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
You will get to be part of a dynamic and autonomous team from Careem veterans to new tigers who joined us on a mission to build Careem Groceries, all aligned on the same values of ownership, shooting to the moon and being of service to customers, partners, colleagues and captains in Abu Dhabi.
About the Role
The Associate General Manager will be responsible for end to end ownership of scaling our quick commerce delivery business in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is our newest city to launch and is in its early days, and therefore the AGM will be responsible for overseeing and partnering with a high calibre team, the expansion and growth strategy, Grocery and Careem-level executive management, as well as the day to day operations for the business. We have deep ambition to be the market leader, and you will lead us there.
What you’ll do
- Manage Careem Grocery’s business within Abu Dhabi, owning the growth and scaling of the business in the city (including P&L ownership)
- Work with and develop team members who are dedicated to Abu Dhabi, as well as partnering cross-functionally with all of our team members and leaders who contribute to the city’s success
- Develop and execute a business plan to scale and gain market share for the business.
- Develop and sustain solid relationships with key local partners
- Be a key part of the Grocery leadership team responsible for the overall direction and growth of the business
What you’ll need
- Strong business acumen, with an ability to understand the different moving parts that drive a business.
- Previous startup experience - you’re comfortable leading through double-digit weekly growth rates, and get concerned when that is not happening
- Abu Dhabi expertise - you’ve spent time in the city and know how it ticks, and are very happy to be based there for this role
- P&L experience is a plus
- Excellent interpersonal and interpersonal skills. You will be the face of Careem Groceries in Abu Dhabi, to our executive stakeholders internal and external.
- Strong customer relationship skills, with the ability to develop and build profitable and successful working relationships.
- You are data-driven, highly goal oriented, have a strong bias for action, and are a hands-on problem solver.
What we’ll provide you
We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:
- Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
- Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
- Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
- Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.
