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Director Experience and Operational Excellence

talabat
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
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Customer Experience StrategyOperational ExcellenceData AnalysisBudget ManagementFraud OperationsStakeholder Management
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Job Description

  • As the Director Experience and Operational Excellence you will lead talabat's end to end experience function across four pillars — Customer Experience, Partner Experience, Fraud Operations, and CX Insights — spanning 8 markets in MENA.
  • You will be accountable for setting and executing multi year strategies that drive customer and partner satisfaction, govern multi million EUR budgets with direct P&L impact, and oversee the integrity of the platform through robust fraud governance.

WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?

  • Own the end to end CX strategy across all verticals (Food, tMart, Local Shops, DineOut) and 8 MENA markets.
  • Define and govern cNPS, cSAT, and other north star metrics — setting targets, driving methodology, and leading cross functional execution to move them.
  • Translate customer data, behavioral trends, and support signals into prioritized initiatives that improve retention, satisfaction, and order frequency.
  • Champion process automation, standardization, and digitalization of key CX workflows.
  • Oversee talabat's Partner Experience function, ensuring vendor satisfaction (vNPS/vSAT) is treated as a strategic competitive differentiator linked to commercial performance.
  • Maintain full accountability for the Functional budgets customer and vendor compensation program — a multi million EUR annual budget — including annual planning, policy design, market rollout sequencing, and ongoing financial governance.
  • Govern the complete portfolio of partner facing policies and SOPs across all markets and verticals.
  • Provide strategic oversight of talabat's Fraud Operations function, covering prevention, detection, and response frameworks across the ecosystem.
  • Ensure fraud governance is aligned with compliance, audit, and legal standards.
  • Drive cross functional alignment between Fraud, Product, Finance, and Legal to balance risk mitigation with customer experience quality and platform growth.
  • Oversee the Insights function, ensuring real time visibility into performance across all markets through robust dashboards and structured reporting.
  • Champion a data first culture across the department — ensuring insights translate into action.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Operations, CX, Data Analytics, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in customer experience, operations, or strategy, preferably in e commerce, food delivery, or a high growth tech environment.
  • Proven track record of leading mid level managers and large team members across multiple functions in a matrixed organization.
  • P&L or budget accountability, experience ideally at a multi million EUR scale.
  • Strong background in data analysis, performance management, and CX or operational strategy.
  • Experience working across multiple markets and geographies.

Skills & Competencies

  • Exceptional leadership skills — able to inspire, align, and develop high performing teams.
  • Strategic mindset with strong execution discipline; comfortable operating at both the 30,000 foot and ground levels.
  • Data driven decision making, with the ability to synthesize complex datasets into clear insights and recommendations.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills — able to influence and present to ExCo and Board level.
  • Deep customer and partner empathy, with a passion for delivering exceptional experiences at scale.
  • Strong cross functional collaboration skills across Product, Finance, Legal, and Operations.
  • Ability to lead through ambiguity and drive clarity in complex, fast moving environments.
  • AI first mindset — comfortable leveraging automation and emerging tools to drive scale and efficiency.

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