Manager, Data Analytics

Role : Manager, Data Analytics Compensation : $130,500 - 153,600 Become a Data Analytics Leader at KFC US!

Are you ready to lead a finger-lickin’ good data analytics team that drives insights and innovation for KFC US? We're searching for a strategic thinker and true data engineer to take our data platform to the next level.

If you're passionate about data engineering, analytics, and making a tangible impact, this is the role for you!

What You'll Do

Drive a World-Class Data Platform Team

• Lead a dynamic hybrid team of offshore and onshore employees.
• Provide thought leadership to build a best-in-class advanced analytics platform, including ML techniques and delta lake approaches.
• Influence the analytical roadmap and align strategies with our holistic data strategy.
• Optimize and manage costs effectively.

Serve as Technical Thought Leader

• Be the primary technical point of contact for data integrations, engineering, and visualizations.
• Design and influence dashboards and key metrics for decision-making.
• Perform advanced modeling on large datasets and provide key operational insights.
• Drive project execution using SDLC patterns.
• Establish and maintain data governance and security standards.
• Lead the full data engineering pipeline from storage and ingestion to visualization.
• Assist in complex data engineering and modeling activities.

What You Bring to the Table

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
• Experience : 3+ years leading engineering and / or analyst teams (offshore management experience a plus). 4+ years with cloud-based data landscapes (Azure experience a plus).

Experience with cloud-based data engineering platforms, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks (Rocky platform similar to Yum Corp is a plus).

Expertise in data modeling, SQL optimization, data governance, MPP Data Warehousing (Azure Synapse experience a plus), and data visualization tools (PowerBI experience a plus).

Experience with large data store concepts and tools (DataBricks and delta lake experience a plus). Databricks & Azure Big Data Architecture Certification is a plus.

Core Technologies You'll Work With

• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure Data Lake Gen2
• Azure DataBricks
• Databricks Unity Catalog
• Azure Storage
• Azure DevOPS
• Terraform
• Azure SQL
• PowerBI / PowerBI Premium
• Python
• MLFlow
• Alation

If you're a strategic thinker, a true data engineer, and ready to lead a team that synthesizes data focused on financial, operational, and customer insights, we want you on our team!

Ready to make your mark and help us make data finger-lickin’ good? Apply today to join the KFC US family and be part of our deliciously innovative journey!

Benefits : Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage : medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA / HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).

Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.

Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.