Sr Director, Organizational Design & Effectiveness

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. 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.

We are seeking a strategic and influential leader to join our team as the Senior Director of Organizational Design and Effectiveness. In this critical role, you will lead a dedicated team responsible for shaping our organization to meet the demands of a dynamic and transformative business landscape. You will be a key architect of our future, ensuring that our capabilities, operating models, structures, and processes are aligned to drive strategic growth and success.

This position offers the unique opportunity to build and evolve our organizational development (OD) capabilities from the ground up, creating a lasting impact on our People organization and the entire enterprise.

• Strategic Leadership: Lead and mentor the Organizational Design and Effectiveness team, fostering a culture of high performance, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Organizational Alignment: Partner with the executive team to design and implement operating models, structures, and processes that align with our long-term business strategies and drive transformational change.
• Capability Building: Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy to build world-class organizational development capabilities across the People function.
• Governance & Efficiency: Establish and oversee governance frameworks related to organizational shape and size, ensuring efficient and strategic resource allocation across the enterprise.
• Organizational Health & Assessment: Regularly assess the health of the organization to identify and address critical capability gaps at an enterprise level. Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership: Stay at the forefront of trends and innovations in organizational effectiveness and design. Champion new and creative solutions, tools, and methodologies that position the organization for future growth and success.
• Consulting & Partnership: Serve as a trusted internal consultant to business leaders, providing expert advice and strategic recommendations on a wide range of organizational design and effectiveness challenges.

• Experience: A minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, HR Strategy, or a related field, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related discipline is required.
• Consulting Acumen: Proven experience in an internal or external consulting role, with a strong ability to diagnose organizational challenges and build effective, practical solutions.
• Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated success in leading and developing high-performing teams. Proven ability to influence and build credibility with senior executives and stakeholders.
• Change Management: Deep expertise in change management principles and methodologies, with a track record of successfully leading organizations through significant transformation.
• Data-Driven Mindset: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to use data and metrics to inform strategy and measure the effectiveness of OD initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience with in the QSR, Retail, or consumer products sector or a similarly fast-paced, large-scale consumer-facing industry.
• Global
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience working in a global capacity, with an understanding of the complexities of international organizational design.
• Transformation Expertise: Hands-on experience leading organizational design efforts related to major business transformations such as M&A integrations, digital…