Manager New Ventures

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we'd be pretty surprised
if talabat didn't pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order
in Kuwait in ‎2004, we've grown quite a lot over the past ‎17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other
products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region
with more than ‎3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over
‎27,000 brands and almost ‎50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept,
talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in ‎30 minutes or less!
Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our
customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which
we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and
convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through
donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus
on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in ‎2020, we have
facilitated the donation of well over ‎1 million meals to those in need, as
well as donated over $‎1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and
customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food
delivery and q-commerce.
Role Summary
Strategy team within Talabat is a small, multicultural team of ex-consultants
and industry veterans. As a Manager New Ventures, you will work on a wide
range of high priority projects. In this role, you will get to work on
challenging business problems - where to grow next, how is a strategic
initiative performing and how to turnaround an initiative etc. Working with
stakeholders from different parts of the business, you can expect exposure to
different aspects of Talabat and interact with the senior leadership at
Talabat.
What's on Your Plate?
* Lead and manage the strategic direction and growth of our new ventures projects.
* Create and implement innovative strategies to drive the success of new business opportunities, including managing the project lifecycle, and leading a team of highly skilled professionals.
* Develop and implement strategic plans for new business opportunities
* Manage the project lifecycle, including budget and resource allocation
* Lead a team of professionals, providing guidance and direction to achieve goals
* Identify and evaluate business opportunities
* Work under stressful conditions, with the ability to adapt to changing business requirements
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve goals
* Develop go-to-market strategy by working with business-unit, product and local markets
What Did We Order?
* Relevant education background, including MBA or strategy, innovation, or computer science degree from a top-tier academic institution
* ‎3-‎5+ years of professional experience, especially working with the strategy, business development or corporate development arm of a leading tech company and/or a top-tier management consulting firm.
* Strong track-record of problem-solving, including structuring problems, performing detailed analysis, and developing & implementing recommendations
* Strong analytical and communication skills (both verbal and written) - very comfortable with PowerPoint and Excel And/ Or Google Slides/ Sheets.
* Comfortable with continuous engagement with senior leadership