Manager Projects & Insights

Role Overview

Manager Projects & Insights at Delivery Hero (Talabat). Based in Berlin, Germany, or available for relocation as required.

Company Overview

Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world's pioneering local delivery platform operating in around 65 countries. Delivery Hero is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017, and is part of the MDAX stock market index. The mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door.

Role Purpose

As a Manager in the CEO Office Team, you will drive the company's growth and success by assisting in the development and execution of strategic plans and innovative initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement strategic projects that optimize operations, enhance customer experience, and drive revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Governance

• Own the company's strategic roadmap and goal-setting cycle, including half-yearly ambition-setting on big bets and commitments across functions and markets.
• Orchestrate and manage the company's monthly and quarterly performance review cycle, coordinating across markets, functions, and with Delivery Hero, to ensure consistent, accurate and timely reporting.
• Shape the strategic plans and initiatives that decide where Talabat invests next, from new verticals to competitive response, working directly with Talabat's c-suite and leadership.
• Evaluate and prioritize strategic initiatives based on financial viability, operational feasibility, and impact on key performance indicators, and build the business cases, financial models, and presentations that support decision-making and secure the resources needed.

Analysis, Insights & Executive Reporting

• Support the development of analysis and materials for quarterly earnings calls, board meetings, annual reports, and investor presentations, partnering closely with the CFO, CEO and Investor Relations team.
• Lead external and internal conversations on forward-looking initiatives that unlock new growth for Talabat, including emerging technology-led workstreams shaping the future of the business.
• Support the leadership team in preparing reports, presentations, and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders with strong cross-group collaboration and effective communication with senior leadership.

Market & Competitive Intelligence

• Own recurring competitive intelligence across global and regional peers, tracking market trends, case studies and quarterly financial benchmarking, including work with external partners.
• Conduct deep, complex data retrieval and analysis to identify emerging trends, opportunities and threats to the business, and turn it into compelling recommendations for leadership.

Special Projects

• Lead high-visibility projects sponsored directly by the CEO, and drive execution across the business.
• Lead cross-functional projects spanning regional functions, local markets, and central teams to gather insights, align strategies, and execute projects effectively; including managing and leading CEO-sponsored projects end to end to drive change management on strategic and operational shifts.

Qualifications & Experience

• 6+ years' experience in top-tier consulting, investment banking, strategy, or a strategy/ops role inside a fast-paced, venture-backed consumer tech, e-commerce or marketplace business.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Innovation, or a related field; Master's degree is a plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Sharp analytical and financial-modelling skills; comfortable building a business case from a blank page and defending the numbers to senior leadership.
• Genuine fluency with modern AI/GenAI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, agentic workflows); used to complement your own output.
• Innovative mindset, with a passion for identifying and implementing new strategies, technologies, and processes to drive business growth.
• Excellent project management, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at various levels.
• Executive presence, able to represent the CEO Office independently in front of country GMs, functional leads and Delivery Hero group stakeholders.
• Self-starter who manages through ambiguity, and owns outcomes end-to-end.
• Ambitious, fun and positive energy; motivating and inspiring team members to enjoy and excel in their roles.