Global Key Account Director

Uber Uber · Consumer · Sydney, Australia · Sales & Account Management

This role is for a Global Key Account Director at Uber Eats, focusing on managing and growing partnerships with Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) in the ANZ region. The position involves full P&L accountability, high-stakes contract negotiations, managing franchise governance, and overseeing technical integrations with merchant POS systems and APIs. The role requires cross-functional leadership to drive strategic growth and operational excellence within these key accounts.

What you'd actually do

  1. Assume full accountability for the portfolio's Gross Bookings (GB), marketplace take-rates, and overall margin health to achieve ambitious annual growth targets.
  2. Design, negotiate, and execute multi-year Master Services Agreements (MSAs) and joint business plans that maximize mutual profitability with C-suite level stakeholders.
  3. Navigate the complex political and operational landscape of Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), balancing corporate C-suite objectives with independent Franchisee Associations and Regional Councils.
  4. Partner with internal Product and Engineering teams and merchant IT leads to deploy, stabilize, and scale deep point-of-sale (POS) middleware and custom API connections.
  5. Galvanize and steer a matrixed, dedicated team spanning Legal, Policy, Marketplace Operations, Product, and Regional Marketing to execute against partner roadmaps.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of commercial leadership experience
  • managing massive-scale enterprise portfolios ($100M+ value)
  • complex retail networks
  • fast-moving digital marketplaces
  • high-stakes contract design
  • complex financial modeling
  • game-theory strategy
  • managing executive-level relationships
  • franchise-led corporate structures
  • integrated supply chains
  • large-scale retail ops
  • collaborating with Engineering and Product organizations
  • understanding of how API integrations, POS infrastructure, and data-sharing impact consumer-facing conversion

Nice to have

  • QSR experience
  • delivery platform experience
  • modern retail enterprise experience
  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree

What the JD emphasized

  • P&L accountability
  • multi-year contract structuring
  • technical API/POS infrastructure integration
  • cross-functional leadership