Head of Talent Acquisition

About Delivery Hero

As the world’s pioneering 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, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, 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 enable creative minds 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.

Job Description

Be our next Hero! - Join the world’s leading local delivery platform.

We are looking for Head of Talent Acquisition who will have an amazing opportunity to help build, optimize, and drive best in class talent initiatives for Delivery Hero across APAC, EU & Turkey region. You will become a member of the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team to develop and set direction for consistent ways of working across 18 markets across EU, Turkey & APAC aligning with our peers globally.

You will be leading a team of talent acquisition partners focused on hiring for sales/commercial roles at Delivery Hero across 18 markets; APAC, EU & Turkey. You will develop the overall vision and long-term strategy for how this team will consistently partner with the business to deliver great outcomes. You will be responsible for implementing standard ways of working to include the candidate experience, assessment/selection processes, development of research/diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives/sourcing strategies, and will be the primary point of contact for the team and all regional leadership team.

Your mission:

• Talent Acquisition Strategy: Develop and executive sales TA strategy, aligned with Delivery Hero’s growth objectives, with an emphasis on our sales/commercial teams.
• Leadership: Grow, lead and mentor a team of recruiters, while being a key partner to other leaders in TA.
• Employer branding: Continue to strengthen our employer branding strategy
• Hiring: oversee the day-to-day recruitment for our sales/commercial teams across 18 markets. Partner with internal teams to drive process improvements and scalable solutions in order to hire world-class talent.
• Stakeholder management: partner closely with our sales/commercial leaders to help achieve their hiring goals.
• Data, reporting, and analytics: establish and monitor team metrics and individual KPIs for the team with the aim of elevating our hiring efforts. Track and report on key hiring activities with a focus on influencing positive change across our hiring processes.
• Market intelligence: stay informed about industry trends across APAC, EU & Turkey, while surfacing relevant insights for our leadership teams.
• Diversity and inclusion: implement initiatives to promote D&I within our recruiting process. Partner with our internal communities and D&I team to ensure that D&I is at the forefront of our hiring efforts.

Your heroic skills:

• 8 + years of talent acquisition experience, including a minimum of 4+ years managing a recruitment team
• Experience supporting different regions is required.
• Proven success leading scaling and leading teams, with a track record of growth and development to drive high performance.
• Deep understanding of sales/commercial roles, competencies and market trends.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner with and influence all levels of business leaders.
• Ability to utilize data effectively to drive performance and influence change across the TA landscape.

About us:

As the world’s leading local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. From prepared meals to groceries, flowers, coffee, medicine. We deliver whatever you need. We operate in over 70+ countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa and are also pioneering quick commerce, the next generation of e-commerce. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, we work with a global ecosystem of employees, riders, and partners, and are at the forefront of innovation.

In July 2024, Delivery Hero SE merged its market-leading food delivery businesses, namely foodora and Yemeksepeti in Europe, and foodpanda in Asia. Together, all three businesses now form the second-largest organization within Delivery Hero. Powered by Delivery Hero's Pandora platform technology, the newly formed organization will continue to be known by the respective brands to customers, vendors and partners

As one of our Heroes, you’ll work in an international and dynamic environment, with other Heroes from every corner of the globe where you can grow and develop your career with the right support, every step of the way. We are building a company that future generations can be proud of and are committed to welcoming everyone to our table. Delivery Hero has a lot to offer when it comes to benefits: we want to empower our Heroes and that means caring about all aspects of their wellbeing, such as: career, community, social, physical and financial. Learn more about our benefits at Delivery Hero here.

At Delivery Hero, we believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring -- therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. Just be yourself and we can’t wait to see what value you bring to the role. We're as interested in your character as we are in your talent.

Have we sparked your interest? If you are looking for an environment where our company DNA is defined by our values and People Leader Principles, please apply and send us your CV using the online form. Please note, we do not accept applications via email.

Additional Information

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.