Manager, International Restaurant Design & Development

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About the position

The Manager, International Restaurant Design & Development is a strategic design leader responsible for protecting, evolving, and scaling the brand experience across global markets. This role ensures that brand standards are executed with integrity while adapting to regional realities, development models, and capital constraints. This leader partners closely with international franchisees, regional teams, and cross-functional partners in development, construction, operations, marketing, and executive leadership to deliver scalable, cost-effective, and culturally relevant design solutions that support aggressive global growth targets. The role balances creative excellence, operational practicality, and financial discipline — ensuring the brand shows up consistently and powerfully across diverse markets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and evolve international brand design standards across new builds, remodels, and non-traditional formats
  • Own the implementation of prototypical construction document sets for remodels and new builds, adapting tools to meet evolving customer/business needs and goals
  • Partner closely with Concept, Development, and Construction teams to align design intent, optimize CapEx, and lead value engineering initiatives
  • Manage project timelines, schedules, and pipelines across core initiatives and special projects to ensure on time delivery
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for communication across and coordination between in house teams, field partners, external consultants, suppliers, and franchise stakeholders
  • Communicate project ideas through the use of hand sketches, computer design tools such as 3D modeling, AutoCAD, BIM (Revit), Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign), Bluebeam Revu
  • Prepare and deliver executive level presentations that clearly articulate strategy, risks, trade offs, and recommendations
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with international franchisees and regional stakeholders.
  • Build strong relationships with international franchisees and regional stakeholders while championing accountability, collaboration, and brand integrity within the global design team

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or equivalent
  • 8+ years of Architectural / Interior Design experience retail, hospitality, or restaurant design
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑market or global brand initiatives, with the ability to create, manage, and deliver against project timelines
  • Strong interpersonal, executive communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively influence franchisee partners and senior stakeholders
  • Proven project management experience across Retail Interiors and Architecture initiatives
  • Effective people leadership capabilities, fostering collaboration, engagement, and a positive team culture
  • Strong financial acumen, including construction cost management, CapEx oversight, and value engineering
  • Proficiency in Excel and industry design tools such as Revit or AutoCAD, Photoshop, and SketchUp
  • Positive, collaborative mindset with a “work hard, play hard” approach, and a commitment to serving as an advocate for brand standards and recognition culture

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule and year-round flex day Friday
  • Note: Remote/hybrid expectations will be discussed during the kickoff meeting with your Talent Advisor & HRBP.
  • Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons
  • Onsite dining center and game room (yes, there is a Taco Bell inside the building)
  • Onsite dry cleaning, laundry services, carwash,
  • Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions
  • Up to 4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays and time off for volunteering
  • Generous parental leave for all new parents and adoption assistance program
  • 401(k) with a 6% matching contribution from Yum! Brands with immediate vesting
  • Comprehensive medical & dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventive care
  • Discounts, free food, swag and… honestly, too many good benefits to name
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