Manager, Governance, Risk & Compliance

About the position

McDonald’s is seeking a Manager, Governance, Risk and Compliance to support our cybersecurity team as we protect our global brand. You will collaborate closely with cybersecurity experts, Global Technology teams, suppliers, and business leaders to assess technology risk across McDonald’s. In addition, the Manager will help in driving the development, deployment, and maintenance of our global policies and standards, and help build a more secure culture through security awareness. We are moving fast and are adding to our best-in-class team, and joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that will have a global impact. We are customer-obsessed, committed to being leaders in our industry, and believe we are better when we work together. Over the last several years, we have launched home delivery, radically improved the digital experiences of our restaurants, introduced mobile pay, and have so much more to come. These critical initiatives require strong leadership to ensure compliance with policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices. McDonald’s is investing heavily in technology to drive our growth. We’re looking at how to use technology to improve the customer journey and build new customer experiences. We’re also exploring technologies that can help us reduce or eliminate repetitive tasks and make employees’ jobs more exciting and rewarding. With all the new projects and initiatives, it is an exciting time to be on the cybersecurity team, helping to make a safer and better McDonald's!

Responsibilities

• Maintain a solid understanding of current industry risk and trends as well as clear understanding of McDonald's business and technical strategies in order to be accountable for identifying security risks and concerns and identifying them, if applicable, on McDonald’s policies and standards.
• Lead and review complex application/solution/risk assessments to identify security risks and control gaps that put McDonald’s at risk.
• Partner with relevant collaborators to drive implementation of appropriate controls to align with McDonald’s policies and standards.
• Handle the intake queue for new risk assessments across the organization.
• Produce and communicate metrics and identify trends for risk management activities and drive transparency and transparency of business value for completed work.
• Advise and influence global technology and business management regarding security best practices, risk analysis, risk mitigation and reporting.
• Review complex application/solution/third-party security risk assessments to identify security risks and control gaps that put McDonald’s at risk.
• Provide oversight, learning opportunities, and mentorship to the risk analysts.

Requirements

• Applicable bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (6+ years) within Risk Management, Internal Audit, Third Party Risk Management, Compliance, Cybersecurity, IT Security Governance, Computer Science, or other related fields.
• Excellent written & verbal communication.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships across the organization.
• Meticulous with strong project and time management, report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate messaging between technical teams and business collaborators.
• Process enhancements and the desire to improve excites you.
• Eagerness to join the ranks of a high performing team.
• Experience of GRC platforms (e.g. OneTrust, RSA Archer, ServiceNow).
• Understanding of key compliance, risk, and control frameworks such as NIST, PCI, ISO, COBIT, CIS etc.
• Professional certifications such as Security+, CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, and PMP.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with sophisticated multinational companies and distributed business models.
• Strong ability to develop and communicate strategic direction and long-term objectives without supervision.
• Experience with Information/Technology Risk Management, Supply Chain Risk Management, Third Party Risk Management, and/or Global Regulatory Compliance.
• Proficient in technical writing and demonstrating various creative mechanisms to communicate to diverse audiences.
• Strong ability to assess vitality and prioritization and make good decisions based upon business or market requirements.
• Demonstrable ability to quickly identify project objectives and define optimal project approach to align security controls with overall program success.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Adoption assistance program
• Educational assistance program
• Flexible ways of working
• Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)
• Bonus eligibility based on individual and company performance
• Long term incentive eligibility for stock or other equity grants