RESPONSIBILITIES 

• OKRs:  Manages Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) for the International Team, crafting the annual OKRs to ensure they are right for delivering our long-term growth plans, ensuring they are aligned across Leadership, Regions and Functions. Responsible for writing OKRs with the team, prioritizing, reporting & updating, scheduling mid-year check-ins & retrospectives, and providing consultative support on all OKR related matters. 

• Strategic Initiatives: Identify, analyze, evaluate and champion strategic initiatives for Inspire International. Responsible for driving initiatives to answer business needs – work with stakeholders across all levels / functions to translate strategies into initiatives, provide strategic oversight, and monitor progress during implementation. Coordinate and serve as project manager across strategic initiatives. Create and maintain executive-level reporting. Guide outcomes and capture opportunities. Resolve and/or escalate issues as required. Largely platform-level initiatives, though some instances likely brand-specific. Potential initiatives include: 

• PlayBooks: Support the development and continual iteration of Inspire International’s Playbooks (strategy, principles, standards, templates & tools) 

• Partner Profiles: Lead the design, implementation and adoption of Partner Profiles, a consolidated location for storing all Franchisee metrics across International.  

• Champion AI: Be a thought leader to the team on the adoption of AI, identifying opportunities to better use AI and drive usage across all teams. 

• New-Market-Launch-Strategy: Support International team market entry opportunities, including business case development & launch strategy. Continuously serving as a thought-partner for International team in new deal development. 

• Growth Opportunities: Own Partner Calibrations for existing Franchisees & Licensees, evaluating capabilities and performance to support improvements or cycle-out under performing Partners.  Tracking Franchisee initiatives across the Functions, owning annual Partner Calibration, and holding regular check-ins. 

• International Engagement: Drive cross-Functional & Region engagement through managing Director Connects, Virtual Kick-Offs, Regional Conferences, and Sip N’ Shares – Owning the Strategic messaging while liaising with relevant teams on execution. 

• Strategic Communication: Support the International President and the LT in drafting executive level presentations to ensure the International Strategy/Performance is clearly communicated across the Brand Leadership teams, IET, the Board and our Tier I business partners. 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelors degree required 

• Minimum of 2+ years of investment banking or strategy consulting experience preferred 

• Ability to show prior Project Management / Consultancy / Analysis experience 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES 

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and presentation skills 

• Project management expertise – ability to manage multiple workstreams in parallel, effectively prioritize work and coordinate with collaborators within the team and across the organization 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – ability to develop rapport and influence stakeholders 

• Significant time spent abroad, living/working/traveling, a plus 

• Foreign language proficiency preferred, but not required 

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, while working autonomously 

• Passionate about building the Inspire Brands International platform and bringing its brands and guest experiences to people around the world 

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes over 32,500 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, Rusty Taco and SONIC Drive-In restaurants worldwide. 

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.