Manager, Product Management

McDonald's Corporation • Chicago, IL

1d • $127,332 - $159,165

About The Position

McDonald’s is seeking a systems-oriented Product Manager to own product readiness for Archy as it scales across markets and restaurants. The role identifies what Archy needs to scale reliably, translates market and restaurant needs into reusable product capabilities, and bridges local requirements with the core product roadmap. The position ensures Archy can adapt to differences in language, menus, operations, restaurant technology, and customer behavior while maintaining a standardized, scalable global product.

The Product Manager defines scale-readiness capabilities and criteria, identifies product gaps between pilots and broader deployment, and partners with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Deployment teams to incorporate requirements into the roadmap and address blockers. The role also leads localization frameworks, market onboarding and release criteria, and prioritization of a scale-focused product backlog using deployment friction and market feedback.

McDonald’s offers health and welfare benefits, including medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage. The role is bonus and long-term incentive eligible. The expected salary range is $127,332.00–$159,165.00 per year.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Product Management experience, ideally scaling complex digital, AI, commerce, or operational products.
• Experience taking products from pilot to scaled production across markets or geographies.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to turn local requirements into reusable product capabilities.
• Experience working across global and market teams with differing business and operational needs.
• Strong prioritization skills and comfort balancing global standardization with necessary localization.
• Ability to work across Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Deployment teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with conversational AI, LLMs, or AI-powered products.

Responsibilities

• Define the product capabilities and readiness criteria required to scale Archy across restaurants and markets.
• Identify product gaps that create friction as Archy moves from pilot to broader deployment.
• Partner with core Product and Engineering teams to ensure scale requirements are incorporated into the roadmap.
• Understand market-specific needs across customer experience, operations, menus, language, and restaurant technology.
• Translate local requirements into scalable, configurable product capabilities rather than one-off solutions.
• Serve as the product bridge between Market teams and core Product and Engineering teams.
• Define how the product adapts to local languages, customer behaviors, restaurant operations, menus, and market requirements.
• Establish reusable frameworks and guardrails for localization, balancing local flexibility with global platform standardization.
• Establish product criteria for market onboarding, releases, pilots, and broader scaling.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Deployment teams to identify blockers and readiness gaps.
• Use learnings from live markets and restaurants to continuously harden the core product.
• Translate deployment friction and market feedback into prioritized product requirements.
• Prioritize capabilities based on their ability to unlock multiple markets and improve repeatability at scale.
• Protect the core roadmap from unnecessary customization and market-specific feature creep.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Bonus eligibility.
• Long-term incentive eligibility.
• Sabbatical program.
• Tuition assistance.
• Flexible work arrangements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed