Manager Public Affairs Full-time Job

What’s On Your Plate?

Identify, monitor, analyze and report on current and future regulatory issues in all markets where talabat is active, that has direct or indirect impact on restaurant partners, or talabat commercial relation to them.

Develop and execute a comprehensive public affairs strategy to support our business objectives and enhance our reputation.

Manage partner policies communication and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Build and maintain relationships with our restaurant industry associations and advocacy groups.

Represent the company in meetings, conferences, and public forums to promote our interests and address concerns of our restaurant partners.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on public affairs and policy issues affecting our restaurant partners.

Monitor and analyze legislative and regulatory developments that could impact our restaurant partners, and recommend appropriate actions.

What you need to be successful

What Did We Order?

Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, political science or related field.

5+ years of experience in the public affairs and government relations field.

Deep knowledge of the Middle East's policy environment.

Superb English and Arabic verbal and written communications skills.

Ability to work in a matrix environment and collaborate cross functionally while being accountable to public affairs matters.

Proven track record in policy partnership/campaign building.

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Tech industry, consultancy and government projects experience are preferred.

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, wed be pretty surprised if talabat didnt pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, weve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years. Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region. Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. In 2020 alone, we facilitated the donation of well over 340,000 meals, and 44,000 medicine donations to those in need, as well as donated over 1.3million euros to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.