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Supervisor, Performance Management

McDonald's

Chicago, ILJob$96–119K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$96–119K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Supervisor, Talent Management – Global Talent Strategy & Design contributes to the design, enhancement, and deployment of global talent and performance practices. This individual-contributor role collaborates with stakeholders across the global business to cultivate high-performing teams, strengthen leadership capability, and build a global talent pipeline. It manages talent program workstreams and supports program deployment, change management, and partnerships with market and global People Teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Talent Program SupportProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationPresentation SkillsStorytellingAnalytical SkillsExcelPivot TablesIndependent WorkAmbiguity NavigationSolution ProposalsTalent TechnologySAP SuccessFactorsGlobal HR CollaborationGenerative AILarge Language Models

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience2+ Years Relevant Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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 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.

Department Overview

The Supervisor, Talent Management – Global Talent Strategy & Design will contribute to the design, enhancement, and deployment of global talent and performance practices that help cultivate high-performing teams, strengthen leadership capability, and build a strong global talent pipeline.

While this is an individual contributor role, the supervisor will collaborate closely with stakeholders across the global business. The role requires strong project management, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, along with the ability to independently manage work and build subject matter expertise across talent management practices.

Duties

Talent Strategy & Design

  • Support the design and deployment of global talent practices, including performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, coaching, and assessments.

  • Manage talent program workstreams, using research, data, and user-centered design to develop effective solutions and recommendations.

Program Deployment & Change

  • Support change management and deployment of talent programs.

  • Develop toolkits, communications, and capability-building resources for People Partners and stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Project Management

  • Manage project plans, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder engagement across talent initiatives.

  • Collaborate with COEs, global People Teams, and cross-functional partners, including support for talent technology implementation.

Market & Segment Partnership

  • Partner with market and global People Teams to deploy talent practices and address business needs.

  • Support talent assessment, development, succession, capability building, and cycle management priorities.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

  • 2+ years of experience in Talent Management, Talent/Organizational Development, HR, Project Management, or related fields.

  • Experience supporting talent programs such as talent reviews, succession planning, or performance management, ideally in large, matrixed organizations.

  • Strong project management, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

  • Strong written and verbal communication, including clear presentation and storytelling skills.

  • Strong analytical skills, including Excel and pivot tables, with the ability to identify trends and translate data into insights.

  • Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and propose practical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with talent technology, such as SAP SuccessFactors.

  • Experience working with global HR/People teams.

  • Familiarity with Generative AI and LLMs.

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Long - Term Incentive: No

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $95,538.00 - $119,423.00 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.

Additional Information:

Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, including but not limited to comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage, as well as, life insurance.

Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.

McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact [email protected]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.

Requsition ID: 5555

How this job compares

Set against the 454 open Talent Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$96–119K/yr
  • US median$98–187K/yr302 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $107K, is 32% below the US median midpoint ($157K) — in the lowest quarter of Talent Management salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 14 open Talent Management jobs in Illinois and 454 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Talent Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 397 postings).
Education
185 of the 454 open Talent Management jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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