Careem is building \'the everything app\' for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region\'s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

About the Team

The Careem Strategy and Chief-of-Staff team sits at the center of Careem\'s strategy and plans for becoming the leading super app of the region. It sets the direction for the company across businesses and markets, and works closely with C-Suite and leadership to drive focus and decision-making on the most important priorities for the company.

The company\'s head of Strategy & Transformation is looking for a self-driven, high-energy, and detail-oriented Senior Manager who will report into them and work closely with company leadership on these objectives.

The Strategy and CEO office team at Careem has been set up to achieve the following goals:

• Define our corporate strategy and refresh it on a half-yearly / annual basis
• Define our portfolio strategy

• Identify how different verticals and our strategic partners, Uber and e&, can come together to strengthen our Super App value prop and offering, and realize synergies
• Define our regional strategy and sequencing across markets
• Advise C-Suite and leadership on the right resource allocation across business, functions and markets over different time horizons
• Define company goals and OKRs to help ensure execution and focus
• Drive special projects critical to the company\'s success across businesses, functions and markets
• Manage our leadership circles to drive focus, decision-making and action against Careem\'s most important priorities

About the role
The Strategy Senior Manager will have the following responsibilities

• Strategy development:

• Apply critical thinking, analytics, market/competitor deep dives, and relevant frameworks to solve hard strategic problems
• Run the corporate strategy and goal-setting process and calendar
• Develop Company and Department goals and OKRs based on the corporate strategy
• Special projects

• Quickly understand unfamiliar areas and problem-statements across business and functions
• Lead work streams and projects independently in cross-functional settings
• Apply relevant analyses and frameworks to make recommendations
• Managing leadership circles

• Set the agenda for leadership-circle meetings based on company priorities
• Continuously iterate on content, format and processes to ensure leadership is enabled to make decisions and drive implementation
• Support the Head of Strategy & Transformation for these forums (preparing content, managing stakeholders, etc.)

What you\'ll need

• Self-driven and acts like an owner; recommends the next action needed without waiting for direction; operates with limited need for oversight
• Start-up mindset with a strong bias for action
• Top-tier educational background and 3-5 years of professional experience in strategy or program management roles within a leading management consulting firm or high-growth tech start-up
• Excellent problem solving skills including structuring problems, performing detailed analysis, and developing recommendations
• Project management skills with high degree of detail-orientation, organization, and ability to work cross-functionally
• Unphased by tight timelines and multitasking
• Passionately curious about the business and the market
• Preferred:

• Experience running planning processes
• Experience setting goals and OKRs
• Knowledge of the super app business models and player journeys

What we\'ll provide you

In addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, we have a reward philosophy that expands beyond this. As a Careem colleague you will be able to:

• Be part of a Remote-First organization that offers flexible ways of working from the office and home.
• Work from any country in the world for 30 days a year
• Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
• Access fitness reimbursements for health activities including: gym, health club and training classes.
• Work and learn from great minds
• Create impact in a region with untapped potential
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day

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