About the opportunity
We are on the lookout for a Senior Lead to join the Executive Search team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.
Join the team that champions the employee experience at Delivery Hero. As part of the People & Culture Team, you’ll help attract, develop, and retain top talent, creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. With each initiative you support, you’ll be building a positive culture that fuels innovation, teamwork, and a sense of belonging across our global organization.
Lead end-to-end recruitment for Director to SVP-level roles across multiple Delivery Hero international brands, such as Talabat, HungerStation, and PedidosYa.
Serve as a strategic partner to brand CEOs and their -1 leadership teams, understanding their talent needs, challenges, and business priorities.
Own the full lifecycle of executive hiring: role definition, market mapping, direct sourcing, candidate engagement, stakeholder management, assessment, and offer strategy.
Deliver a world-class candidate and stakeholder experience, ensuring speed, quality, and alignment with Delivery Hero’s values.
Collaborate with HRBPs and business leaders on succession planning for critical leadership roles, identifying and nurturing internal and external talent pipelines.
Champion quality of hire by driving high-caliber search execution, data-driven assessments, and structured post-hire feedback loops.
Provide market intelligence and talent insights to support strategic decision-making and organizational planning.
Help improve and scale executive hiring processes, tools, reporting, and best practices across the global Executive Search function.
Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and operational excellence in all aspects of leadership hiring.
What you need to be successful
6+ years of executive search experience, ideally a combination of in-house and retained search firm background.
Proven track record hiring Director to SVP-level leaders in complex, international environments.
Strong knowledge of executive talent markets, especially in the Middle East and Latin America.
Demonstrated success engaging with and advising senior executives, including C-level stakeholders.
Expertise in direct sourcing, candidate evaluation, and stakeholder management.
Strategic thinker with operational discipline and project management capability.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving outcomes in a fast-paced, matrixed, and high-growth organization.
Fluency in English is required; Spanish or Arabic is a strong plus.
Who we are
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.
What's in it for you
Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.
Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan
The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.
Ready to join our team? If you’re excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world’s leading delivery platform, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!
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.
