Yum!
Job Description
Who we are:
Our story might surprise you. We're the world's largest restaurant company - encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger Grill - but we're cooking up more than just tasty food behind the scenes. Our 1.5 million team members in 150 countries rely on technology to serve 40 million customers per day. Yum.dev, our bold team of hackers, creates software our restaurant team members use to ensure customers get what they ordered quickly and accurately. That's a huge responsibility, which is why Yum.dev is on a mission to find the most fearless tech talent to join our software startup within Yum!. At our scale, we are among the world's largest food-tech dev teams.
About the Job:
As Director Technical Product for Byte By Yum - you will serve as the product strategy and execution leader for the next generation of restaurant management driving the product development and market implementation that will serve Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC and Habit Burger Grill's 50,000 restaurants globally. In this role, you will be a partner with the Head of UX and Head of Engineering to build an experience that improves restaurant operations and customer experience when ordering our craveable foods in restaurant.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you will lead and mentor team of 3-4 product owners to:
Agile Product Development and Delivery Develop and execute a product strategy that is aligned with the company's overall goals and objectives. Manage the product lifecycle, including defining requirements, setting product goals, leading UAT and managing the entire product development process. Strategic Planning and New Market Onboarding
Lead new market discovery sessions defining new product capability needs, hardware and system integration requirements, and localization needs for market onboarding. Develop and manage timeline for new market implementations, accountable for coordinating internal and external dependencies and delivering against established business goals/objectives. Stakeholder Management
Build trusting relationships to effectively communicate and influence a wide range of stakeholders including cross-functional teams, brand partners, and vendor partners. Lead all product and program reviews with brand stakeholders, effectively communicating program progress and issues/risks to leadership and stakeholders. Minimum Requirements:
10+ years overall experience in engineering and/or technical product, with 4+ years of relevant technical product management experience or equivalent. Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle and experience designing and delivering quality products. Deep technical background that enables them to effectively communicate with the engineering team and break down complex systems into manageable product components and requirements. Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively run product team meetings and executive program updates. A metrics-driven work style that leverages data to make informed decisions. A mind-set towards innovation through a quick test, learn, adapt approach. An ability to manage multiple brands and stakeholders in an iterative process. Proficiency with Product and Program management tools: Visio, JIRA, Confluence; Bonus for custom Jira plugins. BA/BS in software engineering highly preferred (or related) or equivalent experience. Experience in Quick Service Restaurant (QSR), retail, and/or multiunit chain/franchise environment a plus, but not required. A few of our perks:
4 weeks of vacation PLUS 10 holidays and 1 floating holiday 5 sick days 2 paid volunteer days 6% 401k matching, vested immediately Medical, dental, vision Life insurance Half day flexible Fridays Generous parental leave A world-famous recognition culture
Who we are:
Our story might surprise you. We're the world's largest restaurant company - encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger Grill - but we're cooking up more than just tasty food behind the scenes. Our 1.5 million team members in 150 countries rely on technology to serve 40 million customers per day. Yum.dev, our bold team of hackers, creates software our restaurant team members use to ensure customers get what they ordered quickly and accurately. That's a huge responsibility, which is why Yum.dev is on a mission to find the most fearless tech talent to join our software startup within Yum!. At our scale, we are among the world's largest food-tech dev teams.
About the Job:
As Director Technical Product for Byte By Yum - you will serve as the product strategy and execution leader for the next generation of restaurant management driving the product development and market implementation that will serve Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC and Habit Burger Grill's 50,000 restaurants globally. In this role, you will be a partner with the Head of UX and Head of Engineering to build an experience that improves restaurant operations and customer experience when ordering our craveable foods in restaurant.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you will lead and mentor team of 3-4 product owners to:
Agile Product Development and Delivery Develop and execute a product strategy that is aligned with the company's overall goals and objectives. Manage the product lifecycle, including defining requirements, setting product goals, leading UAT and managing the entire product development process. Strategic Planning and New Market Onboarding
Lead new market discovery sessions defining new product capability needs, hardware and system integration requirements, and localization needs for market onboarding. Develop and manage timeline for new market implementations, accountable for coordinating internal and external dependencies and delivering against established business goals/objectives. Stakeholder Management
Build trusting relationships to effectively communicate and influence a wide range of stakeholders including cross-functional teams, brand partners, and vendor partners. Lead all product and program reviews with brand stakeholders, effectively communicating program progress and issues/risks to leadership and stakeholders. Minimum Requirements:
10+ years overall experience in engineering and/or technical product, with 4+ years of relevant technical product management experience or equivalent. Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle and experience designing and delivering quality products. Deep technical background that enables them to effectively communicate with the engineering team and break down complex systems into manageable product components and requirements. Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively run product team meetings and executive program updates. A metrics-driven work style that leverages data to make informed decisions. A mind-set towards innovation through a quick test, learn, adapt approach. An ability to manage multiple brands and stakeholders in an iterative process. Proficiency with Product and Program management tools: Visio, JIRA, Confluence; Bonus for custom Jira plugins. BA/BS in software engineering highly preferred (or related) or equivalent experience. Experience in Quick Service Restaurant (QSR), retail, and/or multiunit chain/franchise environment a plus, but not required. A few of our perks:
4 weeks of vacation PLUS 10 holidays and 1 floating holiday 5 sick days 2 paid volunteer days 6% 401k matching, vested immediately Medical, dental, vision Life insurance Half day flexible Fridays Generous parental leave A world-famous recognition culture