Role: Program Manager

Location: Can be remote - US. Support PDT Hours.

Duration: 8 Months

Notes:

We are seeking a program/project manager to provide centralized, coordinated support and management across a number of initiatives focused on shortening the financial close process.

Within our wider close shortening program, we have 4 workstreams housing 11 total projects.

The successful Program Manager will have 5-8 years experiencing managing complex programs.

They'll be coordinating with project leads to successfully keep project teams on track, capturing and escalating risks/blockers, and maintaining excellent communication and documentation to report on the status of the program to a wide audience of stakeholder and leadership.

Having accounting workstream and project management experience is a huge plus, e.g. experience with managing the Financial close, managing PTP, OTC, RTR programs and process improvements etc.)

Description

• Lyft connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities.
• Lyft’s marketing team is looking for a Program Lead to help manage various work streams related to our .com channel.
• Come be part of a team at Lyft focused on enabling and empowering scalability on Lyft.com.
• Program Managers at Lyft drive cross-functional initiatives, leveraging strong leadership, planning, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Our PGMs are problem solvers who make things happen around them by setting clear goals and inspiring teams to deliver.
• PGMs at Lyft are both strategic and tactical and do what it takes to successfully deliver key initiatives that have a material impact on the business.

Responsibilities:

• Lead iterative delivery of strategic cross-functional initiatives from concept to ship, through focus, transparency, communication, visibility, and accountability
• Partner with engineering, product, marketing, legal, people, social, and business leadership to build highly collaborative teams and to enhance communication across teams and stakeholders
• Identify and resolve systemic issues impacting Lyft.com work streams and aggressively take action to resolve

Requirements

• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects iteratively with multiple dependencies and constraints, in a highly dynamic and agile environment
• Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of extreme ambiguity, with only high level direction
• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, project plans with a thorough understanding of dependency management
• Able to communicate at all levels from engineer to partner to C-level executives
• Able to influence, negotiate and inspire others in a matrixed environment
• Excellent organization, planning skills, and attention to detail 3+ years as a PGM, marketing or product leader, or a relevant consulting role

Bachelor's degree in marketing or a related discipline preferred

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $59.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• PGM: 3 years (Preferred)
• building roadmaps, release plans, project plans: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote