Associate Communications Manager, Yum! Digital and Technology

Yum! Brands’ Digital and Technology (D&T) team is in search of a multifaceted and adaptive Associate Manager, D&T Communications. This role is ideal for a resourceful individual who excels in working both as an individual contributor and collaboratively across teams in a large matrixed organization to deliver results. The candidate will lead initiatives in change management and digital product communications, navigating the complexities of strategic communication in a technology-centric environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead communications and strategy to foster a connected global technology community of employees and franchisees and other audiences as appropriate.
  
• Bring innovative thinking to internal functional and division communications.
• Drive effective change management.
• Partner closely with brand communication teams to engage franchisees in adopting, understanding and valuing the cutting-edge technologies and continued advancements available from Product Teams.
• Craft compelling and influential presentations that convey our digital transformation story to a variety of audiences, including board members at Yum! and its associated brands.
  
• Partner closely with the Yum! Corporate Communications leadership team to develop and execute an overall dynamic digital and technology narrative.
  
• Identify storytelling opportunities for both D&T executives and teams that accentuate and advance Yum!s digital and technology story, both internally and externally.
• Curate digital content, speeches and presentation materials.
  
• Manage external agencies and partner with global consulting companies for special projects.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, or Public Relations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with an emphasis on writing, editing, and developing presentations.
• At least 8 years of experience in communications.
• Self-motivated with a collaborative mindset.
• Demonstrated experience in technology and change management communications and technology initiatives is preferred.
  
  
  

Salary Range: $­­104,600 to $135,300 annually + 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.

Benefits: Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year. To learn more about working at Yum! -Click here.

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.

The Yum! Brands story is simple. We have the four distinctive, relevant and easy global brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill -- born from the hopes and dreams, ambitions and grit of passionate entrepreneurs. And we want more of this to create our future!

As the world’s largest restaurant company we have a clear and compelling mission: to build the world’s most love, trusted and fastest-growing restaurant brands. The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results.

We’re looking for talented, motivated, visionary and team-oriented leaders to join us as we elevate and personalize the customer experience across our 48,000 restaurants, operating in 145 countries and territories around the world!

We put pizza, chicken and tacos in the hands of customers through customized ordering, unique delivery approaches, app experiences, and click and collect services and consumer data analytics creating unique customer dining experiences – and we are only getting started.

Employees may work for a single brand and potentially grow to support all company-owned brands depending on their role. Regardless of where they work, as a company opening an average of 8 restaurants a day worldwide, the growth opportunities are endless. Taco Bell has been named of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World by Fast Company; Pizza Hut delivers more pizzas than any other pizza company in the world and KFC’s still use its 75-year-old finger lickin’ good recipe including secret herbs and spices to hand-bread its chicken every day.

Yum! and its brands have offices in Chicago, IL, Louisville KY, Irvine, CA, Plano, TX and other markets around the world. We don’t just say we are a great place to work – our commitments to the world and our employees show it. Yum! has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and ranked among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine in addition to being named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Our employees work in an environment where the value of “believe in all people” is lived every day, enjoying benefits including but not limited to: 4 weeks’ vacation PLUS holidays, sick leave and 2 paid days to volunteer at the cause of their choice and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program; generous parental leave; competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as a 6% 401k match – all encompassed in Yum!’s world-famous recognition culture.