The Digital Business Development & Strategy Manager is part of Pizza Hut’s Global Digital & Technology organization and plays a critical role in driving global digital market expansion and digital product growth. This role leads business development planning, new market discovery, and business performance across international markets, ensuring digital innovation initiatives align with global commercial priorities and deliver measurable impact.
ResponsibilitiesBusiness Development & Strategic Alignment
- Manage and evolve the digital product and market expansion pipeline
- Lead business development planning sessions and goal tracking
- Identify opportunities to expand existing digital products into new markets
- Evaluate and prioritize new market entry opportunities
- Prepare and lead market alignment activities
- Partner with Finance to develop commercial proposals and financial models
- Track business development initiatives throughout the full sales cycle
New Product & Market Discovery
- Identify unmet digital product needs and build compelling business cases
- Lead structured market discovery efforts for net-new products and expansion markets
- Align cross-functional partners (Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Operations) during discovery and validation
- Translate discovery insights into actionable delivery plans
Market & Business Performance
- Analyze digital business performance and develop executive-ready insights
- Support content and reporting for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)
- Conduct quarterly market leadership meetings and prepare agenda, content and speakers
- Identify performance trends and recommend corrective actions
- Provide regular updates to Leadership and Finance on business health and growth trajectory
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, Communications or a related field
5+ years of experience in business development, strategy, digital product, consulting, or a related role
Proven experience evaluating complex decisions, developing business cases, and supporting go-to-market decisions
Strong analytical skills with experience translating complex inputs into clear, executive-ready insights and recommendations
Experience building financial models, commercial proposals, or investment cases in partnership with Finance or business leaders
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and Finance
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels
Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in global, matrixed organizations and supporting international market expansion initiatives
Background in digital, e-commerce, restaurant, retail, franchise, or consumer technology environments
Experience facilitating executive leadership meetings, or other senior stakeholder forums
Familiarity with product discovery, market validation, and commercialization processes for digital products
Salary Range: 125,200 - 145,000 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, Communications, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in business development, strategy, digital product, consulting, or related role
- Proven experience evaluating complex decisions, developing business cases, and supporting go-to-market decisions
- Strong analytical skills with experience translating complex inputs into clear, executive-ready insights and recommendations
- Experience building financial models, commercial proposals, or investment cases in partnership with Finance or business leaders
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and Finance
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
- Experience working in global, matrixed organizations and supporting international market expansion initiatives
- Background in digital, e-commerce, restaurant, retail, franchise, or consumer technology environments
- Experience facilitating executive leadership meetings or other senior stakeholder forums
- Familiarity with product discovery, market validation, and commercialization processes for digital products
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
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