Manager, Strategy & Performance — Special Projects (MENA)

Delivery Hero SE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 380,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Delivery Hero SE, via its Talabat platform, is seeking a Manager of Special Projects & Performance to drive strategic initiatives, performance management, and cross-functional execution. You will own COO KPI visibility, lead budgeting cycles, and guide integrated planning from strategy to OKRs and roadmaps.

You will coordinate across regional and local teams, lead high-stakes projects, and push AI-enabled productivity improvements to accelerate insights and actions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in strategy, consulting, operations, or performance management — ideally in tech or a fast-paced consumer business
• Thought Leadership ability to drive innovation and impact
• Analytical Mindset & strong problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decisions
• Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional collaboration, Structured communicator — can compress complexity into clear, actionable output
• Experience with financial modelling and PnL analysis strongly preferred
• Experience using SQL, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Own full visibility of COO functional KPIs across functions and markets; surface risks early and drive improvement
• Lead OKR and budgeting cycles; track performance, analyze variances, and provide insights to leadership
• Translate vision into executable plans; drive integrated business planning (strategy → budget → OKRs → roadmaps)
• Manage cross-functional strategic high-stakes projects across regions and functions
• Lead AI adoption within performance teams to accelerate analysis and improve output quality

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical mindset

Thought leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Structured communicator

Problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Tools

SQL

BigQuery

Looker

Tableau

Job description

Delivery Hero SE, via its Talabat platform, is seeking a Manager of Special Projects & Performance to drive strategic initiatives, performance management, and cross-functional execution. You will own COO KPI visibility, lead budgeting cycles, and guide integrated planning from strategy to OKRs and roadmaps.

You will coordinate across regional and local teams, lead high-stakes projects, and push AI-enabled productivity improvements to accelerate insights and actions.