Lead Data Manager: BOH & Menu Systems

KFC Corporation; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

KFC Corporation in Louisville, KY is seeking a data leadership role to manage BOH, POS, and digital menu data across all U.S. restaurants. You will lead data changes for inventory, taxes, promotions, and pricing, ensuring accuracy and timely deployments.

The role requires 3–5 years in restaurant technology, strong leadership, and excellent communication. This hybrid position reports to the Data Management team and involves collaboration with Yum! Brands and internal IT partners.

Qualifications

• Education – BS in Computer Science preferred but not required.
• 3–5 years of experience in restaurant technology.
• Leadership and/or project management experience preferred.
• Proven ability to lead a high performing team with strong professionalism and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team responsible for creation, maintenance and support of BOH, POS, and digital menu data files for all KFC U.S. restaurants.
• Gather requirements from cross functional partners to implement data changes for BOH inventory, tax, menu and other data.
• Execute data changes for national promotions and market tests across KFC and multi-brand restaurants.
• Implement tax and fee change requests from franchisees and internal teams across all menu channels.
• Create and maintain data sets for restaurant level inventory and BOH systems.
• Ensure data changes are tested for on-time deployment with minimal errors.
• Build menus and pricing for new restaurant openings.
• Develop and support KDS data.
• Lead a high performing data analytics team; collaborate with Data Management Leadership to execute data changes across platforms.
• Coordinate with Yum! Brands and KFC technical teams to improve accuracy and turnaround times.
• Respond to Help Desk incidents with urgency and drive incident reduction.
• Monitor escalations during non-business hours and provide leadership in reviews and prioritization.
• Deliver clear communications to leaders and cross functional partners on BOH initiatives.
• Provide assistance for BOH reporting needs; maintain tools, licenses and lab systems.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Restaurant technology

Inventory management

Training documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

KFC Corporation in Louisville, KY is seeking a data leadership role to manage BOH, POS, and digital menu data across all U.S. restaurants. You will lead data changes for inventory, taxes, promotions, and pricing, ensuring accuracy and timely deployments.

The role requires 3–5 years in restaurant technology, strong leadership, and excellent communication. This hybrid position reports to the Data Management team and involves collaboration with Yum! Brands and internal IT partners.