--- title: 'Growth Manager at Careem' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/growth-manager-careem-dubai-tbqgjs21ehkb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Growth Manager at Careem - **Company:** Careem - **Location:** Dubai, United Arab Emirates - **Posted:** 2026-07-31 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/careem/jobs/8605307002?gh_jid=8605307002 ## Job description Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East — making it easy to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Our purpose is simple: to simplify and improve people’s lives and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has enabled earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of more than 70 million customers, and built a platform where the region’s best talent and entrepreneurs thrive. We operate in 70+ cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan. We’re now entering our next chapter — one powered by AI. We’re looking for AI talent: curious problem-solvers who know how to apply AI to build tools, automate workflows, and create real impact. Whether it’s streamlining operations, enhancing customer experience, or reimagining internal systems — we want people who can make Careem work smarter and move faster. ## About the role This role leads the growth function for Careem Food in Dubai and, by extension, UAE. The Manager owns bottom-up planning, tracks performance against plan, designs and program manages growth initiatives, and ensures cross-functional alignment. This person is the primary bridge between the growth team and the commercial organisation, with direct accountability for ensuring Food hits its revenue targets in the market. ## What you’ll do Growth Planning & Bottom-Up Strategy - Own the bottom-up growth plan for Dubai/UAE – translating market opportunity into measurable targets across MAUs, OPU, ARPU, and revenue. - Build and maintain the quarterly and annual growth roadmap, ensuring tight alignment with organisational revenue goals. Performance Tracking & Reporting - Own the performance rhythm for Dubai/UAE: weekly/monthly plan vs. actuals reviews, funnel health checks, and initiative-level tracking. - Build and maintain dashboards that surface the health of key growth metrics across the customer funnel. - Proactively diagnose gaps vs. plan, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions at pace. Commercial Partnership & Revenue Accountability - Act as the primary growth point of contact for the Food commercial team – ensuring growth and commercial plans are tightly integrated. - Co-own revenue target delivery with the commercial team; design offers, incentives, and promotions that balance growth outcomes with unit economics. Initiative Design & Execution - Design growth initiatives end-to-end across user acquisition, engagement, retention, and monetisation. - Lead A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to iterate and optimize initiatives across channels. Program Management - Own the execution cadence for the Dubai/UAE growth portfolio: scoping, resourcing, launch timelines, and post-launch measurement. - Ensure initiatives are delivered on time with clear owners, milestones, and success metrics. - Manage cross-team dependencies and proactively escalate blockers to leadership. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management - Align Product, Engineering, Operations, and Marketing around the Dubai/UAE growth agenda. - Communicate growth performance and strategy clearly to senior stakeholders and leadership. Customer Segmentation & Lifecycle Management - Build and manage customer segments using behavioural, demographic, and transactional data. - Design targeted retention and engagement programmes using cohort analysis and lifecycle insights. ## What you’ll need - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field - 5-7 years of experience in growth, product marketing, or strategy – with a focus on e-commerce, food delivery, or consumer tech platforms - Proven track record of owning growth plans and delivering against revenue or engagement targets - Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering, and commercial teams - Prior experience in a high-growth, fast-paced market environment; MENA experience a strong plus - Strong analytical skills – data mining, statistical modelling, SQL - Deep understanding of A/B testing, cohort analysis, churn/attrition modelling, and CLTV - Proficiency in growth metrics: CAC, LTV, ARPU, OPU, conversion rates – Excellent program management skills – structured, detail-oriented, and able to juggle multiple workstreams - Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills – able to drive outcomes without direct authority - Clear, concise communicator – comfortable in senior stakeholder reviews and cross-functional forums - Deep understanding of food delivery market dynamics, customer behaviour, and the competitive landscape ## 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. ## About Careem ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Careem is building “the everything app” for the greater Middle East, making it easier to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Uber in 2020 for $3.1 B; subsequent $400 M investment from e&) - **Headquarters**: Dubai, United Arab Emirates - **Founded**: 2012 - **Founders**: Mudassir Sheikha (Co‑founder & CEO), Magnus Olsson (Co‑founder & Chief Product Architect), Abdullah Elyas (Co‑founder, joined 2013) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Super app / ride‑hailing / food & grocery delivery / digital payments - Target customers: B2C consumers across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) - Mission: “To simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires.” ## Products & Services - **Ride‑Hailing**: On‑demand transportation connecting passengers with “Captains” (drivers). - **Careem Food**: Food delivery from local restaurants. - **Careem Grocery**: Grocery and convenience store delivery. - **Careem Pay**: Digital payments, money transfers, and mobile top‑ups. - **Careem Rides (Business)**: Corporate travel management. - **Captain Platform**: Earnings and tools for drivers/delivery partners. All offerings are integrated into a single Super App available in 70+ cities across 10 countries. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Acquired by Uber for $3.1 B in 2020; latest disclosed investment valued an unspecified stake at $400 M (e&, 2023). - **Key Metric**: Total funding – $3.5 B+ (including acquisition amount); annual revenue not publicly available. - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Uber Technologies (parent company); e& (global technology investor, $400 M strategic investment). - **Growth Signals**: - Over 50 M customers and 2.5 M Captains served since 2012. - Expanded from ride‑hailing to food, grocery, and payments (super‑app strategy). - 12,000+ colleagues across five tech sites in Europe and MENAP. - Largest tech startup exit in the MENAP region. ## Competitive Advantages - **First‑mover & brand trust** in a region with fragmented mobility and delivery options. - **Super‑app ecosystem** that increases user stickiness and cross‑selling (rides → food → payments). - **Backing of Uber** (global scale, technology, and capital) plus local expertise from e&. - **Large, loyal network of Captains** and deep understanding of local regulatory environments. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling the Super App by launching and expanding verticals (e.g., payments, groceries) across key markets. - Leveraging synergies with e& and Uber to accelerate growth and achieve profitability. - Building a lasting tech institution in the region that attracts and develops top talent. ## Why Work Here - **Ownership culture**: Careem calls colleagues “owners, not employees” and emphasises autonomy and impact. - **Learning & growth**: Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge technology across multiple verticals, with on‑the‑job learning and mentorship. - **Community & purpose**: A stated mission to simplify lives and drive social/economic progress in the region. - **Work‑life**: Hybrid/remote policy not explicitly confirmed; presence in Dubai, plus engineering hubs in Europe and MENAP suggests flexible arrangements. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive perks (details on careers page), plus the chance to be part of the region’s most celebrated tech success story. ## Sources 1. [careem.com – About Us](https://www.careem.com/en-KW/about-us/) 2. [careem.com – Home](https://www.careem.com/) 3. [why.careem.com – Colleague Value Proposition](https://why.careem.com/en/) 4. [careem.com – Careers / Life at Careem](https://www.careem.com/en-AE/careers/) 5. 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