Strategy Lead, Sustainable Delivery

Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we're unlocking new possibilities as one global team.

About the Role Location: Any Wolt or Deliveroo hub The Sustainability & Community Impact team at DoorDash works across our global brands (DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo) to advance the company's approach to the issues that matter most to our business, our communities, and the world we operate in. We sit within the Public Policy function and work closely with other teams on a daily basis. We're hiring a Strategy Lead, Sustainable Delivery to help shape our global approach to sustainable delivery and lead its execution. You'll focus on initiatives that address the environmental impact of our platform and industry, such as alternative vehicles for couriers and sustainable packaging. You'll dive into the details to understand our biggest opportunities and build programs to scale that meet the needs of couriers, local businesses, and customers. You'll have visibility across a global company, real ownership from day one, and room to build and scale programs that make a difference What you'll be doing

• Co-lead the global sustainable delivery strategy, setting priorities, ambition, and metrics for our work, and be accountable for it globally
• Own key programs in the implementation of that strategy. This will include designing, building, operating, and scaling initiatives across regions, from early pilots through to scaled programs, including partnerships with cities and providers
• Support local sustainability initiatives across markets by giving teams a shared framework, tools, and strategic guidance, so local efforts ladder up to the global strategy
• Use data to prove the biggest opportunities, test ideas through experimentation, and measure and report on program progress.
• Build strong relationships across Operations, Product, Merchant, Market, Policy, and Communications teams to drive strategic sustainability initiatives

What You'll Need to Thrive

• At least five years of experience building and managing complex, operational, and cross-functional programs, including starting things from scratch, ideally in logistics, mobility, retail, or consumer tech
• Data-driven and analytical mindset, with demonstrated experience using data, analytics tools, or SQL to guide decisions and measure defensible impact.
• Knowledge of the environmental sector, including the policy and technology landscape for vehicle electrification, packaging, and circularity
• An operator mindset: you turn high-level goals into actionable plans and enjoy getting into the detail. You make decisions with it and are at ease with measurement tools.
• A strong cross-functional influencer and excellent communicator, who can align stakeholders while functioning as an individual contributor
• Ease working as a co-lead with a US-based counterpart across time zones, and across several global markets
• A principled, pragmatic view of sustainability: you focus on impact that is real, measurable, and defensible

Nice to Have

• Direct experience with e-mobility, fleet electrification, or city and OEM commercial partnerships.
• Experience with sustainable packaging, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), or reuse programs.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We're committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.

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If you're excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we'd love to hear from you!