Head of Sales – France

Why Deliveroo

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation, and growth drives everything we do. Our Commercial team sits at the centre of Deliveroo’s marketplace—shaping how we serve restaurants, grocers, and new verticals worldwide. From negotiating key partnerships to unlocking new revenue streams and crafting data-led growth strategies, we take on big challenges that move the business forward. If you thrive in fast-paced, commercial environments and want to influence the future of a global brand—this is the team for you.

Role overview

As Head of Sales – France, you’ll be responsible for driving the success of your business unit across the French market — delivering an exceptional experience for our users while building a strong and sustainable foundation for Deliveroo’s growth.

Strategy: You’ll define strategic priorities, build roadmaps, and make financial decisions, being fully accountable for sales performance.

Team Leadership: You’ll lead a large field sales team: 50+ individuals who help grow Deliveroo’s presence across France. We’re looking for optimistic, enthusiastic leaders who know how to develop people and build high-performing, resilient teams — both essential to our long-term success.

Process Optimization: Deliveroo moves fast and scales quickly. You’ll have the opportunity to design and refine business processes — for example, developing new reporting tools to guide data-driven decisions and unlock growth opportunities.

Requirements

• 15+ years’ experience in Sales or Consulting, with a strong commercial track record.
  

• Proven leadership and project management experience; able to define and execute strategy at a local or national level.
  

• Motivated to own and grow your own business unit within Deliveroo.
  

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
  

• Hands-on and proactive — you enjoy being close to the field and involved in day-to-day operations.
  

• Creative and solution-oriented, eager to build initiatives that make a real impact.
  

• Strong analytical mindset — able to make sound decisions based on data and insights.
  

• Able to switch easily between long-term strategic thinking and immediate execution.
  

• Highly adaptable and quick to take action.
  

• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
  

• Autonomous and curious, with a strong appetite to learn about all aspects of Deliveroo’s business and industry to become a true local expert.
  

• A great team player, who shares best practices and contributes ideas to help the team thrive.
  

• Genuine passion for entrepreneurship, food, and operations.
  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  

• Proficient with CRM tools, ideally Salesforce.
  

• Fluent in French and English.

Why Join Us?

At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving.

We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:

🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale
Work on a complex, always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day.

🌱See your impact, fast
Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership
environment.

🧠Grow through challenge and ownership
Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.

🌎A culture built for builders
High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning.

Our Global Structure

Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.

We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!