foodpanda 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.
Job DescriptionMain Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategic Vision: Define and own the overarching vendor growth and affordability strategy across APAC and Europe. Synthesize market dynamics into a cohesive vision that balances aggressive growth with profitability and margin management.
Team Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor a high-performing team of 7, directly supervising the Affordability Strategy Manager, Affordability Product Manager, and Affordability Performance Manager. Foster a culture of analytical rigor, execution discipline, and cross-collaboration.
Cross-Pillar Orchestration:
Strategy & Planning: Oversee forecasting, commercial KPI target setting, and the deployment of data-backed growth playbooks (ROI calculators, pitch decks) to local sales teams.
Product Alignment: Guide the affordability product roadmap, working with the product teams to accurately translates regional performance limitations into prioritized, high-impact feature rollouts.
Performance: Direct the PMO and execution governance frameworks, ensuring the Performance Manager successfully tracks root-cause diagnostics, A/B tests, and scaling initiatives.
Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary bridge between central, regional, and local country leadership in a highly matrixed organization. Resolve escalated blockers, drive alignment without direct authority, and ensure execution consistency across cross-border commercial initiatives.
P&L & Commercial Accountability: Take ultimate accountability for the commercial impact of affordability programs such as campaigns, subscription, etc
Experience: 8-10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategy consulting, tech, e-commerce, or marketplace environments. Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams (Strategy, Product, Operations).
Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of marketplace dynamics, unit economics, margin management, pricing, and promotional efficiency.
Global/Regional Scale: Extensive international exposure and experience managing complex initiatives across multiple countries or regions (ideally across APAC and Europe).
Matrix Leadership: Exceptional ability to navigate matrix organizations, aligning central engineering/product teams with regional commercial and operational execution.
Analytical & Operational Rigor: High comfort level with translating complex data diagnostics and A/B test results into C-level strategic recommendations and scalable operational playbooks.
Communication: Clear, concise, and decisive communicator capable of pitching overarching strategies to executive leadership while troubleshooting execution gaps with local teams.
Skills Required
- 8-10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategy consulting, tech, e-commerce, or marketplaces
- Proven track record managing multi-disciplinary teams (Strategy, Product, Operations)
- Deep understanding of marketplace dynamics, unit economics, pricing, margin management, and promotional efficiency
- Extensive international/regional experience managing initiatives across multiple countries (APAC and Europe)
- Strong matrix leadership skills aligning central product/engineering with regional commercial teams
- Ability to translate complex data diagnostics and A/B test results into C-level strategic recommendations
- Experience owning commercial outcomes and P&L accountability for affordability/growth programs
- Excellent communication skills for executive-level pitching and local execution troubleshooting
Delivery Hero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Delivery Hero and has not been reviewed or approved by Delivery Hero.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and everyday support include on-site gym access in Berlin, discounted sports memberships, commuter help, and food vouchers, with hybrid flexibility enhancing day-to-day experience. Feedback suggests these lifestyle perks meaningfully bolster the total package for many corporate roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Mental health and preventive care are emphasized through an Employee Assistance Program, a Headspace subscription, and on-campus health check-ups, with guidance for navigating healthcare in Germany. Some locations also highlight private health insurance, adding depth to the health offering.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Ownership programs feature an employee stock purchase plan with a matching component, and equity is common across corporate roles. Feedback suggests this accessible equity can be a notable part of total compensation in key hubs.
Delivery Hero Insights
What We Do
As the world’s leading local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech but driven by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, we enable ambitious talent to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you’re from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero
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