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Manager - International Strategic Initiatives

Atlanta Support Center, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Jun 2026

About the role

Critical role on the International team to support strategic initiatives of Inspire Brands International platform, particularly in the assessment, development, deployment, and scaling of new brand-market combinations across the world. Supports the creation and cultivation of business processes, new capabilities, culture, etc.

This individual will play a significant role in drafting executive level presentations to ensure the ongoing International Performance and Strategy is clearly communicated to business leaders and team members across the international organization.

The role reports to Sr Director, International Business Strategy & Omnichannel, working closely with the President of International, International Leadership Team, and International Field / Support Centers (Across time zones), gaining significant exposure to executives / leaders within the team and across the organization – opportunity to use position as a launching pad for future roles within Inspire Brands.

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.