Director, Engineering Tech Lead

Department Overview

The Commercial Product & Platform vision develops global technology products and platforms that delight our customers and enable our crews to operate our restaurants reliably and effectively.

The Director, Tech Lead Sesame and Kiosk New Feature is part of the Restaurant Technology team and reports to the Sr Director, Tech Lead of the Sesame and Kiosk group. The Director will be responsible for establishing engineering excellence and delivering new capabilities in the current Sesame and Kiosk platform. This role will lead a team of 12 employees in addition to a mix of internal and external technical resources to ensure the goals of the platform are met. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help delivering the capabilities for the key restaurant applications in McDonald’s echo system.

Responsibilities

• Drive tech strategy, design, and development of Sesame and Kiosk platform.
• Partner with key collaborators, like Product Management, Solution Architecture, Data & Analytics, and Security, to align technology strategies to support product roadmaps.
• Lead architectural discussions and oversee tech delivery of both internal resources (e.g., engineers) and vendors for the Sesame and Kiosk platform activities.
• Enforcing engineering and design best practices (e.g., modularity) are leveraged for new feature enhancement.
• Define and enforce quality standards (functional and non-functional requirements) and program-wide acceptance criteria.
• Manage security compliance, data integrity, and standards for all in-scope products and platforms to ensure sensitive data is secure.
• Deliver technology solutions that enable the business to deliver against their vision, mission, and strategy.
• Manage and own the platform milestones, budget, and associated ROI.
• Act as interface into tech organization for other enterprise functions (e.g., restaurant ops, Consumer team).

Qualifications

• At least 10 years’ experience in hands-on technical roles showing progressive growth in responsibilities, with a strong background in software engineering, architectural design, and application development.
• At least 7 years’ experience working in an Agile software development environment and leading large software engineering teams.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders in a complex, global matrixed org setup.
• Experience leading large-scale global change programs impacting people, process, and technology.
• Strong people management and development experience.
• Understanding of restaurant applications and operational requirements of restaurant technology.
• Ability to communicate effectively in multiple business areas (e.g., marketing, sales, finance, operations, technology).
• Deep understanding of global complexities and Segment / Market differences.
• Experience managing complex deployments across multiple regions.
• Experience managing P&L of the department and develop financial forecasts.
• Impact-minded approach, with ability to articulate goals and instill action and alignment towards reaching them.
• Strong communication skills with comfort in speaking with business stakeholders.
• Strong problem solver with ability to manage and lead the team to push the solution and progress.

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

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Long - Term Incentive: Yes

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $168,350.00 - $218,860.00 per year
 
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.