Program Manager Project Lead

Job Title

Project Lead

Job Description

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.

We are a culture-driven company where innovation, collaboration, and passion fuel everything we do. We're seeking talented individuals to make a difference across our global business. Whether you're just starting out or stepping into leadership, you'll help shape our future by delivering results that matter and bringing your smart, heart, and courage to the table.

If you're ready to grow with a company that values curiosity, high performance, and meaningful workjoin us. Let's build the future of Yum! together!

Responsibilities

Primary 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

Minimum Requirements:

• 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

Job Info

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