Director, Global Security

McDonald's Corporation•Chicago, IL

About The Position

McDonald’s is one of the most recognized brands globally, operating in over 100 countries and serving 70 million customers daily. The company emphasizes growth, customer focus, and a commitment to values like inclusivity, service, integrity, community, and family, supporting initiatives such as Ronald McDonald House, Youth Opportunity, and sustainability. McDonald's offers a broad range of benefits, including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance, and flexible work arrangements. The Director, Global Intelligence & Investigations role is critical for protecting McDonald's people, facilities, and operations worldwide. This position leads the company’s enterprise intelligence and threat investigative function, delivering actionable insights, directing complex investigations, and strengthening the global security posture. This role is the central authority for intelligence-led threat management, geopolitical analysis, insider risk, and physical security investigations. You will translate complex global risk information into clear guidance for senior leaders while building scalable intelligence capabilities that support global security operations and programs across the company on a global scale.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
8–12+ years of progressive experience in threat intelligence, geopolitical analysis, investigations, or security risk management within corporate security, law enforcement, military, or government environments.
5+ years leading complex investigations, including threat management, insider risk, or protective intelligence.
Experience operating globally and supporting intelligence programs across multiple regions.
Strong working knowledge of OSINT techniques, investigative tools, and the intelligence lifecycle.
Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and manage multiple priorities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level briefings.
U.S. Citizenship required; must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Federal law enforcement or national intelligence experience.
Private-sector experience scaling enterprise intelligence and threat programs.
Familiarity with investigative and alerting platforms such as Ontic or Dataminr (training provided).

Responsibilities

Lead global intelligence collection and analysis across open-source, social media, web-based, and publicly available data.
Monitor geopolitical, physical, and insider threats impacting executives, personnel, facilities, events, and operations.
Direct complex threat, persons-of-interest (POI), and insider-risk investigations using enterprise investigative platforms and OSINT techniques.
Deliver concise threat assessments, advisories, and executive-level briefings that inform decision-making and protective operations.
Support executive protection, Board of Directors’ activities, high-risk events, crisis response, and the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC).
Lead and develop a team of intelligence and investigative professionals, fostering high performance and accountability.
Establish standards, methodologies, and protocols for intelligence collection, analysis, dissemination, and investigations.
Partner with internal stakeholders and external entities (law enforcement, government, industry peers) to enhance threat response.

Benefits

Sabbatical program
Tuition assistance
Flexible work arrangements
Health and welfare benefits
Comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
401(k) plan
Adoption assistance program
Educational assistance program
Flexible ways of working
Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)
Bonus eligible, calculated based on individual and company performance
Long term Incentive eligible (stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald’s long-term incentive plan)