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What You’ll Be Serving Up:

Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer - KFC Global and Pizza Hut Global, this individual provides legal and strategic advice to both KFC Global and Pizza Hut Global with a focus on Center of Excellence Supply Chain Management, market roll out of Digital & Technology initiatives, global marketing initiatives, strategic legal initiatives, and master services agreements in particular.

Here’s How You’ll Spice Things Up:

  • Lead negotiations of key global partnership agreements in partnership with other Functions with major vendors across multiple service industries including, supply chain, licensing, and contracts leading to the development of strategic alliances and the successful execution of key business initiatives.
  • Collaborate cross functionally to direct the global policy and governance agenda for Global focusing on growth strategies, governance/standards roll outs to enhance compliance and facilitate growth.
  • Manage a senior paralegal as well as external consultants, including setting their priorities and measure results while implementing best practices to drive efficiencies across the business.

What You Bring to the Table:

Education/Certifications

  • Required: Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent law degree from accredited law school and admission to the bar in home state

Experience

  • Required:
    • Minimum 7+ years of experience from top-tier law firm and/or comparable in-house experience.
    • Strong leadership and strategic skills with a high degree of business acumen.
    • Demonstrable success in working effectively across functions and with external parties to efficiently resolve complex business and risk management issues.
    • Significant experience drafting and negotiating commercial and corporate contracts.
    • Ability to manage people and foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, executives, and external partners to establish strategic alliances and drive business initiatives.
  • Preferred:
    • Knowledge of franchising, digital and technology, and supply chain agreements/processes within the Food and Beverage Industry.
    • General Legal background with ability to think strategically across a multitude of issue and cross-functional initiatives.
    • Hands on legal expertise in drafting and negotiating agreements directly, with little supervision and within tight budgets and timelines.
    • International work experience preferred.
    • Franchising/commercial background preferred.

What’s In It for You:

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to innovate within a global brand and make a significant impact.
  • Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with a focus on professional growth and development.

Our benefits

There’s buckets of them.

Hybrid working

Forget summer Fridays. As part of our commitment to a flexible workplace, you can enjoy half-day Fridays, all year round!

Onsite dining center

Tuck into finger lickin' good food and stay caffeinated with a Starbucks, all onsite.

Onsite gym

Keep fit and healthy with our onsite gym, fitness classes and personal training sessions.

Tuition and education

Receive tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 a year, and scholarship opportunities for you or your family.

Time off

Enjoy up to 4 weeks of vacation per year and 5 recharge days, plus time off for volunteering work.

Parental leave

Family matters to us, that's why we offer generous parental leave for new parents, as well as adoption assistance.

401(k)

Including a 6% matching contribution from Yum! Brands with immediate vesting.

Medical and dental

Keep on top of your health with comprehensive medical and dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventative care.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Our EAP offers many resources for employees and their families during emotionally trying or draining times including depression, family planning, chronic conditions or anything else you may be going through.

Our location

Fried Chicken HQ.

Based in Dallas, Texas, our headquarters is home to our KFC Global division. As a subsidiary of Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), we also share a campus with the Pizza Hut global headquarters and the Yum! Corporate team. There are endless possibilities and connections to make.

Ready to join our big family?

Senior Manager, Legal

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