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Program Manager Project LeadYum Brands • Plano, Texas, United States
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Program Manager Project Lead

Yum Brands
  • US
    Plano, Texas, United States
  • US
    Plano, Texas, United States
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Project Lead

Ready to make your mark at an iconic global powerhouse? Join Yum! Brands - the parent company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill - be a part of our reinvention for Greater Growth.

The Project Lead manages strategy execution and tracking of delivery outcomes, including the overall cadence across the governance structure, to ensure alignment to business value and successful completion of project initiatives. As the Project Lead you will operate as a key advisor to Yum! senior leadership and drive disciplined decision-making across the program. The Project Lead reports directly to the VP of the Major Programs Office.

You will be required to attend the Plano, TX office three days per week (Tuesday - Thursday).

Salary Range: $125,200-$150,000 + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Responsibilities
  • Drive end-to-end strategy execution for program initiative development and delivery, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities and value realization targets
  • Lead integrated project planning, including complex dependency management, risk mitigation, and scenario planning across multiple workstreams and functions
  • Establish and run program governance cadence, including preparation for key decision forums, ensuring timely, high-quality decisions
  • Deliver insight-driven, executive-ready reporting that links progress to financial and operational outcomes
  • Proactively identify, analyze, and resolve ambiguous, cross-functional challenges with broad business impact
  • Influence and challenge senior stakeholders (including VP-level and external partners/franchisees) to drive alignment and accountability
  • Ensure program discipline and execution rigor across functions, elevating standards beyond "business as usual"
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing recommendations on risks, trade-offs, and strategic decisions
  • Maintain the program master plan (e.g., milestones, owners, risks)
  • Strategic and structured thinker who can simplify complexity and connect execution to business outcomes
  • Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to challenge senior leaders constructively
  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on actionable insights
  • Excellent executive communication skills (written and verbal)
  • High ownership mindset with the ability to drive pace and accountability across teams
Qualifications
  • 10+ years leading large, complex, cross-functional programs with enterprise-level impact
  • Proven experience managing ambiguity and undefined problems, translating them into structured plans
  • Strong background in governance, risk management, and dependency orchestration across multiple teams
  • Experience influencing senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders in matrixed organizations
  • Familiarity with transformation programs or large-scale operational project management preferred

At Yum!, one of our core values is to Believe in ALL People. This means seeing the value in everyone and unlocking their full potential to be their best self. YUM! Brands, Inc. (including its subsidiaries Yum Restaurant Services Group, LLC ("YRSG") and Yum Connect, LLC ("Yum Digital and Technology") (collectively, "Yum") is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging for all dimensions of diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other protected characteristic. Yum! is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities or special needs.

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This posting will be open for a minimum of two weeks. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected.

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Job Info
  • Job Identification 5255
  • Locations Plano, TX, United States (Hybrid)
  • Plano, Texas, United States

Sprachkenntnisse

  • English
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