Director, Portfolio Delivery – PMO

Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

Director of Portfolio Delivery & PMO responsible for governance and portfolio coordination of global initiatives. Leading program execution and overseeing cross-functional partnerships.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timePlano • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $202,500 - $238,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Director, Portfolio Delivery & PMO is responsible for the governance, operating model, and portfolio coordination required to scale Byte’s revenue-impacting initiatives globally from approval through deployment.
This role leads program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration across products, brands, markets, and delivery partners, ensuring complex cross-functional initiatives are executed with clarity, accountability, and predictability.
The Director establishes the frameworks, stage gates, decision forums, and portfolio processes that enable scalable delivery, while overseeing the Global Portfolio Delivery and PMO to drive consistent execution across markets.
The role is accountable for aligning priorities, sequencing work across markets, managing program-level risks and dependencies, and ensuring initiatives meet defined readiness criteria before progressing through key milestones.
Governance frameworks and stage gates are defined, adopted, and followed
Ownership and decision rights are clear across all delivery participants
Program-level risks and dependencies are identified and escalated early
Deployments follow consistent, predictable operating standards
Initiatives are not advanced or closed without meeting defined governance criteria

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience leading PMO, program governance, or portfolio management in global or multi-market environments
Proven track record establishing governance frameworks and operating models that enable scalable delivery of complex initiatives
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional portfolios involving Product, Engineering, Markets, and external partners
Experience coordinating delivery across teams without direct reporting authority, using influence and governance structures
Strong experience managing program-level risks, dependencies, and escalations in fast-moving environments
Experience in platform, SaaS, or large-scale technology deployments
Exposure to franchise, multi-brand, or multi-market operating models
Experience working with system integrators or deployment partners
Background in environments undergoing scale, transformation, or operating model change
Experience leading PMO, program, or deployment teams in matrixed environments
Deep program governance mindset with the ability to create structure, clarity, and accountability across diverse teams
Skilled at operating within and establishing stage-gate frameworks, RACIs, and decision forums
Comfortable managing ambiguity and turning incomplete inputs into structured program plans
Able to balance speed and rigor while maintaining governance discipline and delivery quality
Proven ability to lead through influence rather than hierarchy
Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leaders, market teams, and partners
Clear, confident communicator who can surface risks early and drive decisions to resolution

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

program governanceportfolio managementrisk managementdependency managementSaaS deploymentstechnology deploymentsstage-gate frameworksRACIsprogram deliverycross-functional coordination

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationinfluenceaccountabilityclarityproblem-solvingadaptabilitydecision-makingorganizational skills