Senior Manager PMO [T500-16287]

Position Summary:

Senior Manager PMO:

We seek a Project Management Lead for the opening and ongoing operations of new McDonald’s Global office in Hyderabad.

This role will provide strategic alignment, execution excellence and work stream management as we transition work into our global India hub. Your role as Project Management (PMO) lead will develop and uphold program management governance standards and processes. This role aims to ensure the alignment of enterprise goals and priorities, solving and advocating for India specific nuances and challenges (e.g., capacity / resourcing). The India PMO lead will drive transformation in connection with other projects and run-the-business activities as we establish operations in Hyderabad.

Who we’re looking for:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Alignment: Coordinate transformation to ensure alignment and delivery across functional workstreams such as HR, Finance, Payroll, Tax, Legal, Transition Management among others to ensure global office is operating in an efficient and effective manner
• Drive work stream execution: Successfully management end to end details of projects such as benefit vendor set-up (eg transportation, cafeteria, talent acquisition, etc). Actively monitor cross-workstream and program-wide dependencies
• Capacity Planning and Execution Management: Understand resource and skill needs of staff to support organization activation and transition efforts.
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management and Escalation: Act as key liaison with various stakeholders both in our US global headquarters as well as our India office leadership team. Escalate key issues and risks as needed.
• Leadership Reporting: Ensure leadership are kept appraised of project plans, key milestones, decisions, risks among other project management principles to create transparency of progress to plan

Qualifications

Educations & Certifications:

• Project Mgmt. Professional
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Communications, HR, Data & Analytics, or related field.

Skills and Experience:

• You will have 6-10 years of experience in optimizing project management skills in a highly complex global organization
• Professional Qualifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is preferred.

Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate seamlessly with internal & external stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Understand impact how change will impact.

Excellent Execution:

• Monitors performance metrics and adjusts processes & priorities as needed.
• Drives continuous improvement and best practices.

Personal Qualities:

• Willingness and ability to live the McDonald’s values every day: Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family.

Work location: Hyderabad, India

Work pattern: Full time role.

Work mode: Hybrid.

Additional Information:

McDonald’s is committed to providing qualified individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs. McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

McDonald’s Capability Center India Private Limited (“McDonald’s in India”) is a proud equal opportunity employer and is committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At McDonald’s in India, employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs, and all qualified candidates are considered for employment. McDonald’s in India does not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, age, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, disability status, medical history, parental status, genetic information, or any other basis protected under state or local laws.

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