Manager Special Projects & Performance
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About the Role
talabat is seeking a Manager Special Projects & Performance to drive strategic initiatives, business performance management, and cross-functional execution. The role involves reporting business performance, leading OKR and budget cycles, and managing special projects.
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Responsibilities
- Own full visibility of COO functional KPIs across functions and markets
- Lead OKR and budgeting cycles, ensuring alignment across functions and markets
- Translate vision into executable plans; lead annual/multi year strategic planning cycles
- Lead cross functional strategic high stakes projects requiring heavy coordination
- Lead AI adoption efforts within functional performance teams
Requirements
- 3+ years in strategy, consulting, operations, or performance management
- Thought leadership and ability to drive innovation
- Analytical mindset and strong problem solving skills
- Stakeholder management and cross functional collaboration
- Experience with financial modeling and P&L analysis strongly preferred
- Experience using SQL, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau strongly preferred
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Job Description
- The Manager Special Projects & Performance role is part of the regional Chief Operating Office organizational structure.
- The role will play a key pillar in driving strategic initiatives, business performance management, and cross functional execution across the organization.
- Reporting into the Chief Operating Office structure, this role combines strategy, analytics, project management, and operational execution.
What's On Your Plate?
- Own full visibility of COO functional KPIs across functions & markets.
- Surface risks and opportunities early — before they escalate.
- Drive turnaround when metrics deviate, with speed and precision.
- Build and maintain performance reporting frameworks that are insight driven.
- Present findings to senior leadership in actionable formats.
- Lead OKR & budgeting cycles, ensuring alignment across functions and markets.
- Track OKR/budget performance, analyze variances, flag risks.
- Drive governance, planning timelines, and process improvements for financial planning.
- Ensure alignment between strategic priorities and financial allocations.
- Translate vision into executable plans; lead annual/multi year strategic planning cycles.
- Own integrated business planning (strategy → budget → OKRs → P&T roadmaps).
- Define company KPIs, monitor strategic initiative progress, align business units.
Cross Functional Special Projects
- Lead cross functional strategic high stakes projects requiring heavy coordination across Regional, Local, P&T.
- Manage stakeholder complexity across markets and functions without losing pace.
- Drive alignment from senior leadership to ground level execution.
AI & Productivity
- Lead AI adoption efforts within the functional performance teams.
- Identify where AI tools can replace manual reporting, accelerate analysis, and enhance output quality.
- Push the team toward smarter, faster ways of working.
Qualifications
- 3+ years in strategy, consulting, operations, or performance management — ideally in tech or a fast paced consumer business.
- Thought Leadership ability to drive innovation and impact.
- Analytical Mindset & strong problem solving skills with a focus on data driven decisions.
- Stakeholder Management, Cross functional collaboration, Structured communicator.
- Experience with financial modelling and PnL analysis strongly preferred.
- Experience using SQL, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau strongly preferred.
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