Head of Delivery Marketing

COREcruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing service provider is seeking a Head of Delivery Marketing to drive strategic marketing initiatives in a growing organization. This role entails developing performance-driven marketing strategies for delivery channels, managing critical partnerships with delivery platforms, and optimizing marketing performance metrics. The ideal candidate will possess significant expertise in delivery environments and have strong commercial acumen. This position is hybrid, allowing both office and remote working along with site visits.

Qualifications

• Deep delivery channel expertise from relevant environments.
• Proven experience in managing strategic aggregator relationships.
• Strong commercial skills relating to performance metrics.
• Highly analytical with dashboard optimization experience.
• Background in growing delivery in competitive local settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead end-to-end delivery marketing strategy.
• Identify growth opportunities in performance marketing and promotions.
• Own delivery performance marketing across various platforms.
• Enhance digital reporting dashboards for delivery performance insights.
• Champion delivery-first mindset and lead high-performing marketing team.

Skills

Delivery channel expertise

ROAS modelling

Strategic relationships management

Analytical skills

Experience in competitive markets

Job description

Head of Delivery Marketing

Location: Oxford Circus (Hybrid – 4 days office / 1-day WFH + site visits)

Salary: Up to £80,000

Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer

Recruitment Partner: CORElevate is proudly supporting this organisation in the search for their new Head of Delivery Marketing.

About the Role

We are recruiting for a newly created Head of Delivery Marketing role on behalf of an organisation undergoing exciting growth within the delivery space. This senior position is responsible for driving delivery channel performance across two brands and shaping a delivery-first marketing strategy that delivers strong commercial returns.

This is a role for a strategic, analytical and delivery-focused leader. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise from delivery platforms or delivery-led environments and the capability to build ROI-driven promotional, pricing and performance marketing plans.

With autonomy, ownership, and a high-growth mandate, this role offers the chance to build and lead a delivery strategy from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Strategy & Growth

• Develop and lead the end-to-end delivery marketing strategy across two brands.
• Identify growth opportunities spanning performance marketing, pricing, promotions, packaging, and menu innovation.
• Drive delivery-specific product development and category innovation.

Aggregator Partnerships

• Lead relationships with delivery platforms.
• Buildjoint business plans, negotiate promotional activity, and improve fee structures.
• Increase platform visibility, conversion, and profitability through proactive partnership management.

Performance Marketing & ROI

• Own delivery-focused performance marketing across all platforms.
• Calculate and optimiseROAS, CPA, promotional spend and other key ROI metrics.
• Build commercial business cases to support investment and deliver channel growth.

Data, Reporting & Analytics

• Rebuild and enhance digital reporting dashboards to create a sophisticated view of delivery performance.
• Deliver actionable insights that influence pricing, promotions, and menu decisions.
• Ensure effective tracking of digital, commercial and operational delivery metrics.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with brand, food, operations and finance teams to shape delivery plans.
• Ensure menu design, packaging and customer experience are optimised for delivery.
• Influence internal stakeholders with insight-led recommendations.

Team & Leadership

• Operate within a recently restructured and high-performing marketing team.
• Provide leadership and stability during an upcoming senior leadership maternity cover period.
• Champion a delivery-first mindset across the organisation.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Experience

• Deep delivery channel expertise – ideally from delivery platforms or delivery-led food, retail or QSR environments.
• Proven experience developing and managing strategic aggregator relationships.
• Strong commercial skillset: confident with ROAS modelling, promotional ROI, business cases, and digital performance.
• Highly analytical with experience building and optimising reporting dashboards.
• Experience growing delivery channels in competitive local markets