Head of Executive Search

**Company Description**
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.

We are on the lookout for a **Head of Executive Search - Global Technology & Product**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 and deliver executive searches for Director to SVP-level roles across global Technology and Product functions.
- Partner directly with the CTO, CPO, and their leadership teams to align hiring strategies with business priorities.
- Act as a trusted advisor on executive talent, succession planning, and leadership capability needs.
- Provide strategic market intelligence and talent insights to inform hiring and organisational decisions.
- Champion quality of hire, leveraging structured assessment and follow-up to improve long-term hiring outcomes.
- Support succession planning for key technical and product leadership roles by building proactive internal and external talent pipelines.
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of executive search operations, tools, data, and global processes.

**Qualifications**
- 8+ years of executive search experience, with a strong focus on Technology and Product leadership hiring.
- Proven success in hiring Director to SVP-level talent across functions such as Engineering, Data, Infrastructure, Product Management, and Design.
- Experience partnering directly with CTOs, CPOs, and senior leadership teams in global, fast-paced environments.
- A blend of in-house and retained search firm experience is preferred.
- Deep understanding of the global tech and product talent landscape and its evolving trends.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive-level advisory skills.
- Able to balance strategic thinking with execution excellence.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

**Additional Information**
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._