Project Delivery Lead

About the Role

The NRM Project Delivery Lead owns the answer and the client. You will lead end-to-end Revenue Growth Management engagements with Yum! brands and markets - from defining the commercial problem and analytical agenda through recommendations, activation, testing and impact tracking.

This is a senior commercial strategy role for leaders who can combine the discipline of top-tier consulting with practical business judgment. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, work directly with senior market executives and franchise partners, and convert analytics into tangible actions that improve transactions, AUV, consumer value and unit economics.

What You'll Lead

End-to-End NRM Engagements Commercial Growth Strategy Strategic Pricing Menu & Value Architecture

mnichannel Growth Unit Economics & EBITDA Executive Workshops Team & Capability Building

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of NRM Level 1 / Level 2 engagements, from diagnostic and strategy through activation, testing, execution and impact tracking.

Define the problem statement, strategic hypotheses, engagement roadmap, workstreams and decision agenda; ensure the team is working on the questions that matter most to growth and profitability.

Shape integrated commercial strategy across strategic pricing, value architecture, Key Value Items, menu optimization, promotions, merchandising, channel / digital economics, consumer occasions and unit economics.

Set the financial ambition for the engagement and ensure recommendations are translated into measurable outcomes including transactions, SSSG/SSTG, AUV, revenue, margin, COS%, franchisee profitability and EBITDA.

Own senior client and stakeholder relationships across GMs, CFOs, CMOs, Commercial, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Digital, Insights and franchise partners; create alignment and drive decisions.

Lead executive workshops, steer committees and recommendation sessions; simplify complex analysis into a clear storyline, commercial choices and an action plan.

Integrate Commercial Analysts, Senior Commercial Analysts and the Data & Revenue Science pod into one coherent delivery team; ensure analytical integrity, pace, quality and reproducibility while the market pod owns the answer and the "so what".

Manage multiple workstreams and dependencies, including scope, timeline, team capacity, risks, quality, stakeholder cadence and recovery plans when delivery is off track.

Translate recommendations into execution roadmaps with owners, milestones, test-and-learn plans, success metrics and decision gates; stay close enough to implementation to ensure impact is realized.

Coach and develop the team through clear direction, regular feedback and structured problem solving; build bench strength and promote reusable methods rather than one-off analysis.

Contribute to NRM capability building through thought leadership, playbooks, proposals, market scoping and identification of new opportunities where NRM can create material business value

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA / PGDM / PGP or equivalent postgraduate qualification strongly preferred.

Typically 8-15+ years of relevant experience, with level calibrated to the depth of engagement leadership, executive stakeholder ownership and team leadership demonstrated.

Significant experience in strategy consulting, Revenue Growth Management, commercial strategy, strategic pricing, growth transformation, corporate strategy or a comparable business leadership role.

Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional projects from ambiguous problem statement to recommendation and implementation.

Strong commercial and financial acumen, including ability to connect pricing, traffic, mix, consumer value and operating decisions to P&L and unit economics outcomes.

Executive presence and exceptional written / oral communication, workshop facilitation and storytelling skills.

Track record of coaching teams, setting a high-quality bar and delivering through others.