Brand Strategy Associate Manager - Launch & Growth

Pizza Hut; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 89,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Pizza Hut in Plano, TX is hiring an Associate Brand Manager, Brand Strategy to shape the next chapter of our brand. You’ll support menu, value, and innovation initiatives with cross-functional teams, delivering clear storytelling and go-to-market readiness.

You’ll analyze performance, help launch new products, and drive test plans while collaborating with Insights, Operations, Tech, Finance, and Franchisees in a fast-paced QSR environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field preferred.
• 1-3+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, category management, product development, QSR, CPG, retail, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to turn data and insights into action.
• Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to build relationships across teams.
• Consumer-insights minded, curious, and eager to learn.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership.
• Passion for people, modern experiences, partnerships, and pizza—moving an iconic brand forward.

Responsibilities

• Support menu, value, category, and brand initiatives from idea through execution.
• Help manage timelines, workstreams, and key milestones across product launches, test markets, box strategy, and value platforms.
• Support go-to-market readiness, including site merchandising, pricing setup, product information, communications, and launch coordination.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure initiatives are easy for customers to understand and easy for restaurants to execute.
• Help develop test plans, align KPIs, gather inputs, and synthesize results into clear recommendations.
• Contribute to business cases, presentations, and post-launch analyses through data, insights, and storytelling.
• Serve as a connector across teams by helping create clarity, build alignment, and keep work moving.
• Bring a customer-first mindset to identify friction points across the menu, digital, value, and ordering experience.
• Monitor consumer trends, competitive activity, and industry best practices to inform future innovation.
• Operate with ownership, adaptability, and a bias for action in a fast-paced QSR environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Customer insights mindset

Ownership / proactive

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field

Job description

Pizza Hut in Plano, TX is hiring an Associate Brand Manager, Brand Strategy to shape the next chapter of our brand. You’ll support menu, value, and innovation initiatives with cross-functional teams, delivering clear storytelling and go-to-market readiness.

You’ll analyze performance, help launch new products, and drive test plans while collaborating with Insights, Operations, Tech, Finance, and Franchisees in a fast-paced QSR environment.