Uber Eats delivers the best of your city right when you want it. Our curated menus feature dishes from the local spots and the ones you've always loved and wanted to try. It's the same cashless payment as an Uber ride. So just tap the app, ...
About the Role
Uber Eats delivers the best of your city right when you want it. Our curated menus feature dishes from the local spots and the ones you've always loved and wanted to try. It's the same cashless payment as an Uber ride. So just tap the app, get your food delivered right to your doorstep and enjoy!
As the Country Manager for Uber Eats in Kenya, this will be a unique opportunity to scale and develop our food platform in this exciting emerging market. This is an exciting business side startup role, and you will work with the Eats operations teams along with headquarters-based engineering, product, and process teams. This role will have direct responsibility for the growth of the Uber Eats business.
What You'll Do
- Work with the Uber Eats SSA team, Product team, and Engineering to communicate product and process needs to deliver the business in Kenya
- Initiate creative local marketing strategies and user growth campaigns targeted both at the consumer and the restaurant partners
- Build the business from ground up: Be on site at different restaurants handling logistics and transport, helping restaurants optimize their supply chain and connecting their business with Uber's
- Run experiments: We're looking for people who are curious and passionate about solving problems! As a startup within a startup, there will be many interesting challenges ahead
- Engage with local regulatory and political stakeholders within the food delivery ecosystem
- Scale Uber Eats whilst balancing the growth and profitability
- The GM will need to develop a future of food vision in Kenya and East Africa
What You'll Need
- Minimum 7 years experience in business management experience in operations, strategy, technology, business development or a similar area - P&L ownership is a plus
- Master's degree in science/engineering, economics, finance, management, social sciences, law or similar field
- In depth knowledge of the Kenyan market place and relevant experience in consumer service marketing is an added advantage
- Data-driven decision mentality and sound business judgement. Understand what drives value for each group in our marketplace and can make sensible commercial decisions to reflect this
- Advanced Excel skills and effective project management with experience delivering a wide-range of projects
- Stellar relationship building skills and the ability to make thoughtful partnerships happen from negotiation to execution
- Experience managing a team is a plus, with willingness to invest in the coaching and development of your team members
- A passion for Uber Eats and growing the brand
About Uber
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We seek big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 10,000 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. Should you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together!
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 10,000 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
