Head of Strategy & Planning, CIO Office

foodora 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.

We are looking for enthusiastic problem solvers to join us in scaling our platform, to digitalise businesses in Europe, uplift rider livelihoods and build a hyper-convenient platform for our customers. If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodora. 

We are currently in search of a highly driven and strategic Head of CIO (Chief International Officer) Office, EU to be part of our regional team APAC and Europe team and oversee 5 markets within EU. The CIO Office works closely with countries in the EU region to achieve our key objectives, with a strong focus on growth, P&L metrics and solving key challenges. 

What's On the Menu:

• Understand markets’ challenges in-depth, and how to best support them; define and implement countries' strategy in close cooperation with respective Country CEOs/Managing Directors
• Has overall P&L ownership of the profitability and productivity of the markets
• Own cross-department projects at a regional level, such as customer NPS improvement, basket size increase, logistics, marketing, pricing coordination, etc.
• Allocate budget and optimise resources efficiently across countries and business verticals to meet ambitious growth and profitability targets
• Collaborate with Delivery Hero’s Management Board around strategic goals, funding, and regional policies to maximise return on investment
• Own the quarterly OKR-setting process, focusing on key priorities and highest impact
• Drive or actively participate in key regular touchpoints: performance updates, financial reviews, budgeting & strategy, etc.
• Drive projects to improve customer, rider and vendor performance and experience
• Together with respective Country CEOs/Managing Directors, put together, implement and track investment proposals to boost strategic initiatives

• At least 8 years of working experience, with 1 to 2 years of exposure at the company decision-making level, including P&L accountability
• Background in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, startup/technology environments
• We're looking for people bringing a rare combination of strategic thinking and implementation drive
• A mix of consulting experience (or comparable) and a track record of outstanding achievements in business, with international exposure, would be ideal
• Great interpersonal relationships, as this highly-exposed role involves cooperation with countries and multiple functions in the regional and global teams
• Willingness, and more so a desire to build from scratch is needed
• While this a general management role, an expertise on a particular aspect of our business (notably marketing, operations, commercial, and/or finance) is a strong plus
• Strong analytical skills, again combined with a bias for action
• Comfortable in reading & interpreting financial documents, especially country P&Ls and investment proposals, and deriving actions from them
• Clear, crisp and actionable communication
• Team player. We build teams around the strong belief that excellence comes from both great output and a great attitude

What We Offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Home Office 
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Flexible benefits of CZK 3,000 per month, which you can use for things like a MultiSport card, a cafeteria/benefits package, orders from Foodora, or for investments
• Competitive compensation package which includes employee share ownership plan
• A wide range of inclusive and flexible benefits including paid leave for your child’s first day of kindergarten or school, birthday day, wedding, funeral, IVF treatment, and gender affirmation, as well as the option of full home office upon return from parental leave or before birth for partners of future mothers or adoptive parents (beyond statutory requirements).
• On-site massages and circuit training
• Free ice cream, unlimited fruit, and coffee
• Employee discounts on Alza, Smarty, O2 and others
• Advanto – the option to withdraw earned wages anytime during the month
• A unique opportunity to implement ideas that change the way of eating and shopping
• Modern, pleasant, and dog & children friendly office in DOCK IN, Prague 8

How does our recruitment process work?

• Online interview: We get to know each other and tell you more about the role and foodora
• Case Study: See what your day-to-day work will look like
• In-person meeting: You meet your potential line  manager and other colleagues from foodora
• Reference check: The last step and you're almost done

Would you be up for such a challenge?

If that's the case, please send us your CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile. We will get in touch with suitable candidates as soon as possible.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

People team, foodora

At foodora, we are fueled by diversity, even in recruitment - we don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or any other aspect that makes you who you are.