Analytics Manager, Global Development

Job 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.

The Analytics Manager, Real Estate Strategy sits within Global Development. This role will leverage expertise in data analysis, reporting, and visualization to fuel our global performance in restaurant development, both on new and existing restaurants. This role frequently interfaces with senior leaders, restaurant design and supports our many global market development teams. The ideal candidate will balance strategic analytical thinking, technical skills, project leadership skills and the ability to connect human insights with data to communicate results and inspire action.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data analysis: Leverage Data from multiple sources to communicate impactful insights to various stakeholders (geospatial analytics, new restaurant performance & impact, trade area composition, sales estimation, growth / opportunity analysis, sales & transaction performance, sales channel mix, and market share)
• Reporting: Support the automation and continuous enhancement of functional and executive-level reporting on business performance
• Strategic Support: Serve as data and analytics advisor to McDonald’s leadership and market teams, providing ongoing analytical support. Help create efficiencies across markets by sharing best practices and cross‑market learnings.
• Industry and Competitor Insights: Monitor market trends and competitive dynamics using internal, public, and third‑party data
• Enterprise BI Leadership: Promote “One McDonald’s Way” of KPIs, measurement design and metric definitions in coordination with subject matter experts; support efforts to improve our data assets and enhance their usage

• Business Acumen: Good understanding of financial drivers of company performance and must be able to quantify business impact from analyses
• Large Datasets: Hands‑on experience independently analyzing large datasets and relational databases
• Technical Proficiency: Alteryx, GIS applications (e.g. Map Info, QGIS), data visualization (e.g. Tableau, Power
  
  BI), Excel, and Power Point
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of consumer‑facing businesses such as Restaurant, Retail, or Hospitality industries, with emphasis on location analytics or site selection preferred
• Strategy: Intellectual curiosity and excellent problem‑solving skills, including the ability to give strategic recommendations
• Data Storytelling: Skilled in data visualization and using data to tell a story
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in developing executive‑level communications and effectively communicating complex findings
• Drive for Results: Ability to independently own and drive work streams, balancing demands and deadlines, and managing competing and changing priorities
• Lead complex project: Ability to lead analytical projects with multiple stakeholders across different global functions and markets.

Other Qualities

• Customer-obsessed: Focus on customer experience and a deep understanding of value creation to meet customer needs
• Solution-oriented: Creative and pragmatic problem‑solving skills when faced with…