Senior Director, People & Culture (Corporate Functions)

This role serves as the strategic HR partner to The McDonald's Division (TMD) and selected Customer & Commercial teams, focusing on accelerating customer growth, strengthening strategic partnerships, and driving commercial performance across global markets.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnership
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating business priorities into talent, leadership, and workforce strategies.
  • Align organizational capability, talent, and workforce planning with growth objectives and commercial priorities.
  • Provide coaching and consultation on organizational effectiveness, leadership, culture, and transformation.
• Organization Effectiveness & Transformation
  • Lead workforce planning, organization design, and operating model initiatives that improve agility, scalability, and performance.
  • Drive organizational transformation, including structural, capability, and ways-of-working changes.
  • Assess organizational health and implement solutions that enhance engagement and execution.
• Talent & Leadership Development
  • Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and capability-building strategies.
  • Identify future-critical capabilities and develop plans to strengthen leadership and organizational readiness.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
• Culture, Change & Employee Experience
  • Coach leaders through growth and transformation while fostering a high-performance, inclusive culture.
  • Lead initiatives that strengthen engagement, team effectiveness, leadership alignment, and the associate experience.
  • Champion accountability, development, and continuous improvement.
• Employee Relations & Enterprise Leadership
  • Partner with leaders, Employee Relations, and Legal to ensure fair, consistent, and compliant people practices.
  • Lead or support enterprise People & Culture initiatives and collaborate across the HR function to drive business outcomes.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field required.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• 12+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner leadership supporting senior executives.
• Experience supporting commercial, customer-facing, marketing, sales, supply chain, digital, or related business functions.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into talent and organization solutions that drive results.
• Strong experience in organizational design, talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, leadership development, and change management.
• Experience supporting global teams within highly matrixed organizations.
• Consumer packaged goods, retail, restaurant, hospitality, beverage, or related industry experience preferred.

Skills

• Strong business acumen and understanding of commercial drivers.
• Exceptional consulting, coaching, and executive influencing skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, complexity, and change.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Excellent judgment, agility, and executive presence.

Benefits

• Provide a seat at the table with senior leaders across The McDonald's Division and Customer & Commercial organizations.
• Empower you to shape talent, culture, and organizational strategies that drive business growth.
• Offer opportunities to lead high-impact work, solve complex challenges, and expand your enterprise influence.
• Support your growth while helping you leave a lasting impact on our people, leaders, and business.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position.

Pay

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The influencing pay range for this role in the United States of America is 170,000 USD - 193,000 USD.

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role, set at 30% of the pay range midpoint, indicating performance at target.

Long-term Incentive reference value ranges from 0% to 20% of the pay range.

Schedule

• Travel required: 26% - 50%.
• Relocation provided: Yes.