Job Description

About McDonalds in India
One of the worlds largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries McDonalds Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe.

About McDonalds:
One of the worlds largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonalds Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise.Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the company and our customers across the globe.
Position Summary:
Functional Data Stewardship Manager: (Manager, Data Stewardship_G4_EDAA0075)
As a Functional Data Stewardship Manager, you will be crucial in implementing McDonald's data governance strategy across various business functions. This position ensures that enterprise data is reliable and clearly defined, aligning with the organizations business priorities and compliance standards. You will collaborate with global data owners and stewards to enforce governance policies, maintain data quality, and serve as a subject matter expert on functional data assets.
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on stewardship, guaranteeing that high-quality data is available to support essential processes and analytics throughout the organization.
Who were looking for:
Primary Responsibilities:

• Functional Data Domain Leadership: Act as the primary data steward for assigned functional domains (e.g., HR, Finance, Marketing), maintaining oversight of data definitions, ownership, lineage, and business rules.
• Policy Execution & Standards Alignment: Collaborate with data governance leads to implement enterprise data governance policies, standards, and classification frameworks into day-to-day operations.
• Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify data issues and inconsistencies, partner with business and technical teams to remediate, and provide feedback into strategic governance forums for policy and tool enhancement.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Drive adoption of governance practices and act as a data SME for business and technology teams within your domain.
• Document and socialize functional data flows and lifecycle processes, ensuring accuracy and traceability.
• Champion data quality by developing data certification processes and monitoring data health metrics.
• Collaborate with global markets and enterprise teams to ensure functional data consistency and stewardship scalability.
• Maintain expertise in regulatory compliance, security, and privacy standards relevant to your domain.

Mandatory Skill:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Data Science, Business, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, governance, or data management roles
• Experience with HR or Finance business areas data requirements, usage, sources, reports, and metrics.
• Strong expertise into Collibra / Reltio Success Factors/ Oracle Combination of any 2 skills.
• Strong understanding of business processes and how data flows across systems
• Experience defining and maintaining business glossaries and metadata standards
• Able to build relationships with stakeholders and conduct information gathering sessions with business and technical SMEs
• Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Collibra, Reltio Success Factors, or Oracle
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Able to review and validate English language metric calculation descriptions at a detailed level.

Work location:Hyderabad, India
Work pattern:Full time role.
Work mode: Hybrid.
Additional Information:
McDonalds is committed to providing qualified individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs. McDonalds 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.
McDonalds Capability Center India Private Limited (McDonalds in India) is a proud equal opportunity employer and is committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At McDonalds in India, employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs, and all qualified candidates are considered for employment. McDonalds in India does not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, age, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, disability status, medical history, parental status, genetic information, or any other basis protected under state or local laws.
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