Associate Brand Manager, Brand Strategy

Plano, TX (Hybrid)

$89K/yr – $95K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end marketing initiatives from idea through execution, coordinating cross-functional teams, and turning data into actionable recommendations in a fast-paced QSR environment.

  • Drive timelines, milestones, and test plans across product launches and value platforms.
  • Synthesize insights and communicate clear recommendations to stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support menu, value, category, and brand initiatives from idea through execution.
  • Help manage timelines, workstreams, and key milestones across product launches, test markets, box strategy, and value platforms.
  • Support go-to-market readiness, including site merchandising, pricing setup, product information, communications, and launch coordination.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure initiatives are easy for customers to understand and easy for restaurants to execute.
  • Help develop test plans, align KPIs, gather inputs, and synthesize results into clear recommendations.
  • Contribute to business cases, presentations, and post-launch analyses through data, insights, and storytelling.
  • Serve as a connector across teams by helping create clarity, build alignment, and keep work moving.
  • Bring a customer-first mindset to identify friction points across the menu, digital, value, and ordering experience.
  • Monitor consumer trends, competitive activity, and industry best practices to inform future innovation.
  • Operate with ownership, adaptability, and a bias for action in a fast-paced QSR environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field preferred.
  • 1-3+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, category management, product development, QSR, CPG, retail, or a related field.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to turn data and insights into action.
  • Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to build relationships across teams.
  • Consumer-insights minded, curious, and eager to learn.
  • Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership.
  • Passion for people, modern experiences, partnerships, and pizza — and a desire to help move an iconic brand forward.
  • Must be able to work from the Plano, TX office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, and is a global leader in the pizza category with nearly 20,000 restaurants in more than 110 markets and territories. The brand has earned a reputation as a trailblazer in innovation with the creation of icons like Original® Pan and Original® Stuffed Crust pizzas. In 1994, Pizza Hut pizza was the very first online food order, and today Pizza Hut continues leading the way in the digital and technology space with over half of transactions worldwide coming from digital orders. Leveraging its global presence, Pizza Hut also works to positively impact restaurant employees, the communities they serve and the environment through commitments across three priority areas: More Equity, Less Carbon and Better Packaging.

Founded in 1958
Plano, Texas, USA
86K employees (1,330 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.1%
Direct
48.5%
Referral
3.1%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~86.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
683 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
14.5 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Debt Financing, 20 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2006
    Debt Financing

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