Senior Strategic Partnership Manager, Lyft
Payment, Identity & Integrity
$182-227.5k
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$182-227.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in partnerships, product management, or consulting within the payments industry
- 4+ years in management consulting, strategy operations, or program management within high-growth technology, fintech, payments, or ridesharing sectors
- Demonstrated proficiency with SQL for data-driven performance measurement and analysis
- Strong record of cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
- Deep understanding of payment processing systems, payment methods, routing, and industry regulations
- Comprehensive knowledge of emerging payment trends and innovations
- Ability to translate complex technical and financial concepts for diverse audiences
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills with experience presenting to executive leadership
- Exceptional organizational abilities with demonstrated success managing competing priorities
- Strategic thinking with a customer-centric approach to problem-solving
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with changing priorities
Desirable
- MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced certification
- Experience with international payment systems and regulations
- Knowledge of identity verification and fraud prevention technologies
What the job involves
- We're seeking an exceptional Senior Strategic Partnership Manager to craft and execute world-class, customer-centric payment strategies
- The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise with creative problem-solving, strategic vision, and analytical precision
- Success in this role requires outstanding collaboration skills, customer-focused thinking, and the ability to thrive in our dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Identify emerging payment trends and innovations to incorporate into Lyft's roadmap
- Develop and implement comprehensive payment strategies aligned with business objectives while enhancing customer experience
- Provide metrics and reporting on payment product performance to executive leadership
- Build and nurture strategic partner relationships, serving as the primary liaison between partners and Lyft's internal teams
- Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with potential new partners to strengthen our payment ecosystem
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert for payment processing, tax reporting, and regulatory compliance
- Collaborate with engineering and data teams on API integrations and data processes with external vendors
- Lead the development of technical documentation for partnership initiatives
- Drive collaboration across product, engineering, finance, and tax teams to execute strategic payment initiatives
- Lead and motivate cross-departmental teams to achieve organizational objectives
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 trialed 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.
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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