Manager, Tech Deployment

McDonald's Corporation; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global fast-food leader is seeking a Manager, Tech Deployment in London to oversee the deployment of restaurant technology across markets. The role involves planning, communication, and managing stakeholder engagement, while ensuring effective execution of digital solutions. Candidates should have extensive project management experience and proficiency in tools like Jira and Confluence. This position offers opportunities to lead impactful technology initiatives in an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Tuition assistance

Flexible work arrangements

Sabbatical program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project or program management, preferably in tech-driven environments.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent workstreams across complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of budget management and project timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead market readiness, mobilization, and pilot deployments.
• Oversee all delivery activities ensuring completion on time and within budget.
• Facilitate engagement and communication across global technology teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Technology mobilisation

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Company Description

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald’s means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

• Take a class at Hamburger University
• Sample future items in our Test Kitchen
• Utilize the latest technology to connect with your team around the globe

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone.

Job Description

This role presents an exciting opportunity to join McDonald’s high-performing Deployment Technology Team, where you will manage the seamless and well-communicated deployment of restaurant technology across regional markets.

As the Manager, Tech Deployment you will be responsible for planning, communicating and aligning technology readiness and deployment initiatives within your assigned region. Collaborating closely with technology leads and cross-functional stakeholders, you will develop, communicate, and help present deployment plans that are consistent and scalable across global markets. You will be instrumental in ensuring the effective and consistent execution of digital and technology solutions.

You will also be responsible for maintaining and evolving the Global Playbooks, ensuring they reflect lessons learned and best practices. Additionally, you will manage deployment roadmaps and provide clear, date-driven progress updates, leveraging strong project and program management capabilities alongside excellent communication skills.

As part of the Readiness and Deployment team, you will:

• Lead market readiness, mobilisation, and pilot deployments from discovery through execution
• Establish and maintain governance routines and stakeholder priorities
• Capture key learnings and update the global process playbook
• Manage deployment plans using Jira and PowerPoint
• Ensure readiness for a high velocity of markets annually

Key Responsibilities

Program Delivery & Governance

• Oversee all delivery activities within assigned workstream(s), ensuring full scope completion on time, within budget, and in alignment with defined objectives.
• Manage escalations for project delivery risks and issues, driving timely resolution and mitigation plans.
• Maintain and establish governance structures, meeting cadences, and stakeholder engagement routines to ensure accountability and transparency.
• Manage and update pilot delivery plans, readiness trackers, and progress dashboards within Jira or equivalent tools.

Market Readiness & Deployment

• Manage and coordinate market and regional technology mobilisation, discovery, and implementation activities.
• Manage successful completion and closure of Market Readiness Assessments, Technical Questionnaires, reviewing driving gap closure activities.
• Coordinate go/no-go readiness assessments, including checklists, risk mitigation, and entry/exit criteria validation.
• Support Market onboarding and education to build awareness, capability, and adoption of the Edge program.
• Capture and maintain market learnings and best practices within the global process playbook to drive consistency and scalability.

Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment

• Facilitate engagement, communication, and collaboration across Global Technology and regional business markets.
• Facilitate decision-making forums to enable effective governance and timely resolutions.
• Maintain ongoing interlocks with key workstreams and communicate progress, dependencies, and risks to leadership.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to refine ways of working, collaboration models, and delivery practices across Edge teams and partners.
• Support data-driven insights and reporting to highlight progress, blockers, and impact.
• Contribute to building and maintaining the Edge global playbook and readiness frameworks.

Skills and Experience required

• Significant years of experience in project or program management, preferably within global, cross-functional, or technology-driven environments.
• Proven experience leading multiple concurrent workstreams across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong understanding of technology mobilisation, market readiness, and deployment frameworks.
• Demonstrated success managing budgets, timelines, and scope to achieve measurable results.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar project tracking tools.
• Strong skills in risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication at both operational and executive levels.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on process improvement, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment that balances strategic direction with hands-on delivery execution.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Lead with Global Technology Centricity & Empathy – Manage through outcomes and collaboration, clearly articulating program impact.
• Learn with Agility – Actively seek new knowledge and apply learnings to strengthen team performance.
• Adapt to Change – Embrace ambiguity and proactively identify solutions.
• Grow from Experience – Reflect on challenges to improve delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field required.

Additional Information

At McDonald’s we arePeople from allWalks ofLife...

People are at the heart of everything wedo, and they make the McDonald’s experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald’s or elsewhere.