Director Strategy & Performance Quick Commerce

Delivery Hero; Dubai; On-site; AED 450,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Delivery Hero's talabat ecosystem is seeking a Director of Strategy & Performance for Grocery & Retail to drive hyper-growth in talabat mart and the Marketplace. Translate group goals into localized strategies, lead annual budgeting and OKRs, and oversee cross-market expansions.

You will own business reviews, perform profitability analyses, and build automated dashboards with Tableau/Looker. Collaborate with regional GMs and the CRO to scale best practices across MENA while mentoring Strategy

Qualifications

• 6 years of professional strategy experience; top-tier consulting preferred.
• Strong data visualization (Tableau) and financial modeling.
• Regional understanding of the MENA consumer landscape.
• Proven leadership of managers and influence with Country GMs.
• Exceptional storytelling for a C-level audience.
• Comfort with the Move Fast talabat culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategy & Performance for Grocery & Retail vertical.
• Own business reviews and profitability analysis; drive profitability.
• Develop dashboards and governance playbooks with BI teams.
• Advise Regional GMs and CRO with executive-ready narratives.
• Scale best practices across multiple MENA markets.
• Mentor Strategy Managers and Analysts to foster ownership and pace.

Skills

Strategic leadership

P&L optimization

Financial modeling

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Consulting background (McKinsey/BCG/Bain)

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

In the talabat ecosystem Grocery & Retail (Quick Commerce) is one of the most strategic pillars. A Director of Strategy & Performance for this vertical is the engine room of the regional business focusing on the hyper-growth of talabat mart (darkstores) and the Marketplace (partnered retailers like Carrefour Lulu etc.)

WHATS ON YOUR PLATE

Strategic Leadership & Planning

• Vision Execution: Translate Group-level goals into localized Grocery and Retail strategies for various markets.
• Annual Budgeting & OKRs: Lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles setting aggressive yet realistic targets for revenue cost and market share.
• Market Expansion: Evaluate new business opportunities market entries or service line extensions (e.g. talabat mart).

Performance Management

• Business Monitoring: Own the daily/weekly/monthly business review. You are the primary person responsible for identifying why a market is over or under-performing.
• P&L Optimization: Conduct deep-dive analyses on cost structures unit economics and marketing ROI to drive the path to profitability.
• Data Governance: Partner with Data/BI teams to build automated dashboards (Tableau/Looker) that provide one version of the truth for leadership.

Cross-Functional Orchestration

• C-Suite Advisory: Act as a trusted partner to Regional GMs and the CRO providing executive-ready narratives and decision-support decks.
• Best Practice Scaling: Identify what works in one market and build the framework to scale it across other MENA markets.
• Regional Leadership & Governance: You dont manage the local teams but you set the Playbook they must follow across multiple topics / processes.

People Leadership

• Team Development: Lead and mentor a team of Strategy Managers and Analysts fostering a culture of Ownership and Pace.
• Stakeholder Influence: Manage complex relationships across Central (Berlin) and Local (Regional) teams often influencing without direct authority

Qualifications :

Preferred candidates will be:

• Experience: 6 years of professional experience. A background in Top-tier Strategy Consulting (McKinsey BCG Bain) is highly preferred ideally combined with experience in Modern Retail (Amazon Carrefour Ocado) or another Global Q-Commerce player.
• Analytical Prowess: Advanced mastery of data visualization (Tableau) and mastery of financial modeling and business analytics. Excel/Google Sheets is mandatory.
• Regional Nuance: Deep understanding of the MENA consumer landscape.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead a team of high-performing managers and influence Country GMs who have their own P&L pressures.
• Communication: Exceptional storytelling skillsthe ability to take 100 data points and turn them into 3 clear strategic takeaways for a C-level audience.
• Agility: You must be comfortable with the Move Fast culture of talabat. Decisions that take weeks elsewhere happen in days here.
• Mindset: Hands-on leadership.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time