Regional Lead, Yorkshire & North East - Uber Eats
About the Role
Uber Eats is seeking a Regional Lead, to lead and manage a large, on-the-ground Account Management team responsible for Yorkshire & the North East. This role is based in Leeds and plays a key leadership role in shaping our regional commercial strategy.
The role is focused on accelerating growth across Yorkshire & the North East, leading a high-performing regional team that manages some of our most strategically important restaurant partners. You will be central to defining partner strategy, raising the bar on execution, and ensuring our top partners consistently succeed on the Uber Eats marketplace through a best-in-class experience.
As a Regional Lead, you will provide hands-on leadership to a large Account Management team, working closely with the North UK Expansion Head and wider UK Commercial Leadership to set regional direction, drive performance, and deliver against ambitious growth and quality targets. This role requires strong visibility on the ground, setting the standard for leadership, execution, and partner engagement across the region.
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We're looking for a commercially minded, people-first leader who can inspire and empower teams, solve complex problems, and remain relentlessly customer-focused. We're looking for an experienced commercial leader with a proven track record of leading commercial teams. You'll bring first-hand experience managing complex, high-value commercial negotiations, acting as a thought partner to both your team and senior UK stakeholders.
What you'll do:
- Lead & Develop: Provide hands-on leadership to Account Managers, embedding a high-performance coaching culture to consistently meet commercial priorities.
- Drive Regional Growth & Retention: Optimize restaurant portfolios by identifying risk and shaping retention strategies that accelerate long-term partner value.
- Shape the AM Playbook: Partner with leadership to design and scale best-in-class account management practices for the SMB Mid segment, focusing on efficiency and consistency.
- Activate Commercial Levers: Unlock growth through strategic use of Uber One, partnerships, and pilots, translating experimentation into scalable impact.
- Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate with Marketing and Ops to enhance partner visibility, optimize funnel performance, and deliver aligned commercial outcomes.
Who you'll be:
- Commercial Leadership: Extensive experience leading high-performing account management teams and managing complex partner portfolios at scale within fast-paced, complex environments.
- Strategic Partnership Management: Proven ability to integrate business, finance, and legal concepts to structure sophisticated, win-win deals that drive long-term partner value.
- People Development: Strong track record of coaching, developing, and performance-managing teams through both direct and matrixed leadership.
- Operational Excellence: Sharp commercial acumen with the ability to deliver on ambitious goals, prioritize at scale, and solve multi-faceted challenges while navigating ambiguity.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Highly collaborative leader skilled at aligning stakeholders, driving change, and communicating a clear direction across diverse teams and senior partners.
Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Pet-friendly Office
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- On-Site Cafeteria
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Sabbatical
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Company Equity
- Performance Bonus
Professional Development
- Work Visa Sponsorship
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program