Lead, Public Affairs

Company Description

“To be the most loved everyday food and groceries destination!” - that’s our mission at foodpanda (small ‘f’).
foodpanda is the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, outside of China. Operating in more than 400 cities across 11 markets, we continue to expand and grow in our core food delivery business, as well as in new verticals like grocery deliveries, with a strong tech infrastructure at our core. From our restaurants-partners, cloud kitchens and cloud grocery stores — foodpanda is just one tap away, getting everything you need into your hands quickly and conveniently!
If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodpanda. foodpanda comprises of people from more than 60 nationalities, and we believe in winning through diversity.
foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s leading local delivery platform operating in 70+ countries worldwide

Job Description

We are looking for a highly-driven and motivated Lead, Public Affairs to join our Singapore team to drive foodpanda’s public affairs objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead foodpanda Singapore’s public policy and advocacy strategy in partnership with foodpanda business verticals, industry associations and other stakeholders
• Represent foodpanda Singapore in engagements with government regulators and other stakeholders, including but not limited to academia, NGOs, business associations
• Drive collaboration opportunities in sustainability topics of relevance to the business
• Develop supporting materials for advocacy and engagements in collaboration with the regional and global teams
• Track and evaluate regulatory issues that may have an impact on foodpanda’s business objectives and verticals. Where appropriate, proactively shape the regulatory landscape on critical issues
• Build thought leadership with government agencies, key opinion leaders or credible organisations 
• Be a strong partner for foodpanda Singapore’s senior leadership and internal teams, such as PR, legal, operations, marketing, and commercial

Qualifications

• 8 to 12 years of demonstrated experience managing public policy and/or government relations and advocacy work
• Experience working and engaging with policymakers, civil society and non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders
• Knowledge of Singapore’s political system, environment and institutions
• Ability to exercise strong judgment and problem-solving skills, creativity, and ability to work in a dynamic, cross-functional, multi-cultural environment
• Experience in policy work for a multinational corporation or government preferred

Additional Information

What we offer:

• A dynamic and challenging working environment with a steep learning curve
• Responsibility from day one in the leading food delivery company in the world
• The opportunity to be part of a happy, high functioning and smart team
• Periodic fun, engaging company events & team activities 
• A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
• A vibrant and international team with diverse backgrounds from all over the world
• A culture that empowers you to take full ownership of your work and career

Our parent company, Delivery Hero, is a global leader in the food delivery industry processing over 3 million orders every day and operating in 40+ markets in the world, with 18,000 employees and approximately 500,000+ restaurant partners.