Deployments Portfolio Manager - foodora

Company Description

foodora 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 around 65 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.

The role

We are seeking a Manager, Deployments Portfolio to serve as the strategic horizontal liaison between regional/local market C-level stakeholders and our 7 vertical tech delivery domains. You will be responsible for consolidating regional business needs, facilitating end-to-end (E2E) portfolio alignment, and answering the critical question for local leadership: "What is the total tech delivery pipeline for my country this quarter?"

You will be part of the bigger Product Deployment team handling 17 markets across APAC & EU and will act as the dedicated portfolio partner for a specific geographic region. In this role, you will take a holistic view of regional tech delivery, acting as the primary translation layer that shields our functional execution teams from localized administrative noise while providing top-tier strategic account management to our local markets.

Responsibilities

Regional Portfolio Strategy & Alignment

• Engage with local C-level stakeholders (MDs, functional directors) and regional teams to provide a cohesive, cross-domain narrative of the tech delivery pipeline
• Translate highly technical, functional updates into strategic business value and compelling narratives for regional leadership
• Present aggregated E2E portfolio proposals, risks, and roadmaps to regional business leadership for consideration and alignment

Intake & Prioritization Management

• Partner with local markets to discover, filter, and prioritize incoming strategic requests before they enter the functional vertical delivery pipelines
• Define clear problem statements, success metrics, and value assessments for cross-domain regional initiatives
• Manage the horizontal alignment of product initiatives, ensuring our 7 distinct vertical domains are synchronized for complex, multi-domain rollouts

Go-To-Market Orchestration (Horizontal Overlay)

• Lead the E2E regional portfolio reviews, tracking overall readiness across operations, finance, marketing, and local management
• Coordinate high-level timelines, resources, and E2E communications to ensure alignment across all vertical delivery teams
• Develop and maintain regional engagement playbooks and localized strategic briefs

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary single point of contact between the regional market leadership and the functional tech delivery leads
• Maintain alignment across stakeholders through regular monthly/quarterly portfolio reviews and checkpoints
• Track and report on regional satisfaction, cross-functional delivery performance, and strategic market feedback

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in Tech Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Enterprise Account Management, or Senior Program Management in a multi-region or global company
• Exceptional executive presence and high EQ; deeply comfortable reading a room full of Managing Directors and navigating conflicting market priorities with diplomacy
• Strong analytical and business acumen; able to quickly grasp complex tech concepts across diverse domains (Logistics, Q-commerce, Marketing, Fintech) and synthesize them into business narratives
• Comfortable operating in a highly matrixed environment, partnering with deeply technical vertical leads without stepping on their operational execution
• Strong ability to plan, coordinate, and facilitate strategic alignment, managing horizontal dependencies across multiple delivery silos
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, especially in fast-paced environments requiring rapid translation of technical realities to business outcomes
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills
• Familiarity with interpreting complex data from project management platforms (e.g., Jira, Asana) to tell a cohesive E2E portfolio story