Manager, Strategic Ventures, New Growth Initiatives
Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Plano • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,200 - $132,480 per year
About the role
- Developing, validating, and scaling new business opportunities that drive incremental revenue, improve franchisee unit economics, and expand market presence around the globe
- Leveraging advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools to enhance decision-making, accelerate execution, and scale impact
- Leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering insights and recommendations to senior leadership, including C-suite stakeholders
- Identifying and evaluating new business opportunities, channels, and partnerships to drive incremental revenue growth
- Developing hypotheses, business cases, and scalable operating models for new initiatives
- Leading end-to-end pilot design, execution, and scaling of successful concepts
- Conducting ongoing analysis of market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business, or related field preferred)
- Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) strongly preferred
- 7–12+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, corporate development, or new business development
- Demonstrated experience leading analytically rigorous projects with measurable business impact
- Experience working in cross-functional, global, or highly matrixed organizations
- Advanced financial modeling and quantitative analysis skills
- Strong understanding of unit economics, revenue drivers, and profitability levers
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems and apply hypothesis-driven analysis
- Expertise in translating data into strategic insights and recommendations
- Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, copilots) in business workflows
- Experience designing or deploying AI agents, automation workflows, or data-driven tools preferred
- Ability to apply AI pragmatically to improve speed, quality, and scalability of work
- Proven ability to connect market insights, financial analysis, and business strategy
- Ability to balance long-term vision with near-term execution
- Advanced negotiation skills with experience structuring complex, high-value commercial agreements
- Strong ability to leverage financial and analytical insights to inform negotiation strategy and outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders in high-stakes situations
- Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across diverse teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and deliver clear, compelling executive-level presentations using the Suite of Microsoft products like PPT, XLS, CoPilot, Word
- High degree of autonomy, accountability, and ownership
- Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Knowledge of the Aggregator Delivery as a Service model and Marketplace dynamics
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
advanced financial modelingquantitative analysisdata-driven toolsAI toolsautomation workflowshypothesis-driven analysisbusiness case developmentmarket analysiscompetitive dynamicsunit economics
Soft Skills
cross-functional leadershipstakeholder managementnegotiation skillsinfluence without authoritycommunication skillsproject managementprioritization skillsautonomyaccountabilityownership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBA or equivalent