CPTO - Chief Product Technology Officer

Your Work-life Opportunity

As the CPTO of Talabat, you will define the long-term strategic vision for the Middle East's leading

food delivery and Q-commerce platform, achieving close to $10B in GMV in 2025. You will lead

an organization of ~100 professionals across Product Management, Design, and Operations,

and ~500 across engineering departments overseeing a product that delivers 2 million orders

daily across 8 countries.

We are looking for a visionary leader who can drive talabat toward a more innovative and agile

organization, building dedicated "0 to 1" product innovation labs to explore new business hubs

while scaling our core market leadership.

Job Description

What You Will Do :

Strategic Vision & Growth

• Drive the product strategy for a $10B GMV ecosystem, shaping the right AI native
  
  

approach to multi verticality

• Define "moonshot" objectives that change the game, setting the agenda for strategic
  
  

growth and long-term viability.

• Act as a growth catalyst, translating Board strategy into actionable priorities
  
  

(OKRs/KPIs) and arbitrating resource conflicts to maximize impact.

0-to-1 Innovation & Execution

• Institutionalize Disruption: You won't just launch features; you will build the "Talabat
  
  

Labs" engine, with dedicated resources to launch standalone verticals that could one day

rival our core food business.

• Design structures for speed, enabling rapid experimentation at scale and driving
  
  

decision-making in the face of uncertainty and constant evolution.

Executive Stewardship & Culture

• Global Impact: As the leader of Delivery Hero’s largest entity, you will serve as a key
  
  

voice in the global product council, exporting MENA’s innovations to markets in Europe,

Asia, and Latin America

• Ensure psychological safety, ensuring all voices within the broader 500-person tech and
  
  

product organization have the potential to influence strategy.

• Communicate a positive vision, acting as a catalyst for organizational energy, leading
  
  

the changes that will shape our future

What We Are Looking For

Deep Marketplace Expertise

• Ecosystem Mastery: Deep understanding of the entire on-demand delivery,
  
  

Q-commerce, and fintech ecosystem.

• Data Skepticism: A mindset that goes beyond averages, challenging fundamental
  
  

business models and North Star metrics as the industry evolves.

• Structural Problem Solving: Ability to roll up your sleeves and engage at every level to
  
  

resolve large-scale structural changes and new technologies adaptation.

• Design thinker: A big passion for the customer and obsession for UX/UI
  
  

Strategic Leadership & Humility

• Productive Dissent: A commitment to promoting rigorous debate at the top to ensure
  
  

every strategic decision is stress-tested.

• Learning Mindset: A rejection of entitlement and an ego-free approach to challenging
  
  

your own opinions .

• Lean Operations: A commitment to operating with lean teams and taking decisions that
  
  

favor the business over individual or team interests.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience Required

• 15+ years of product leadership with experience in a global, product-first organization,
  
  

with a proven track record in a global marketplace or high-scale food tech company.

• Demonstrated Entrepreneurial Success, specifically the proven ability to build and scale
  
  

"0 to 1" products within a large-scale corporate environment.

• Exceptional Leadership Depth, including extensive experience managing senior "leaders
  
  

of leaders" (M3 level) across multi-country footprints.

• Proven Technical Acumen, capable of partnering with engineering to drive the evolution
  
  

of machine learning and GenAI initiatives.

• Strategic Business Sense, with experience managing P&L and aligning product
  
  

roadmaps with aggressive revenue and growth targets.