Principal Talent Acquisition Partner (Pandora)

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

We’re looking for a Principal Talent Acquisition Partner to support the Leadership Hiring (Directors and above) across a range of global functions — from Commercial to Finance, Legal, Operations, and more. This role offers the opportunity to partner with senior leadership and help shape our executive hiring approach across multiple business areas.

About the Opportunity:

• Lead and deliver executive searches across all global functions, from Director level and above.
• Partner with senior hiring leaders and HR Business Partners to align hiring strategies with business goals.
• Own end-to-end search delivery: role scoping, sourcing strategy, market mapping, candidate management, and offer support.
• Act as a trusted advisor on talent market trends, competitor insights, and candidate expectations.
• Ensure an excellent candidate and stakeholder experience at every stage.
• Support succession planning and pipelining for key roles across functions.
• Collaborate with the broader Executive TA team to evolve search processes, tools, and market intelligence.

What you need to be successful 

• 5–8 years of experience in executive or senior-level search across multiple functions.
• Proven success delivering Director to VP-level roles in areas such as Commercial, Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, etc.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders in complex, global organisations.
• A strong understanding of talent landscapes and executive-level hiring dynamics.
• Excellent sourcing, engagement, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance speed and quality in fast-moving environments.
• Ideally, a mix of in-house and search firm experience.
• Fluency in English; other languages are a plus.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at [email protected] it in your application.

Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.

You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.