysis into simple, compelling stories that influence decisions and drive action.

• Strategic Consulting & Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and People teams on complex compensation and workforce matters. Bring a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to ambiguous business questions, helping leaders identify the right questions, understand implications and trade-offs, and make informed decisions.
• Advanced Analytics & Insights: Lead sophisticated compensation analyses, scenario modeling, benchmarking, and quantitative assessments. Go beyond reporting what happened to determine why it matters, what it means for the business, and what actions should follow.
• Executive Storytelling & Influence: Transform complex analytics into clear, compelling insights and executive-level narratives that articulate the “so what,” illuminate key implications and trade-offs, and enable leadership decision-making. Use data to develop a fact-based point of view and translate analytical complexity into simple, persuasive stories tailored to senior and executive audiences.
• Strategic & Special Projects: Lead a portfolio of high-priority, high-visibility projects across Compensation and Total Rewards, with significant emphasis on work outside traditional compensation program management. Structure ambiguous problems, develop hypotheses, conduct rigorous analysis, evaluate alternatives and trade-offs,…