Manager, Strategy & Partnership Operations

About the Position

Manager, Strategy & Partnership Operations

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. 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 are hiring a Manager, Strategy & Partnership Operations to join the Strategic Partnerships team at Delivery Hero APAC. This is a role for someone who thinks structurally about problems, enjoys bringing order to complexity, and wants to operate at the intersection of commercial strategy, cross-market execution, and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build and refine the partnership strategy for all markets, determining which partner categories matter, which markets to prioritize, where to invest, and what to deprioritize.
• Design operating frameworks and playbooks that help country teams execute consistently and at pace.
• Lead the analytics behind partnership decisions, pipeline sizing, incrementality modeling, ROI frameworks, and scenario analysis.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders (growth, product, finance, legal) to unblock execution and resolve bottlenecks.
• Represent Strategic Partnerships in regional leadership forums, bringing structured thinking and data-backed recommendations.

Requirements

• 4-7 years of experience in strategy, strategy & operations, management consulting, chief-of-staff, or similar structured problem-solving roles, ideally with some consumer/tech/fintech exposure.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, comfortable building a business case in Excel from first principles.
• Ability to think structurally and communicate crisply, you can take a messy problem, break it down, and land a recommendation that leadership can act on.
• Experience operating across markets or functions is a plus-this role is inherently cross-functional.
• A doer, not just a planner, this role has execution ownership, not just strategy ownership.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-growing global company.
• Be part of a team that is shaping the future of local delivery.
• Competitive compensation package.

About the Company

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience-fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. 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.