Senior Lead, 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 **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.
- 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.

**Qualifications**
- 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.
- 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.

**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._