Director, Global Unit Economics & Franchise Profitability

YUM; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-based compensation

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

KFC’s Director of New Unit Economics will lead the strategy and execution to strengthen restaurant-level returns and franchisee economics across the global franchise system. The role requires building performance targets, conducting unit economics reviews for top markets, and driving cross-functional initiatives to improve profitability.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytics, financial modeling, and P&L management experience, with a track record of leading teams and presenting to

Qualifications

• Strong experience in business analytics, financial modeling, performance management, and translating complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish the global framework, targets, and performance management approach for unit economics, including new-unit payback, restaurant profitability, sales performance, and capital efficiency.
• Embed unit economics priorities into strategic planning and annual operating plans including ownership of prioritizing unit economics initiatives.
• Track performance across markets, identify key gaps and opportunities, and translate findings into clear executive reporting and action plans.
• Serve as the primary liaison to BMU unit economics leaders and provide strategic direction to two to three dotted-line market resources.
• Lead Unit Economics SteerCo and updates to KFC Global Leadership Team on a monthly basis ensuring continuous progress against targets.
• Lead comprehensive unit economics walks across the top 20 priority countries, assessing performance across sales, middle-of-P&L, capital investment, and new-unit ramp-up.
• Partner with market leaders and franchisees to identify the most material constraints and develop market-specific action plans with clear owners, milestones, and financial targets.
• Lead select global unit economics initiatives which includes project management, building of business cases, cross-functional partnership, and landing of results in franchise P&Ls.
• Build standardized tools, playbooks, and governance routines for market reviews, initiative prioritization, benefits tracking, and performance reporting.
• Improve the quality, consistency, and accessibility of restaurant-level economic data across the franchise system.
• Design and facilitate KFC’s first unit economics global forum – bringing together market leads from across the world for a week of sharing ideas and building momentum

Skills

Business analytics

Financial modeling

Performance management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Strategy, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

KFC’s Director of New Unit Economics will lead the strategy and execution to strengthen restaurant-level returns and franchisee economics across the global franchise system. The role requires building performance targets, conducting unit economics reviews for top markets, and driving cross-functional initiatives to improve profitability.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytics, financial modeling, and P&L management experience, with a track record of leading teams and presenting to