Senior Manager, Transformation

What you'll be doing

As Senior Manager, Transformation, you'll own execution and shape how transformation is delivered across McDonald's UK & Ireland.

Reporting to the Transformation Director, you'll sit at the heart of market execution, working closely with restaurants, franchisees and corporate teams to turn priorities into measurable outcomes.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the end to end execution of transformation initiatives, setting clear priorities, and ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes, timelines and quality standards
• Owning and managing the UK & Ireland transformation portfolio, setting roadmaps, sequencing delivery, managing dependencies, and maintaining a forward looking view of execution
• Owning the Operational Excellence and simplification agenda, shaping how improvement is identified, prioritised and realised across the business
• Establishing and evolving a Project Management Centre of Excellence, setting high standards for execution, governance and ways of working that are practical and fit for the business
• Partnering with senior leaders to balance business as usual performance with transformation delivery, ensuring plans are realistic, prioritised and grounded in operational reality
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of program and operational excellence professionals, building sustainable capability and future talent
• Acting as a key market voice into global and enterprise forums, advocating for UK & Ireland priorities and operational realities
• Building strong cross functional partnerships to reduce friction, enable collaboration and accelerate execution