strategy & insights manager
Aug 14, 2026 · McDonald's
What you'll do
- Build and maintain understanding of business performance drivers and key KPIs
- Scope and manage quantitative and qualitative studies for consumer, market, and competitive insights
- Integrate internal and external data into actionable insights
- Develop KPIs, metrics, reports, and dashboards to track business and project performance
- Partner with stakeholders to translate insights into actions and decisions
- Challenge and refine hypotheses by probing beyond surface data
- Support building strategy and insights capability and professionalism
- Contribute to improving data processes, flow, and standards
Key requirements
- 5+ years' experience
- Consumer Insights, Analytics, Market Intelligence skills
- Quantitative and Qualitative Methods proficiency
- Data Synthesis and Business Performance Analysis capabilities
- Scenario Planning and Forecasting experience
- Reporting and Dashboard Development
- Communication Skills and Stakeholder Management
- Critical Thinking and Collaboration
- Data Standards and Processes
- Marketing and Market Research / Economics / Finance / Marketing / Quantitative Discipline
About the job
Are you passionate about uncovering opportunities hidden in data and transforming them into business success?
We are looking for a Strategy & Insights Manager to build and lead the Strategy & Insights capability.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this position translates data into clear, actionable recommendations that drive business performance.
As a trusted partner to senior leadership, you will
identify and scope analytical and research initiatives to build a holistic understanding of consumers, market dynamics, and performance drivers, including macro, socio-economic trends and the competitive landscape
Support strategic projects, scenario planning, and stakeholder decision making through fact-based, insight-led perspective delivered in a timely and cost-effective way
Proactively identify opportunities where better data, analysis, or insights can unlock business value
What You will Do
Build and maintain a strong understanding of business performance drivers, including key KPIs, levers, and underlying trends
Scope and manage quantitative and qualitative studies to generate deep consumer, market, and competitive insights - with clear focus on business application
Integrate internal and external data sources (including macro-economic data) into coherent, actionable insights
Develop and embed KPIs, metrics, reports, and dashboards to track and explain business and project performance
Partner with business stakeholders (Operations, Finance, Marketing, IT) to translate insights into actions and decisions
Actively challenge and refine hypotheses by asking the right questions - going beyond “what” into “why” and “so what”
Support building S&I capability and professionalism across the organization, promoting fact-based decision making
Contribute to shaping data processes, data flow, and data standards to ensure consistency and usability
What We're Looking For
Master's degree in Market Research, Economics, Finance, Marketing, or another quantitative discipline
Minimum 5 years of experience in Consumer Insights, Analytics, Market Intelligence, or a related field, either agency-side or client-side preferably in the retail/hospitality industry in a multinational environment
Strong curiosity and critical thinking - natural drive to understand what sits behind performance and trends
Ability to move from data to insight to action - not just analysis, but clear business recommendations
Strong analytical skills across quantitative and qualitative methods, with ability to synthesize complex information
Proven capability to translate insights into business impact (planning, forecasting, performance improvement)
Comfortable working in environments where answers are not obvious and need to be built through exploration
Strong communication skills - ability to present insights in a clear, concise, and compelling way for senior stakeholders
High ownership mindset - self-driven, accountable, and proactive in identifying opportunities and issues
Strong collaboration skills, especially cross-functionally


