Director, Portfolio Delivery & PMO

KFC Europe•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Director, Portfolio Delivery & PMO is responsible for the governance, operating model, and portfolio coordination required to scale Byte’s revenue-impacting initiatives globally from approval through deployment. This role leads program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration across products, brands, markets, and delivery partners, ensuring complex cross-functional initiatives are executed with clarity, accountability, and predictability. The Director establishes the frameworks, stage gates, decision forums, and portfolio processes that enable scalable delivery, while overseeing the Global Portfolio Delivery and PMO to drive consistent execution across markets. The role is accountable for aligning priorities, sequencing work across markets, managing program-level risks and dependencies, and ensuring initiatives meet defined readiness criteria before progressing through key milestones.

Requirements

Experience in portfolio coordination for scaling revenue-impacting initiatives globally.
Experience in leading program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration.
Experience in establishing frameworks, stage gates, decision forums, and portfolio processes.
Experience in aligning priorities and sequencing work across markets.
Experience in managing program-level risks and dependencies.
Experience in ensuring initiatives meet defined readiness criteria.
Experience in defining, adopting, and enforcing governance frameworks and stage gates.
Experience in clarifying ownership and decision rights.
Experience in identifying and escalating program-level risks and dependencies.
Experience in establishing and maintaining consistent operating standards for deployments.

Responsibilities

Lead program governance and end-to-end deployment orchestration across products, brands, markets, and delivery partners.
Establish frameworks, stage gates, decision forums, and portfolio processes for scalable delivery.
Oversee the Global Portfolio Delivery and PMO to drive consistent execution across markets.
Align priorities and sequence work across markets.
Manage program-level risks and dependencies.
Ensure initiatives meet defined readiness criteria before progressing through key milestones.
Ensure governance frameworks and stage gates are defined, adopted, and followed.
Ensure ownership and decision rights are clear across all delivery participants.
Ensure program-level risks and dependencies are identified and escalated early.
Ensure deployments follow consistent, predictable operating standards.
Ensure initiatives are not advanced or closed without meeting defined governance criteria.