Senior Manager, Executive Recruiting
Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Plano • California, Kentucky, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $134,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior leadership and C-Suite roles.
- Partner directly with Yum!’s C-Suite executives to define role requirements, align on hiring strategies, and provide market insights.
- Build and maintain strategic global executive search partnerships, managing agency performance, contracts, and outcomes.
- Proactively source and map executive talent to strengthen leadership pipelines.
- Serve as the day-to-day face of executive recruitment, ensuring a seamless process and exceptional candidate experience.
- Monitor hiring targets, time-to-fill, acceptance rates, and candidate feedback to continuously improve outcomes.
- Coach senior leaders on hiring discipline, interview practices, and equitable decision-making.
- Oversee executive-level requisition management and ensure appropriate TA support for each business and function.
- Manage and develop a high performing team, ensuring delivery excellence and continuous growth.
- Ensure compliance with hiring laws, governance standards, and company policies across regions.
Requirements
- 8-10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including 5+ years leading Director+ and C-Suite searches.
- Proven experience managing executive searches within a global organization or executive search firm.
- Strong track record building and managing agency/vendor partnerships at a global level.
- Ability to influence and build credibility with senior executives.
- Deep expertise in executive sourcing, market mapping, and pipeline development.
- Awareness of global hiring laws and executive-level compliance practices.
- Leadership experience with responsibility for managing a team.
Benefits
- Hybrid Role: Requires onsite presence Tuesday through Thursday at one of our U.S. corporate hubs (Irvine, CA; Plano, TX; or Louisville, KY).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
executive recruitmenttalent sourcingmarket mappingpipeline developmentrequisition managementagency/vendor managementhiring strategydata analysiscompliance practicesinterview practices
Soft skills
influencingcredibility buildingcoachingleadershipteam managementcommunicationstrategic partnershipcandidate experienceproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement