This role is a 6-month fixed-term contract.
As a Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll be more than a recruiter—you’ll be a strategic partner helping our leaders find, attract, and hire the best talent to fuel Yum!’s growth around the globe. You’ll combine hands-on recruiting expertise with consultative guidance, shaping the way we connect with candidates and ensuring an exceptional experience every step of the way.
ResponsibilitiesWhat You’ll Do
- Partner with leaders and HR Business Partners to understand hiring needs and craft effective recruiting strategies.
- Manage the full recruitment cycle—from sourcing and screening through offers and onboarding—for corporate roles across Yum!’s brands.
- Build diverse pipelines through creative sourcing, networking, and market research.
- Deliver an outstanding candidate experience, ensuring every interaction reflects Yum!’s values.
- Use data and metrics to track progress, share insights, and continuously improve how we hire.
- Lead and contribute to projects that elevate our talent acquisition practices, from employer branding to process innovation.
- Champion culture, opportunity and belonging by embedding inclusive practices in every hiring process.
- Consistently deliver against recruitment KPIs including hiring quality, productivity, and candidate experience to support team success and operational excellence.
What We’re Looking For
- 6+ years of corporate recruiting experience, preferably in a fast-paced, global organization.
- Proven ability to build trust and influence leaders at all levels.
- Strong sourcing expertise (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean, networking, direct outreach).
- Comfort with recruiting technologies (Greenhouse, Oracle, or similar ATS) and data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to operate effectively across languages, ideally English with French or German.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
Work Environment
- Hybrid Role: Requires onsite presence Tuesday through Thursday at our International corporate hub in either Woking or London.
Why Yum!
We’re not just any global company—we’re the world’s largest restaurant group, with over 55,000 restaurants in more than 150 countries. Our brands are iconic, our culture is people-first, and our opportunities for growth are limitless.
At Yum!, you’ll find:
- A global platform to make an impact across multiple brands.
- A culture that values Smart, Heart, and Courage—our leadership principles.
- Opportunities to lead projects that shape the future of hiring at scale.
- A chance to grow your career while helping millions of people around the world connect with jobs they love.
- Join us and help transform how the world’s most iconic restaurant brands attract and grow talent.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of corporate recruiting experience
- Strong sourcing expertise
- Comfort with recruiting technologies
- Ability to operate across languages
- Strong communication, relationship-building skills
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yum! Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Yum! Brands.
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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.
Yum! Brands Insights
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.
