Data Analyst, Lyft
CA$83.8-104.8k
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Open for applications
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$83.8-104.8k
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a data & process-driven individual who has extraordinary attention to detail and a track record of analytical problem-solving
- 1-3 years of experience in a high growth environment in data and/or financial analytics
- Very strong attention to detail, experience developing processes to remove human error
- Proficient in SQL and quantitative analysis, you can deep dive into large amounts of data, draw meaningful insights, dissect business issues and draw actionable conclusions
- Outcome-driven approach to developing recommendations and demonstrated ability to develop a story and execution plan to support our goals and objectives
- Exceptional communication (listening, written, and oral) skills with the ability to present findings and recommendations targeted to the audience in question
- A drive to understand the core issues along with the determination to uncover the solution
- Excels at dealing with ambiguity and change management
What the job involves
- The Driver Earnings team at Lyft is responsible for managing our suite of driver earnings products, driving top business goals around financial metrics and marketplace performance
- The team develops and improves automation & execution of driver earnings products, develops new earnings products, and manages financial performance of these products to manage the growth of the business
- We are looking for an analyst to join the team that is responsible for working with cross-functional stakeholders to analyze and improve existing earnings products and manage the products’ financial outcomes within the broader Marketplace organization
- You will influence existing and future strategy with your data analysis, insights, and storytelling to deliver strategic recommendations on experimentation and product improvements
- Support marketplace operations to provide world-class analysis, product recommendations, and reporting to stakeholders
- Become an expert in marketplace trends and support weekly reporting structures for the Rideshare organization
- Develop domain-specific subject matter expertise in our lever portfolio and support cross-functional initiatives to improve existing products and develop new ones
- Analyze marketplace product & financial levers and provide cross-functional teams with actionable insights on improvements and problem areas
- Operate within Rideshare decision-making frameworks with a critical lens, evaluating areas of improvement and business growth opportunities
- Prepare regular business reviews for leadership, highlighting key areas of focus
- Work with stakeholders and other teams to track, report, and reconcile budget allocation across marketplace programs
- Analyze data, conduct research and synthesize feedback into plans, processes and playbooks
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialled and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app, whilst the acquisition of European competitor Freenow could add 6 million new riders to its platform in 2026.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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