Regional Restaurant Technology Partner

In addition to supporting market deployments, the Partner will serve as a global domain lead, helping shape innovation, vendor strategy, and best practice adoption across Pizza Hut’s restaurant tech ecosystem. This role will support our APAC region.

Market Enablement & Technology Strategy

• Partner with franchisees to identify, evaluate, and implement restaurant technology aligned to Pizza Hut's growth ambitions and operational standards
• Ensure local deployments meet global integration, data, and security standards.
• Support markets in building AI-Ready foundations to enable personalised, cross-channel guest and team member experiences.
• Keep an updated record of exisiting market technology, technology contract expiry dates & identify gaos in current tech stack. Recommend appropriate approved vendors for the market to fill gaps or renewals.

Global Domain Ownership

• Act as global lead for one or more of the following restaurant tech domains:
  • Training & People Technology
  • POS
  • Kitchen & Fleet Management
  • Labor & Inventory
• Own vendor sourcing, onboarding, performance management, and escalation
• Source "Good, Better, Best" vendor options, especially in markets where Byte-based systems are not viable
• Build and maintain solution playbooks and go-to-market frameworks in your area of expertise
• Serve as a strategic advisor to other regional tech partners on best-fit tools and implementation approaches.

Cross-Functional & Gloabl Collaboration

• Collaborate with Regional Chief Digital & Technology Officers (CDTOs) and Global Ops Innovation, Digital Innovation, Labor, and Data teams.
• Ensure restaurant technology enables strategic priorities including operational efficiency, improved team member experience, and scalable data capture.
• Champion integration across restaurant systems to fuel data flow into analytics, AI, and insight engines.

Standards, Adoption & Continous Improvement

• Define, promote, and update “Good, Better, Best” expectations for each domain
• Ensure strong adoption and ROI of brand-approved systems
• Identify and share global best practices to accelerate maturity and consistency

• Monitor post-deployment success and advocate for upgrades or new solutions where needed

   

Value & Impact

• Drive Growth & Experience: Aligns tech solutions with brand strategy to fuel transaction growth and guest satisfaction
• Accelerate Innovation: Identifies scalable solutions that close tech gaps and future-proof operations
• Enable Local Execution: Tailors global standards to local needs, enabling franchisees to grow with consistency
• Strengthen Collaboration: Builds bridges across Ops, Tech, and Franchisee networks to deliver cohesive outcomes

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelors Degree in IT, Business, or related field (MBA Preferred)
• 7+ years in restaurant, retail, or hospitality technology or implementation
• Japanese and/or chinese language skills preferred but not required
• Expertise in restaurant systems, including POS, labour scheduling, inventory, and/or training platforms
• Strong vendor Management, cross functional collaboration, and communication skills
• Comfortable navigating matrixed, global organizations and influencing across levels