McDonald's operates 37,000+ restaurants across 120+
countries. Technology deployment into our vast system is complex and
lengthy. As McDonald’s continues to
innovate and disrupt the restaurant industry, we are looking to add a technical
director to define and drive a transformed deployment and support approach as
we deploy new solutions into the restaurants, in order to speed up and
modernize our methods and toolsets. Easy
deployment to such a significant ecosystem will only come through advanced
engineering and technical solutions.

This position will be based out of our Innovation Center in
Romeoville, with some time spent at our headquarters in Chicago.

What you need:

Computer Science / Engineering degree

10+ years of technically focused experience

A passion for innovation

A passion for new technologies and the drive to find ways to implement better tools and processes

Retail technology experience

Experience in embedded systems and platforms, including Edge and Cloud computing

Influence/communications/change management

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands
in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries and billions of customers
served each year. As the global leader
in the food service industry, we have a legacy of innovation and hard work that
continues to drive us. Today, we are growing with velocity and are focused on
modernizing our experiences, not to make a different McDonald’s but to build a
better McDonald’s.

We are a people business just as much as we are a restaurant
business. We strive to be the most
inclusive brand on the planet by building diverse teams who create delicious,
feel good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy. Joining McDonald's means
thinking big on a daily basis and preparing for a career that can have impact
around the world.

We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for
people, our industry and the planet.
From bold recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing efforts to our
partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance
to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners.

What you’ll be doing:

Leading development activities for multiple critical innovation work streams, leveraging multiple development partners

Establishing and driving a function to develop and test innovation

Leading a team of managers, analysts, and consultants – provide strategic vision for the department while also balancing near term deliverables

Leading assessments and vendor selection in order to develop and deploy cutting edge technical solutions, spanning beyond traditional technology into areas such as kitchen equipment automation

Leading, planning, and managing at both strategic and operational levels while balancing short-term and long-term needs of the business and project

Driving execution of day-to-day work to develop solutions (idea generation, solution development, business case analysis)

Developing and evaluating business cases and the ability to effectively advocate for necessary investments

Delivering concise, compelling, data driven business recommendations as you update the leadership team and decision-makers on project status and progress

Developing documentation and processes in support of agile development, with a focus on innovation

Leading on-going solution life-cycle evaluation around ideation, launch, refresh and support

Partner with many different functions internally to create an innovation pipeline

Partner with our many suppliers to create a process that facilitates innovation

Establish KPIs