Technical Product Mgr III

KFC Corporation; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Taco Bell in California seeks a Technical Product Manager III to align the Menu Middleware system with business needs, owning the backlog, defining sprint priorities, and shaping the roadmap. You’ll work with a cross-functional IT team on AWS serverless, Aurora, DynamoDB, and data pipelines.

Reporting to the Menu Platform Product Manager, you’ll collaborate with developers, production services, and quality engineers to drive impact across the business and deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience aligning tech backends with business needs.
• Backlog ownership and sprint planning experience.
• Ability to define roadmaps and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the backlog, define sprint priorities, and shape the roadmap.
• Collaborate with IT professionals across development, production services, and QA.
• Drive impact across the business with the Menu Middleware system.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements gathering

Backlog ownership

Sprint planning

Roadmap definition

Tools

AWS

Aurora

DynamoDB

Data pipelines

Serverless architecture

Job description

Who is Taco Bell?

Taco Bell was born and raised in California and has been around since 1962. We went from selling everyone’s favorite Crunchy Tacos on the West Coast to a global brand with 7,500+ restaurants, 350 franchise organizations, that serve 42+ million fans each week around the globe. We’re not only the largest Mexican-inspired quick service brand (QSR) in the world, we’re also part of the biggest restaurant group in the world: Yum! Brands.

Much of our fan love and authentic connection with our communities are rooted in being rebels with a cause. From ensuring we use high-quality, sustainable ingredients to elevating restaurant technology in ways that haven’t been done before… we will continue to be inclusive, bold, challenge the status quo and push industryboundaries.

We’re a company that celebrates and advocates for different, has bold self-expression, strives for a better future, and brings the fun while we’re at it. We fuel our culture with real people who bring unique experiences. We inspire and enable our teams and the world to Live Más.

At Taco Bell, we’re Cultural Rebels. Want to join in on the passion-fueled fun? Learn more about the career below.

About the Job:

The Technical Product Manager III is responsible for aligning the Menu Middleware system with business needs and driving impact across the Taco Bell business through gathering requirements, owning the product backlog, defining sprint priorities, and shaping the road map. With this role, the opportunities are endless: work with a highly motivated cross-functional team of IT professionals on cutting-edge technology, including AWS serverless architecture, Aurora (SQL), DynamoDB, data pipelines, and modern database platforms. The Technical Product Manager III will report to the Menu Platform Product Manager and collaborate with a team of developers, production services, and quality engineers.