Deliveroo is hiring a Technical Recruitment leader to shape how we attract, assess, and scale Product, Design & Analytics (PD&A) talent across our growing global organisation. This is a high-impact leadership role, with a clear mandate to elevate hiring quality, consistency, and strategic alignment across multiple brands and regions.

You’ll lead a large, distributed recruiting organisation, partner closely with senior business and People leaders, and play a central role in evolving our global PD&A hiring model. This is not simply an execution role – it’s an opportunity to reset foundations, build scalable systems, and influence how world-class teams are formed across geographies.

Role scope:

• Own end-to-end talent acquisition for Product, Design & Analytics across multiple international regions

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of recruiters and sourcers globally

• Partner closely with senior business, finance, and People leaders

• Design and embed scalable, inclusive, and effective hiring practices

• Drive clarity, consistency, and quality across complex hiring environments

Key responsibilities:

Strategic ownership & workforce impact

• Define and deliver PD&A hiring strategies aligned to growth, workforce planning, and business priorities

• Partner closely with cross-functional partners in finance, compensation, and the people team to align talent strategy with organisational goals

Stakeholder influence & decision-making

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders with high expectations

• Challenge constructively, bringing clarity, data, and credibility to complex decisions

Operating model, process & quality

• Standardise role levelling, scopes, and hiring bars across regions

• Design interview and decision-making processes that drive quality, fairness, and consistency

Data-led insight & optimisation

• Use forecasting, funnel health, and performance data to guide decisions

• Translate insight into action that shapes hiring strategy and leadership decisions

Global footprint & location strategy

• Contribute to international location strategy across the UK, Europe, and US

• Balance capability, cost, risk, and long-term growth potential

Hiring quality & inclusion

• Embed DEI across attraction, assessment, and selection

• Champion a high-bar, inclusive, and thoughtful hiring culture globally

Team leadership & capability building

• Lead, coach, and develop a distributed team of recruiters and sourcers

• Build a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous growth

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in recruitment, including senior-level Product, Design and/or Analytics hiring at scale within a global technology company

• Proven track record of leading senior recruiters/ managers and building high-performing, distributed teams across regions

• Strong strategic mindset, able to balance long-term vision with short-term execution in fast-moving environments

• Skilled in stakeholder management, including with challenging or high-expectation leaders at exec level

• Demonstrated ability to bring clarity to complexity (e.g. levelling frameworks, process redesign, operating model shifts)

• Confident using data and insight to measure quality, diagnose issues, and drive continuous improvement

• Excellent communicator, able to simplify complex issues and influence senior audiences

You’ll thrive if you…

• Enjoy operating between strategy and hands-on execution

• Stay calm and credible in senior discussions

• Find energy in building what doesn’t exist yet

• Care deeply about your team’s development and success

• Are curious, reflective and focused on doing things better

Why Deliveroo

Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it.

We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and ownership, and we are always looking for new ideas.

Workplace & Benefits

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. Benefits differ by country, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice. Benefits are country-specific, please ask your recruiter for more information.

Diversity

At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest-growing businesses in a rapidly growing industry.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our hiring process. We recognise that some candidates may require adjustments to apply for a position or fairly participate in the interview process. If you require any adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know. We will make every effort to provide the necessary adjustments to ensure you have an equitable opportunity to succeed.