This role pays less than
94%
of similar roles. Most pay
$177,675–$246,775
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$143k
versus about
$212k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About McDonald’s Corporation
McDonald’s Corporation is the world's largest fast-food chain by revenue, operating over 40,000 locations in more than 100 countries.
McDonald’s Corporation currently has
43 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$138,207–$172,758
across 26 roles with salary data.
The Software Development Manager - Release Management leads best-in-class software release activities across multiple product lines. This role involves managing the full release lifecycle, including planning, validation, documentation, and deployment while guiding Release Managers and Defect Managers through structured mentoring and development plans. The manager coordinates defect triage, root-cause analysis, and sprint wrap-up ceremonies to ensure product stability. Key responsibilities include overseeing tooling automation, reporting analytics, and maintaining governance compliance across multi-functional teams and offshore partners. The role requires expertise in SDLC, Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and cloud environments. This position solves complex technical challenges by ensuring releases meet performance, accessibility, and security gates while improving metrics like release predictability, defect leakage, cycle time, and MTTR to maintain high-quality standards in a high-transaction environment.