Global PMO & Portfolio Delivery Director

KFC Corporation; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

The Director, Portfolio Delivery & PMO at Taco Bell leads global program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration across products, brands, markets, and partners, establishing reusable frameworks and stage gates. This role aligns priorities, manages risks, and ensures readiness criteria are met before milestones, while driving consistent execution across markets and enabling scalable delivery.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Market teams to balance

Qualifications

• Experience leading PMO in global or multi-market environments.
• Proven track record establishing governance frameworks and operating models.
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional portfolios involving Product, Engineering, Markets, and external partners.
• Experience coordinating delivery across teams without direct reporting authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Byte Global PMO and Deployment function, establishing governance structures that enable scalable deployment across markets and products.
• Define and implement deployment frameworks, stage gates, RACIs, and decision forums to bring structure and discipline to execution.
• Ensure initiatives progress through a consistent lifecycle from market alignment through deployment and handoff.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and decision rights across cross-functional teams.
• Drive adoption of standardized ways of working, governance rhythms, and operating cadences across Byte (incl. Brands, and Markets).
• Own and maintain the global Byte deployment roadmap across all products, brands, and markets.
• Align deployment timelines with product strategy, engineering capacity, and market readiness.
• Coordinate prioritization across Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Market stakeholders.
• Balance deployment demand with available capacity, ensuring realistic sequencing and delivery commitments.
• Provide portfolio-level visibility into progress, dependencies, and trade-offs to support strategic decision-making.
• Establish and manage program-level RAID tracking across all Byte initiatives.
• Define escalation paths and ensure risks are surfaced early to the appropriate decision-making forums.
• Facilitate governance forums such as Steering Committees, Architecture Review Boards, and Market governance reviews.
• Drive timely resolution of cross-functional blockers impacting delivery timelines or quality.
• Ensure decisions are made at the right level with clear documentation and follow-through.

Skills

PMO Leadership

Governance

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Risk & Dependency Management

Program Management

Deployment Orchestration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The Director, Portfolio Delivery & PMO at Taco Bell leads global program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration across products, brands, markets, and partners, establishing reusable frameworks and stage gates. This role aligns priorities, manages risks, and ensures readiness criteria are met before milestones, while driving consistent execution across markets and enabling scalable delivery.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Market teams to balance