Senior Strategic Planning Associate, Lime
Electric bike and scooter rentals
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Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- 2-4 years of experience in management consulting, strategy and operations, project management roles, or related experience; experience at an early-stage or high-growth company is a plus
- Proven track record of leading cross-functional projects from planning through execution, with strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey ideas and build alignment across teams at all levels of the organization
- Bring an empathetic and collaborative mindset: listens actively, understands other teams' needs, and helps build solutions that are both practical and scalable
- A strong bias for using data to support decision making and establish priorities / strategies; ability to interpret and translate data into actionable insights for a range of stakeholders
- Exceptional Excel / Google Sheets / data management skills; SQL and dashboard creation proficiency a plus
- A sharp eye for detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams without losing sight of the bigger picture
- Self-starter with a bias for action, comfortable with ambiguity and able to move things forward independently
- Bachelor’s Degree is required, Master’s Degree is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Associate to join the Strategic Planning team. You will be working with colleagues -- often remote market owners, cross-functional teams (local operations, finance, and others), and executive management to make difficult decisions, prioritize, and solve problems
- With your proven skills as a multitasker, you will use your analytical skills with confidence to make sure you know and understand our business needs and ensure success for our global business
- Support management of our assets by turning strategic plans into actionable market-level moves, coordinating with global teams to ensure timely execution and alignment with local needs
- Lead and support cross-functional projects (with Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Local Operations, etc.) to ensure a smooth allocation process, especially in peak season or during market launches and scale-ups
- Partner with Finance and Ops teams to support annual planning, budget forecasting, and ensure optimal allocation across European and ME markets
- Be the go-to support for local markets, helping respond to day-to-day questions, unblock operational issues, and track ongoing needs to escalate to senior leadership when needed
- Use data to drive decision-making, developing models and tools to optimize how we allocate resources based on performance, growth, and efficiency
- Identify process improvements and help design scalable planning and reporting solutions to make our ops more streamlined and effective
- Develop dashboards and reports that bring visibility to business performance and help local teams make informed planning decisions
- Create a fun, inclusive, and safe workplace; ensuring the safety of our staff, riders and vehicles while empowering experimentation and creativeness for the team to meet their goals
Our take
In recent years, electric-powered mobility companies have attracted an extraordinary amount of interest and funding, in part due to rising eco-friendly sentiment, and in part because of the race to "find the next Uber". Lime is one such company, that has rapidly scaled across multiple geographies to be a key player in the fight for market leadership.
Lime, along with its competitors, has had to grapple with regulation in many of its target markets, but nonetheless has steadily increased its footprint. Since its launch, the company has facilitated millions of trips, making it one of the biggest companies of its kind. Interestingly, the CEO has stated that "cars are our true business rivals—not other scooter companies", suggesting that its biggest business challenge will be to get families to give up their second cars.
With a presence that spans an impressive number of regions - most recently Lime has begun operating in Qatar - the company has cemented itself in the micromobility market, and stands to profit from the increasing popularity of these types of services. Across 2022, a substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve a "full profitable year", with suggestions it will pursue an IPO in the near future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2021
$523m
CONVERTIBLE
May 2020
$170m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Board Advisor)Founder and CEO of ZERO&. Was a Marketing Manager at Pepsi for 6 years before doing an MBA at Berkeley. Moved into consulting and VC for 5 years before starting Lime.
Brad
(Chairman)VP of Business Development at Tencent for 8 years. Managing Partner of a VC firm for 3 years, where he worked with Toby. Has an MBA from Berkeley.
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