Strategy & Planning Lead - APAC Delivery

Uber Technologies Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

In-office collaboration

Job summary

Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking a Strategy & Planning Lead for APAC Delivery Central to guide a six-person team across governance, planning, growth bets, and market intelligence.

In a player-coach role, you will shape standards, tools, and operating rhythms for the region and partner countries. You will partner with senior leaders to identify high-impact initiatives, build cross-APAC prioritisation, and ensure efficient headcount and capital allocation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategy, operations, or consulting with a track record of leading high-impact initiatives
• Leadership: mentoring and developing high-performing teams
• Advanced problem-solving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Exceptional communication and storytelling abilities
• Stakeholder influence with senior leaders
• Strong business and financial acumen with data-driven approach
• Industry knowledge of online food delivery and Uber’s business strategy
• Structured, detail-oriented project management across complex programs

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a six-person APAC S&P team across Governance & Planning, Strategic Initiatives & Growth Bets, and Market Intelligence.
• Establish end-to-end APAC delivery governance, and lead half-year and full-year planning cycles.
• Own data-to-insights generation for competition and market intelligence across APAC delivery.
• Incubate, assess, and recommend top strategic initiatives as they emerge.
• Build initial cross-APAC prioritisation, including sizing and go-to-market planning.
• Drive APAC-wide geographic prioritisation principles and capital allocation insights.
• Manage headcount governance and partner with country S&P teams.
• Define roles between central S&P and country S&P across streams.
• Synthesize inputs from operations, product, finance, and country GMs into clear recommendations.

Skills

Team leadership

Governance

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Business acumen

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA or equivalent

Job description

About the role and team

As the Strategy & Planning Lead for the APAC Delivery Central team, you will lead a team of 6 across Governance & Planning, Strategic Initiatives & Growth Bets, and Market Intelligence—establishing the standards, tools, and operating rhythm for the APAC region and individual Country S&P teams.

In this player-coach role, you will manage a high-performing team while personally driving the region's highest-priority strategic bets.

What you’ll do

• Team leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing six-person team.
• Governance and planning: Establish and lead end-to-end APAC delivery governance processes, as well as half-year and full-year planning cycles.
• Market intelligence: Own and manage data-to-insights generation for competition and market intelligence across APAC delivery.
• Strategic initiatives and POVs: Incubate, assess, and recommend top-of-mind strategic initiatives as they emerge.
• Growth bets: Build initial cross-APAC prioritisation, including sizing and go-to-market planning.
• Geo strategy and capital allocation: Help drive APAC-wide geographic prioritisation principles and frameworks, while monitoring and building insights for markets to capitalise on opportunities. Work closely with the Head of S&P and RGM on the regional capital allocation framework.
• Headcount governance: Manage and run an efficient headcount process.
• Central to country partnership: Define and continuously refine the roles and responsibilities split between central S&P and country S&P across all workstreams, ensuring central standards do not create duplicate work at the country level.
• Stakeholder management: Serve as a senior strategic partner to APAC delivery leadership, synthesising inputs from operations, product, finance, and country GMs into clear recommendations.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in strategy, operations, or consultancy, with a proven track record of leading large-scale, high-impact initiatives.
• Leadership: Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Advanced problem-solving skills: Demonstrated ability to tackle complex issues and develop practical, scalable solutions in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Exceptional communication: Outstanding communication and storytelling abilities to convey complex ideas clearly and compellingly.
• Stakeholder influence: Proven ability to build and manage relationships with senior leaders, influencing and driving decisions at the highest levels of the organisation.
• Business and financial acumen: High degree of business and financial acumen, with a strong analytical skill set to solve problems using data.
• Industry knowledge: Genuine interest and deep understanding of the online food delivery industry and Uber’s business strategy.
• Project management expertise: Strong attention to detail and a structured approach to managing complex projects, ensuring successful completion and impactful outcomes.
• Collaboration skills: Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse and cross-functional business leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong data analytics skills.
• MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field
• Experience in online food delivery or adjacent industries such as logistics, Q-commerce, or application software.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

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