Candidate Experience Specialist, Executive Recruiting (APAC/MENA) (Fixed term, 12-month contract)

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 around 65 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 are on the lookout for a Candidate Experience Specialist, Executive Recruiting (fixed term, 12-month contract) to join our Candidate Experience team and support hiring across APAC/MENA on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

As part of the Executive Search function within People & Culture, you will partner with global recruiters and senior stakeholders to ensure a seamless, efficient, and high-quality candidate experience. While supporting a broader range of senior and leadership roles, you will contribute to an executive-level standard of coordination and communication across all interactions.

In this role, you will

• Manage and coordinate complex interview processes across stakeholders, seniority levels, and time zones with accuracy, structure, and attention to detail

• Organize travel, onsite interviews, and executive-level logistics

• Act as the main point of contact for candidates, ensuring clear, timely, and professional communication

• Deliver a seamless and high-quality candidate experience throughout the process, aligned with our executive hiring standards

• Maintain accurate data and workflows in SmartRecruiters

• Proactively identify scheduling challenges, drive effective solutions & support executive hiring initiatives and projects

 

• Experience supporting senior stakeholders or executive-level coordination
• Strong diary management and scheduling expertise

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders professionally

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage complex and sensitive coordination processes with high attention to detail

• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset

• Experience in HR, Talent Acquisition, or Executive Search is a plus

What we offer:

• A dynamic and challenging work environment.
• A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
• A great working atmosphere with regular company and team events.
• A vibrant and international team committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company.