Talabat Hiring for Manager Advertising Operations – Mena at Dubai Full Time

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.

What’s on your plate?:

• Establish talabat’s advertising proposition and the tech solutions to deliver it.
• Work with various stakeholders to understand pain points and develop solutions to resolve them.
• Define best practices, and have a deep understanding of best in-class solutions for advertising management.
• Work with the product team to define the roadmap and strategic objectives for the media solutions function for talabat quick commerce.
• Develop guidelines for use of our digital in-app assets, balancing customer and commercial outcomes.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure effectiveness of our advertising options and usage, maximising ROAS for advertisers.
• Track benchmarks, lead deep dives and testing, and drive for improvement in results
• Support markets with account management of supplier’s regional marketing teams
• Work closely with the Product Development team as they build best-in-class ad tech
• Lead on ensuring that we meet or exceed industry standards when it comes to verification and accreditation

What did we order?:

• You gained 5-7 years hands-on experience in the digital media and advertising industry, ideally in an advertising/media agency working with large FMCG clients
• Inside-out knowledge of programmatic advertising, digital KPIs, and ad management tools
• You have a strong customer-centric mindset, are passionate about grocery retail, and have a proven track record of delivering impactful, valuable campaigns
• Hands-on entrepreneurial mentality, you take ownership and are self-starting
• You have a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• You have a high level of competence and credibility to influence strategic decisions at all levels of the organization and across different cultures
• You have experience working in dynamic matrix organisations
• You are confident working closely with data and product teams
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• **Verbal & written fluency in English, additional languages is a plus