Sr. Specialist Influencer Marketing

Talabat; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Talabat is seeking a Regional Influencer Marketing Leader to drive paid influencer initiatives across the MENA markets from Dubai. You will build a scalable regional operating model, ensuring consistency in planning, execution, and measurement, while balancing local market needs with governance.

You will work with local managers and agencies to align campaigns with brand and commercial objectives, leveraging AI and analytics to optimize performance and ROI across digital, social, offline, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Digital Media, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in influencer marketing, digital marketing, social media, or integrated marketing.
• Experience managing regional influencer marketing programs across multiple markets.
• Experience working with leading influencer marketing agencies and creator ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid influencer marketing across all talabat MENA markets.
• Build a regional operating model balancing local flexibility with regional governance.
• Drive consistency in campaign planning, execution, reporting, and measurement across markets.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate initiatives and leverage regional scale.
• Build annual roadmaps supporting regional and local business priorities.
• Partner with local marketing managers to develop influencer campaigns aligned with objectives.
• Coordinate regional and local campaigns from planning through evaluation.
• Ensure influencer activity is integrated into broader marketing campaigns.

Skills

Influencer marketing experience

Regional program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Influencer marketing platforms

Job description

About the opportunity

Job Ref ID:JR0084766

Whats on your plate?

Regional Influencer Marketing Leadership

• Lead paid influencer marketing across all talabat MENA markets.
• Build a regional operating model that balances local market flexibility with regional governance and best practices.
• Drive consistency in campaign planning, execution, reporting, and measurement across all markets.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate initiatives, negotiate efficiencies, and leverage regional scale.
• Build annual roadmaps that support both regional and local business priorities.

Campaign Planning & Execution

• Partner with local marketing managers to develop influencer campaigns aligned with brand, commercial, and seasonal objectives.
• Coordinate regional and local campaigns from planning through execution and post-campaign evaluation.
• Ensure influencer activity is integrated into broader marketing campaigns across digital, social, offline, and CRM channels.
• Partner with agencies to identify the most relevant creators and content strategies for each objective.
• Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, within budget, and to a consistently high standard.

Agency & Stakeholder Management

• Manage regional influencer marketing agencies and oversee local agency relationships.
• Establish clear governance, performance expectations, KPIs, and service standards.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Marketing, Brand, Digital, Media, Creative, Legal, Procurement, and Finance.
• Act as the regional subject matter expert for influencer marketing.

Technology, Tools & AI

• Own talabat's influencer marketing technology ecosystem and continuously improve how technology supports campaign planning and execution.
• Lead the implementation, optimization, and adoption of influencer marketing platforms across the region.
• Drive full utilization of technology across the influencer workflow, including:
  • Creator discovery
  • Audience validation
  • Brand fit analysis
  • Fraud detection
  • Campaign management
  • Contract management
  • Performance tracking
  • Reporting
  • Benchmarking
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies that improve efficiency and campaign effectiveness.
• Champion AI adoption across influencer marketing, including:
  • AI-assisted creator discovery
  • Content evaluation and creative scoring
  • Audience insights
  • Predictive campaign planning
  • Performance forecasting
  • Automated reporting
  • Workflow automation
  • AI-generated campaign summaries and recommendations
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce operational complexity.

Performance Measurement & Analytics

• Develop a robust measurement framework for influencer marketing across all markets.
• Create regional dashboards and standardized reporting that provide visibility into campaign performance.
• Track KPIs including reach, engagement, video completion, earned media value, creator effectiveness, cost efficiency, and business impact where applicable.
• Deliver regular performance reviews with clear recommendations for optimization.
• Build benchmark databases across markets to improve future planning and investment decisions.
• Use data and insights to continuously improve campaign performance and return on investment.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with the Online Branding team to ensure influencer marketing is fully integrated into digital media plans.
• Coordinate campaign timing, audience strategy, creative messaging, and paid amplification.
• Partner with Creative teams to improve creator content quality and effectiveness.
• Ensure influencer campaigns contribute meaningfully to broader brand and business objectives.

Innovation

• Stay ahead of emerging creator trends, social platforms, AI capabilities, and influencer technologies.
• Pilot new creator formats, platform capabilities, measurement solutions, and content approaches.
• Develop innovative paid partnership frameworks that improve creator authenticity while delivering stronger brand outcomes.
• Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous learning through structured test-and-learn initiatives.

What did we order?

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Digital Media, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in influencer marketing, digital marketing, social media, or integrated marketing.
• Experience managing regional influencer marketing programs across multiple markets.
• Experience working with leading influencer marketing agencies and creator ecosystems.
• Experience operating within matrix organizations and managing multiple stakeholders.

Who we are

Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.