Senior Specialist PMO/Project Manager - Tech & Product

Company Description

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 over 70+ 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.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior PMO/Project Manager - Tech & Product to join our EU & APAC Consumer Platform team and reinvent on-demand delivery with us.

The EU & APAC Consumer Platform team at Delivery Hero consists of smart and driven people from all around the world who work closely together with our entities worldwide to provide an amazing experience to our customers. We provide the consumer platform for brands like foodpanda, foodora, and Yemeksepeti in 17 markets in the EU and APAC regions. The Product PMO team within Product Operations is managing complex projects and processes involving a variety of stakeholders, such as the implementation of cross-vertical product & tech solutions.

If you are a seasoned project manager with a proven background with managing complex initiatives and eager to deliver solutions, there’s a place in foodpanda waiting for you!

Responsibilities

• Driving Global Projects End-to-End: You will take full ownership of the entire project lifecycle for multiple, high-priority global initiatives. This includes defining scope, establishing timelines, overseeing execution, and ensuring successful delivery from initiation to closure.
• Project Organization, Monitoring, and Risk Management: You will architect the project structure, implement robust monitoring mechanisms, proactively identify potential risks, and develop comprehensive mitigation strategies. Ensuring high-quality deliverables will be paramount.
• Cross-Functional Coordination and Interdependency Management: You will expertly orchestrate the various workstreams and initiatives within each project, effectively identifying and resolving interdependencies to maintain seamless progress across all contributing teams.
• Facilitating Communication and Stakeholder Management: You will foster clear and consistent communication across cross-functional teams, acting as a central point of contact. You will also be responsible for providing regular and transparent project status updates to senior management.
• Change Management and Global Engagement: You will analyze the impact of project changes and develop effective engagement strategies to proactively influence and drive adoption across diverse teams in multiple locations.
• PMO Framework Contribution: You will actively contribute to the development and refinement of our PMO framework, including the evolution of project management processes, methodologies, and tools.

Qualifications

• More than 6 years of proven experience in project management, specifically leading complex, cross-functional projects, ideally within the product development, tech or e-commerce industry. Experience in the food delivery sector is a significant plus.
• Demonstrated success in managing global projects with geographically distributed teams.
• Strong knowledge of project, process, and change management as well as associated methodologies and approaches.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity in complex environments.
• Collaborative e and results-oriented team player, highly organized, self-directed and motivated.
• A forward-thinking-mindset with a pragmatic hands-on attitude.
• Ability to deal with constraints that are outside your control and handle highly ambiguous situations.
• Excellent English skills, both written and spoken.
• (Agile) Project Management Certification (e.g. PMP, AgilePM) or Six Sigma would be an advantage.
• Experience in developing and implementing PMO frameworks would be a plus.
• Familiarity with product development lifecycles would be a benefit.

Additional Information

What we offer:

• A dynamic and challenging work environment.
• A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
• A great working atmosphere with regular company and team events.
• A vibrant and international team committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company.
• Other benefits include free food, health and dental insurance, and learning and development opportunities!

foodpanda is operated by Delivery Hero Group (“DH Group”) - the world’s leading local delivery platform, operating in 70+ markets across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Delivery Hero started as a food delivery service in 2011 and now employs 40,000+ people globally. Additionally, Delivery Hero is pioneering quick commerce, the next generation of e-commerce, aiming to bring groceries and household goods to customers in under one hour and often in 20 to 30 minutes. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017.

In July 2024, Delivery Hero SE merged three of its market-leading food delivery businesses, foodora and Yemeksepeti in Europe, and foodpanda in Asia. All three businesses now make up the second-largest organization within the Delivery Hero Group, and leading food and QCommerce delivery in 17 markets in both regions.