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About McDonald’s: One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s 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.Position Summary: TheDirector, Functional Portfolio & Product Leadplays a pivotal role in aligning the data and analytics portfolio with strategic business objectives. This role is responsible for leading the prioritization, delivery, and governance of domain-specific product portfolios, ensuring they deliver measurable business value. By overseeing product strategy, roadmap development, and backlog execution, the Functional Portfolio Lead bridges technical execution with business outcomes. The role also facilitates business and technical requirements gathering, portfolio ownership, and consultative leadership to support data-driven decision-making across the organization. With a focus on portfolio optimization, this role fosters cross-functional collaboration, embeds best practices in product management, and champions a culture of data-informed strategy and execution.Who we’re looking for: Primary Responsibilities: Own the strategic alignment across business stakeholders for specific data portfolios. Partners with business leaders to document the business requirements for specific products; communicates the requirements back to the Product Engineers. Manages a team of Data Product owners; responsible for the delivery of their products. Prioritizes and plans for the delivery of domain product portfolios; this includes overseeing the product backlog management and execution Provide business consulting and coaching related to the products; aligns data initiatives with organizational objectives. Works across teams to provide feedback on adoption, training and deployment.Skill: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in data analysis tools and software. Experience managing high performing teams. Experience in data visualization and storytelling to communicate insights effectively. Educational background in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field. 12+ Professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a similar role. Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects. Work location:Hyderabad, India Work pattern:Full time role. Work mode:Hybrid.Additional Information: McDonald’s is committed to providing qualified individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs. McDonald’s 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.McDonald’s Capability Center India Private Limited(“ McDonald’s in India ”)is a proud equal opportunity employer and is committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. At McDonald’s in India, employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs, and all qualified candidates are considered for employment. McDonald’s in Indiadoes 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. Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.