Strategy Intern - Food

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 on a mission to build Careem Food all aligned on the same values of ownership, shooting to the moon and being of service to customers, partners, colleagues and captains.

About the Role

The team is looking for an enthusiastic and driven team player who is looking to strengthen his/her strategic thinking skills. It is a high visibility role and exciting learning experience with tangible opportunity for business impact and execution flavour. 

What You'll Do

• Support in strategy execution & project management from day 1
• Independently conduct competitive intelligence analyses and showcase  aggregate outcomes to the broader team
• Independently conduct analyses, aggregate data needed to answer key business questions, work with analytics team to refine analyses and derive insights
• Define and explore opportunities for process operationalization and scaling
• Build critical thinking and an analytical approach to solving strategic problems
• Get exposure across product, operations, finance and commercial teams across geographies to translate strategy to execution;
• Keep a tab on market trends and insights across FoodTech ecosystem, and identify opportunities for Careem

What You'll Need

The ideal candidate would be someone who is passionate about strategy, analytics and project/program management. Someone ready to roll-up their sleeves and embark a hands-on, high-exposure and fast-paced  learning experience!  

Additional skillsets include:

• Ownership, High energy & Self driven
• “Figure-it-out” mindset: Is solution-oriented and practical
• Is passionately curious about the business and the market
• Proficiency in Google Suite / Microsoft office (G-Sheet, Excel and similar software tools)
• Proficiency in query/coding tool, e.g. Python, SQL, …
• Should be tech / net savvy - have a flair for E-commerce / Internet led business
• UAE driving license would be added advantage
• Candidate will need to be on their own Visa
• Languages: Arabic

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.
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.