Senior Manager, Rider Onboarding and ComplianceNew

The opportunity

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drives everything we do.

What you'll do

  • circa 30+ in-house Representatives split across our London and Manchester offices,

  • circa 30+ person team in Deliveroo India

  • Deliver core marketplace operational metrics: Own and execute the global rider onboarding and compliance strategy to ensure we deliver the right rider hours, in the right areas, with fully compliant riders.

  • Lead distributed global teams: Lead, coach, and scale a multi-layered operational team across the UK, an in-house team of 30+ in India, and external BPO vendor partners.

  • Drive large-scale strategic initiatives: Plan and execute major projects, including onboarding pipeline standardisation and compliance process redesigns in close collaboration with Legal, Policy, and Data Science.

  • Manage vendor performance and capacity: Direct outsource vendor productivity and set up robust forecasting and capacity models to effectively manage end-to-end team resourcing and global volume shifts.

What they're looking for

  • Advocate for riders and continuous improvement: Act as the primary rider advocate across the business to resolve complex escalations, leverage new tooling or automation, and drive operational excellence.
  • Proven operational leadership: Significant experience leading multi-layered, multi-site teams in a fast-paced environment (such as onboarding, trust & safety, compliance, or customer support operations).
  • Vendor & BPO management expertise: Hands-on capability in managing external outsource vendor partners, holding them accountable to strict quality and compliance standards while building collaborative, outcome-focused relationships.
  • Resource and capacity planning: Strong commercial and analytical skills with demonstrated ability to build forecasting models and optimise headcount across internal and offshore resources.