Senior Manager, Network Operations Management

McDonald’s Corporation

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$152,678–$190,847 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $181k
This role $172k
$134k most similar roles pay here $226k

This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $145,000–$217,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $181k 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 44 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,207–$172,758 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Network Operations Management

Sr Manager, Network Operations leads globally distributed teams to ensure the availability, performance, and resilience of the Restaurant Network in support of the Global Restaurant Network Transformation. This role provides global operational authority, service governance, and leadership while managing a team of network operations engineers focused on incident command, automation strategy, and complex problem management. The manager oversees product backlogs in Jira, manages portfolio finances, and leads vendor, carrier, and managed service provider relationships. Key responsibilities include overseeing NOC operations, AIOps-driven monitoring, and large-scale infrastructure projects involving WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, SASE architectures, and cloud-adjacent networking. The role requires expertise in Juniper networking and Palo Alto security platforms to solve technical challenges related to global consistency and scalability while ensuring high availability for a massive international restaurant network.

What you'll do

  • Lead and develop a globally distributed team of network operations engineers across multiple regions.
  • Manage the global network service health, availability, and SLA performance for the restaurant network.
  • Direct incident response, command major events, and oversee change management governance.
  • Oversee the transition of new markets from project delivery into steady-state operational support.
  • Manage vendor, carrier, and managed service provider relationships including contract negotiations and cost efficiency.
  • Define and execute a global network automation strategy to reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
  • Own the product roadmap, backlog management, and portfolio budget for network operations.
  • Provide technical leadership for WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, and SASE architectures in large-scale environments.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in Network Operations or Engineering supporting global or multi-market environments.
  • 5+ years leading operations teams across regions or time zones.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Juniper networking and Palo Alto security platforms or equivalent technologies.
  • Strong understanding of network monitoring, ITIL-based incident/change management, and SLA-driven operations.
  • Experience leading product backlogs, roadmaps, and Agile/scrum delivery, including portfolio budget ownership.
  • Demonstrated experience managing vendors, carriers, and managed service providers.
  • Proven success delivering network automation for scale, reliability, and consistency.
  • Relevant certifications such as ITIL, CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP or PMP (preferred).

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