Senior Director, Data Engineering, Consumer Data & Analytics

McDonald’s Corporation

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$237,102–$296,377 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $267k
$120k most similar roles pay here $315k

This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $139,192–$240,703 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $267k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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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 39 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,081–$175,101 across 24 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Director, Data Engineering, Consumer Data & Analytics

Sr Director, Data Engineering - Consumer Data & Analytics leads the vision, strategy, and execution of data engineering capabilities across the consumer domain. This leader oversees a large, geographically distributed team to build and scale reliable, secure, and scalable data platforms for customer analytics, artificial intelligence, and personalized experiences. Key responsibilities include managing Customer 360, marketing activation pipelines, and clickstream analytics while ensuring strict data privacy and regulatory compliance like GDPR and CCPA. The role involves industrializing robust data pipelines, establishing certified semantic data layers, and driving modernization initiatives to improve real-time event streaming and identity resolution. The position requires expertise in modern data platforms, cloud ecosystems such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS, ETL/ELT design, and master data management. This role solves the challenge of transforming complex consumer touchpoint data into actionable business value across global markets.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the data engineering strategy, roadmap, and operating model for the consumer data domain.
  • Lead a large, geographically distributed team of engineers and managers to build high-performing internal capabilities.
  • Oversee the development and lifecycle management of core products like Customer 360, CDP, and clickstream analytics.
  • Build and scale robust data pipelines and certified semantic layers to enable business self-service reporting.
  • Enforce strict data privacy, consent management, and regulatory compliance standards across all consumer touchpoints.
  • Drive modernization initiatives to improve real-time event streaming, identity resolution, and data interoperability.
  • Partner with executive leaders in Marketing and Digital Experience to leverage customer data as a strategic asset.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
  • Advanced degree (preferred).
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, software engineering, data platform development, or related technology disciplines.
  • 8+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations, including direct leadership of managers and senior technical leaders.
  • Deep expertise in modern data platforms, architecture, customer data integration (CDP, Customer 360), and distributed data processing.
  • Strong knowledge of data governance, identity resolution, master data management, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA).
  • Experience managing significant technology budgets, vendor relationships, and strategic technology investments.
  • Relevant industry certifications in data, cloud, architecture, or technology leadership disciplines (preferred).

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