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Be Part of Our Next Chapter
For over almost 60 years, our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the world’s leading brands and their customers. And while we’ve already done a lot of work we’re proud of, we’re just getting started!
We’re a global technology company focused on creating dynamic, smart, personalised and engaging customer experiences powered by our range of digital hardware, our proprietary content management system and our industry leading signage solutions. (For example: If you’ve ordered in-store or in the drive-thru at McDonald’s somewhere in the world in the last few years, chances are you’ve interacted with our digital solutions.) We work in over 50 global markets and have 9 offices around the world, with a global headquarters proudly located in our founding home of Sydney, Australia.
Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up, both which fuel our purpose – Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving. Through hard work, dedication and creativity, we’ve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are curious, charismatic, authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew. We are imaginers, kindness enthusiasts, experts, creators, thinkers, challengers, collaborators and over-achievers. And together, as a Crew, we are revolutionizing the way the world’s leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences.
The Senior Director, Delivery (McDonald’s) is accountable for the effective planning, coordination, and execution of delivery across the McDonald's portfolio of programs, squads and releases. The role ensures work is delivered predictably, environments and releases are managed efficiently, and cross-functional teams are aligned to achieve business and client outcomes. Through strong leadership, governance, and continuous improvement, the role drives delivery excellence at scale.
Key responsibilities for the role
- Portfolio Delivery Leadership: Lead delivery across multiple programs, squads, and work streams, ensuring commitments are realistic, coordinated, and delivered predictably.
- Release Planning & Execution: Oversee integrated release planning and execution across squads, ensuring features progress smoothly through the SDLC.
- Program Governance: Govern larger initiatives spanning multiple squads, managing scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and benefits realisation.
- Delivery Flow & Dependency Management: Improve quality and throughput across squads by resolving blockers, managing cross-team dependencies, and enabling efficient flow from planning to production.
- Release & Environment Management: Lead the release management practice and environment governance, ensuring coordinated release calendars, deployment readiness, environment availability, and effective management of environment demand, conflicts, and dependencies.
- Governance, Reporting & Risk Control: Maintain clear delivery & program governance, forecasting, RAID management, and timely escalation of issues requiring decisions.
- Cross-Functional & Client Alignment: Partner with Product, Engineering, Quality, Operations, and client stakeholders to align priorities, capacity, practices, and delivery readiness.
- Resource & Commercial Management: Manage delivery capacity, budgets, and partner resources to ensure efficient utilisation and commercially sound outcomes.
- People Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Build a high-performing Delivery function and continuously improve planning discipline, release effectiveness, delivery cadence, and team capability.
Qualifications and experience
- 12+ years in software Program Management and/or technology delivery with 5 years of experience leading large and complex technology portfolios
- Proven track-record delivering enterprise-scale software, digital, or platform initiatives across multiple concurrent squads or streams
- Strong experience managing continuous delivery models with frequent releases, coordinated testing cycles, and production deployments
- Experience in Agile, hybrid, and structured delivery models, with sound judgement on fit-for-purpose governance
- Strong commercial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, capacity planning, and partner/vendor management
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive, client, and cross-functional engagement
About Coates
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are led by a forward-thinking CEO who has demonstrated a true passion for people and making Coates a place where people genuinely enjoy working. Our growth plans enable a focus on providing rapid career advancement opportunities for our talent.
Together, we are creators, allowing us to make our purpose a reality – to create immersive brand experiences for everyone.
Join a Crew that Cares
Be part of a global team of talented, ambitious, creative people that value integrity, individuality and inclusivity. (Ask us about our Equality + Empowerment Initiatives).
The benefits include an annual market competitive bonus program and our “Thrive Program” which includes a suite of flexible work options because we’re strong believers that you should never miss an important life or work moment. Thrive also provides dedicated time to prioritize our health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions), a Global Wellness paid day off to recharge as well as a “Give Back Day” to allow our Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community.
Be inspired To Be More
We skip the red tape and aim to always stay nimble. We’re proud of where we’ve been and are energized by where we’re going. We encourage ideas and perspectives because we know the more we have, the better we are. We work hard but have fun along the way. We push the boundaries but keep it real and authentic. We believe in the values that got us here are the ones that will continue to lead us forward. We are excited by what we’ve accomplished, but know the best is yet to come.
Coates Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).
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We take this matter very seriously. Coates has reported these incidents to law enforcement and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. We are committed to protecting the integrity of our recruitment process and the privacy of our applicants.
Please be advised of the following:
- Coates does not operate or communicate through any domain resembling "@coatesgroupcareer.com"
- We do not contact employment candidates via email to solicit personal or financial information
- All applications for employment must be submitted through our official website https://coatesgroup.com/careers or directly through our LinkedIn profile: Coates Group
- All emails from us will come from our official domain, which is [at]coatesgroup[dot]com or via our Applicant - Tracking System (ATS) email address, which is no-reply[at]hire.lever[dot]co
If you receive any suspicious communications purporting to be from Coates, we urge you not to respond, do not click any links, and do not provide any personal information. Your safety and trust are of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your vigilance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.