Product Manager, Pricing Platform

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities. We are looking for product managers who bring exceptional creative and analytical skills to drive forward a best in class product. Product management at Lyft leads the integration of engineering, data science, and design to achieve the company’s vision for reinventing transportation. We are looking for entrepreneurial and passionate Product Managers to innovate and execute across a rapidly growing, fast paced company and industry.

Pricing is fundamental to the Lyft marketplace and how riders and drivers experience Lyft. The Product Manager, Pricing Platform is responsible for developing a suite of products to speed up our ability to observe, understand, decide and act on the factors affecting our highly dynamic marketplace. As an owner of one of the most critical flows in the company, you will work on a wide array of challenges such as market expansion, large scale distributed systems and experimentation. If you’re interested in playing a large part in demand / supply management and improving the Lyft customer experience, this could be a great fit for you. This is also a high visibility role within the organization and requires excellent communication skills to succeed.

Responsibilities:

• Build the platform that powers the pricing system and allows us to optimize across modes (Classic, Shared, Wait & Save, Priority, etc) based on their unique costs and supply consumption


• Design engineering systems that enable new product development across Lyft and facilitates integration with external partners


• Improve executive decision making through access to data and metrics exploration tools


• Ensure accurate and reliable definitions, use cases and state of Lyft metrics


• Lead and align cross functional partners and teams: engineers, designers, analysts, marketers, business partners and operations to drive a shared vision


• Completely own your team's products, existing or new, from ideation, through development, launch, growth and maintenance


• Set goals for the team with clear success metrics that are well aligned with achieving success for your users and Lyft

Experience:

• Minimum of 3+ years of product management experience


• Ideally academic degree or equivalent work experience in engineering, economics, statistics or a technical field


• Knowledge of backend software development of distributed systems and concurrency


• Experience creating product roadmaps from conception to launch, driving product vision, defining go-to-market strategy, and leading design discussions


• Experience with data, including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization


• Advanced problem-solving skills ­with the ability to think creatively to resolve difficult situations with a proven record of follow-through on assigned tasks


• Strong cross-functional relationship building with high empathy to understand the needs of other businesses and priorities


• Ability to maintain composure in critical situations and clearly communicate with different audiences


• Comfortable in a fast-­paced environment, subject to rapid change and innovation

Benefits:

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits


• Mental health benefits


• Family building benefits


• Child care and pet benefits


• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account


• RRSP plan to help save for your future


• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service


• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible


• Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $108,000 - CAD $135,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.