Job Description
Company Description:
McDonald's new growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts, we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald's will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.
Leading this revolution is McDonald's Global Technology organization made up of intrapreneurs who get to build really cool tech with scary smart people using the latest innovations like AI, IOT, and edge computing. We do this working along diverse, global teams who are always hungry for a challenge. It's bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McDonald's restaurant.
As we have matured as an engineering organization and seen the demands for technology grow exponentially, we're gearing up to deliver on the next set of opportunities for the business. We are building up an engineering team in house accountable for our strategic products. We'll have diverse squads made up of engineers with traditional and specialized skillsets, both from internal engineers coupled with our partners, to help us flex with demand and solve technology innovation challenges done at an incredible scale.
Check out the Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology is directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.
Job Description:
This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald's works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It's our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers.
The Technical Product Manager, Cloud Security role is part of the Cloud Infrastructure and Operations team within Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations (GTIO) department. The role reports to the Director of Cloud Security and is responsible for driving the Enterprise security platform engineering outcomes, managing the agile product and process, driving security initiatives, and ensuring alignment with the Cloud Business Office, Cloud Platform Engineering teams (operations and DevOps), and the internal consumers of cloud.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help shape the transformation of infrastructure and operations products and services to the entire McDonalds environment.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Manages or supports a technology product, and/or suite of products with business impact. Helps define the product(s) roadmap.
• Defines and executes the product roadmap for our cloud-focused security solutions aligned with the company's strategy and goals.
• Partners with business leaders, technical product managers, and / or architects to determine the long-term viability of systems/products, from business and technology standpoints.
• Communicates ideas effectively, verbally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences, including upper-management. Fosters a constructive dialogue, harmonizes discordant views, and leads the resolution of issues.
• Decomposes complex problems into straight-forward solutions. Consistently brings strong, data-driven business, and technical judgment to decisions.
• Identifies core problems or opportunities within business processes. Understands the root cause and impacts for the project and other teams.
• Escalates risks and/or issues that might be impacting the team. Proactively identify gaps and opportunities (e.g., services, workflows, tooling) within or between markets and other parts of the organization.
• Invests time to continuously improve your product management capabilities and close skill gaps.

Qualifications:

• Must be fully vaccinated (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) for COVID-19 and, if hired, present proof of vaccination by start date.
• Willingness and ability to live the McDonald's values every day: Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technical products, driving clarity, understanding and discussing technical concepts, managing tradeoffs, and evaluating potential concepts with internal and external partners
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, develop project business cases, and measure success.
• Strong in problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends.
• A deep understanding of cloud security services and compliance frameworks.
• Exudes collaboration and conflict-resolving qualities.
• Holds Associate-level cloud certification(s) and is consistently striving to learn new skills, knowledge and capabilities in a fast-paced industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional or specialty level cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CCSP/CISSP, CCSK or related.

Experience

• 8+ years of technical product management or relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree or 6+ years relevant experience with a Master's degree.
• Experience working on technical teams that manage an important product and/or a suite of products.
• Experience communicating with leadership and setting expectations for major cross-functional initiatives.

Additional Information:
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