With more than 200,000 employees worldwide (excluding franchises), McDonald’s has long operated in a highly decentralized model where compensation and career decisions were made locally or regionally. Without a unified HRIS and with varied practices across markets, this approach created significant operational challenges and inconsistencies.

In this session, you’ll explore McDonald’s multi-year transformation journey toward a more globally aligned, centrally governed compensation function. Using this case study, you’ll gain insights into how one of the world’s most recognized brands is evolving its compensation strategy to balance structure, flexibility, and local market relevance.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how large global organizations can manage compensation centrally within complex, matrixed structures.
• Understand how to strike the right balance between centralized governance and local flexibility.
• Discover the critical role technology plays in enabling a globally aligned compensation model.
• Review a high-level summary of McDonald’s transformation roadmap and lessons learned along the way.