Director, Organizational Design and Effectiveness

McDonald's Corporation • Chicago, IL

22h • $178,121 - $222,651

About The Position

McDonald’s is seeking a Director, Organization Design and Effectiveness to join its Global Talent team and support Enterprise Data, Analytics, and AI (EDAA) transformation priorities. The role translates strategy into practical organizational solutions, including operating models, structures, decision rights, and implementation plans, while strengthening organizational effectiveness and helping teams work with greater clarity, accountability, and impact.

The Director will lead the end-to-end organizational design and effectiveness agenda for the EDAA Modernization Transformation, shaping the future-state Data, Analytics, and AI organization across global markets and business functions. The role partners with executive leaders to define operating models, organizational structures, role architectures, governance frameworks, and workforce strategies. It also provides strategic leadership on transformation, change management, and capability development to support adoption and long-term sustainability.

The position works closely with senior leaders, People Partners, Talent, Total Rewards, Change Management, Communications, Workforce Management, and other cross-functional partners. It reports to a Senior Director and may oversee, coach, and develop one or more direct reports or project team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 7 years of experience in organization effectiveness, organization design, transformation, change management, strategy, workforce planning, human capital, management consulting, or related disciplines.
• Ability to diagnose complex organizational challenges, structure ambiguous problems, analyze data, evaluate options, and deliver practical solutions.
• Experience supporting transformation, operating model, organization design, strategy execution, or organizational change initiatives.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including partnership with senior executives and HR leaders in global or matrixed organizations.
• Ability to develop executive-ready recommendations and presentations using workforce, organizational, financial, and qualitative data.
• Strong project leadership skills, including experience managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies, and changing priorities.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate sensitive topics in fast-paced environments.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Organization Effectiveness, Human Resources, Business, Strategy, Leadership, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead organization effectiveness initiatives that translate business strategy into operating models, structures, governance, decision rights, and ways of working.
• Partner with senior leaders and People Partners to assess organizational performance, identify effectiveness barriers, and recommend solutions that support business outcomes.
• Diagnose organizational challenges using stakeholder input, workforce data, business context, and change-readiness insights.
• Lead organization design and operating model projects involving role clarity, accountability, governance, spans and layers, work grouping, and implementation planning.
• Facilitate leadership discussions on priorities, design principles, tradeoffs, decision rights, and implementation implications.
• Partner across Global People and cross-functional teams to align organization solutions with change management, communications, workforce planning, talent, rewards, and transition activities.
• Develop data-driven recommendations and executive-level presentations to support decision-making.
• Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously while balancing priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Contribute tools, frameworks, and best practices that strengthen organization effectiveness capabilities.
• Stay current on leading practices in organization effectiveness, organization design, transformation, change management, workforce strategy, and operating models.
• Provide strategic leadership on transformation, change management, and capability development to support adoption and sustainability.
• Potentially oversee, coach, and develop one or more direct reports or project team members.

Benefits

• Broad range of benefits, including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance, and flexible work arrangements.
• Health and welfare benefits, including medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Bonus eligibility based on individual and company performance.
• Eligibility for stock or other equity grants under McDonald’s long-term incentive plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director