Manager – Strategy & Operations FinTech
Job Description
<strong><u>Role Summary</u></strong><p><br></p>A delivery platform with a high frequency essential use-case, millions of transactions and a large and growing regional ecosystem of customers, merchants and riders offers tremendous opportunities to embed financial services and commensurate challenges to conquer. Looking for a thoughtful, committed individual to support this effort in a role that can offer a wide scope across strategy and operations within our fintech team. The strategy & operations manager will work closely with the head of fintech at talabat in driving and executing the company’s fintech strategy.<p><br></p><strong>What’s On Your Plate?</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Building and optimizing talabat’s fintech strategy in the MENA region</li><li>Act as the key resource to manage strategy-to-execution at talabat</li><li>Support in P&L management for the fintech vertical</li><li>Leading and executing new projects, ranging from evaluating options from execution & commercial viability standpoint to</li></ul><p><br></p>supporting rollouts in collaboration with cross functional teams<p><br></p><ul><li>Evaluating internal and/or external opportunities in line with our strategy, and project managing execution</li><li>Working closely with key stakeholders within talabat and Delivery Hero</li><li>Managing strategic external partnerships for fintech</li></ul><p><br></p><strong>What Did We Order?</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>5+ years experience in Strategy, Partnerships, Consulting or Operations roles at a tech, e-commerce or fintech company</li><li>Understanding of fintech stream preferred, or ability to quickly adapt to complex concepts</li><li>Solution oriented with a high sense of ownership and urgency</li><li>Collaborative and open, with experience working with cross functional stakeholders such as product, legal, marketing,</li></ul><p><br></p>fraud and other business verticals<p><br></p><ul><li>Excellent presentation and project management skills</li><li>Solid interpersonal and communication skills</li><li>Quick learner and ability to size opportunities both from execution and business impact perspective</li><li>Ability to convert large complex challenges into an executable step by step approach</li><li>Baseline knowledge of the fintech industry</li><li>Strong people and team management skills</li></ul><p><br></p>Please note that experience in the consulting and/or fintech industry within the MENA region is mandatory for this role.<p><br></p><strong><u>What You’ll Receive In Return</u></strong><p><br></p><strong>As part of the Talabat team:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>You have the opportunity to be based in our specially designed collaborative work space in City Walk: with our expansive atrium, development hub and foliage area.</li><li>You will also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.</li><li>Parental leave</li><li>Working with the team, building the fastest-growing, largest and most valuable network of online food ordering services.</li><li>Get to know your colleagues during company parties, cultural and sports events.</li><li>Our colleagues at Talabat come from every corner of the globe, working in diverse, cross-cultural teams.</li><li>Enjoy fresh fruits, cereals, beverages, tea, and Everyday Roastery coffee in our lounges.</li><li>Take a break in our wellbeing room, music room or take in the views of the Dubai Downtown Skyline on our roof terrace!</li><li>Sponsored healthcare and gym membership</li></ul><p><br></p><strong><strong>About us?</strong></strong><p><br></p>As the region’s leading local tech organization, we’re proud to say that we have been delivering for millions of people right across MENA for the past 18 years.<p><br></p>We were founded in Kuwait in 2004, and acquired by Delivery Hero (DHER) in 2015. This gives us a unique outlook – local knowledge with global expertise. It also allows us to innovate, create, and bring new technologies for the betterment of the MENA region, such as q-commerce, sustainable packaging, cloud kitchens, autonomous delivery vehicles, robots, and drones.<p><br></p>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 4,500+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches.<p><br></p>Our q-commerce concept, talabat mart (121 Stores), now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less! Our philosophy is to ensure we do what is suitable for our ecosystem- our customers, partners, people, riders, and the communities in which we operate.
