Head of Strategy and Planning, Uber Eats Sub-Saharan Africa at Uber

About the Role

The Sub Saharan Africa Uber Delivery business is hiring for one of our most critical roles! As a Head of Strategy and Planning, you will manage projects that go from building long-term plans for the business, driving the implementation of product/legal or policy changes and working with functions to improve performance.

We are looking for a Head of Strategy and Planning who will report directly report to the SSA General Manager to deliver strategic projects and help them manage their governance. Someone who can navigate a highly diverse set of stakeholders to drive action and results; someone with high business acumen that can understand complex problems fast, recommend a practical course of action and follow through. Someone who understands and speaks data, operations and strategy equally well!

What You'll Do:

• Strategy: Work closely with the Ops leadership and Central S&P teams across EMEA to create a shared vision and strategic approach for the region and run strategic, consulting-like, projects e.g. a 3-year outlook;
• Planning: Build and maintain financial and headcount models, operational reporting, OKRs, projections, and key business metrics to inform leadership's decision-making e.g. Annual Business Plan 2024;
• Program/Project Management: Be a resourceful, go-getting multitasker, supporting initiatives across the region by working with cross-functional stakeholders. S&P drives work on Africa expansion, consumer segmentation, EDS - mapping all restaurant partners Strategic work;
• Scale: Build, maintain, and communicate detailed reporting models to assist city-level, regional, and expansion efforts, and make data-driven decisions;
• Develop Relationships: Collaborate with other functional areas (Product, Business Development, People Operations, Product, Legal, Finance, etc.) to ensure efficient and productive working relationships.

What You'll Need:

• At least 6 years experience in Tech, FMCG, investment banking, consulting, process optimization, business intelligence and/or strategy;
• A BA or MA degree in Economics, Business or STEM fields;
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with exposure to senior team members and cross-functional teams;
• Highly Analytical, proficient in Excel, SQL, Python
• Balance attention to detail with swift execution - we need to do things quickly, and we need to do them well;
• Self-starter - the ability to self-serve, investigate and get the data we require will make you much more effective in this role.