Data Analyst, Lyft
Lever Insights
$114-142.5k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$114-142.5k
More information about location
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
- The ideal candidate has deep analytical skills, exceptional problem solving skills, and is comfortable working with a highly cross functional team
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Math, Economics, Analytics, Finance, Business or other related quantitative field
- 3-5 years experience in consulting, analytics, technology, strategic finance, or start-up operations
- Strong ability in building decision making frameworks and data analysis, able to dissect business issues, analyze large amounts of data, and draw actionable conclusions
- Very strong attention to detail, experience developing processes to implement strategy
- Ability to think strategically about complex and unstructured business problems, leading to recommendations and action plans
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for internal stakeholders, including senior leadership
- Ability to effectively and independently build and maintain cross-functional relationships with stakeholders, manage multiple competing priorities, and drive projects to completion
- Experience with a two-sided marketplace is especially desirable
- Highly proficient in SQL and Excel/Google Sheets; Proficiency in Python is a plus
- Entrepreneurial self-starter - you naturally take ownership, look for opportunities, and do whatever it takes to drive results
What the job involves
- Data and analytics are at the heart of Lyft’s products and decision-making
- The Central Market Management team works in a dynamic environment, where we embrace moving quickly to build the world’s best transportation
- Within Central Market Management, an Analytics Lead on the Decision & Insights team will take on a variety of problems ranging from long term business strategic decisions to weekly agile marketplace operations
- We’re looking for a passionate Analytics Lead to take on some of the most interesting and impactful problems in ridesharing
- You will work closely on Rider Engagement initiatives to help run the marketplace more efficiently
- This is fundamental to the Lyft marketplace as these Rider Engagement initiatives help us communicate with riders, improve their experience and balance driver supply with rider demand
- Manage and improve Rider Engagement investment processes to run the marketplace more efficiently
- Partner with Data Science, Product, Engineering, P&L Management and other cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business goals
- Leverage analytics to understand critical business problems and recommend action plans
- Develop frameworks, roadmaps, and metrics for the team and broader organization
- Collaborate with other leaders and executives to build data-informed business strategies and roadmaps
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
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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
Articles
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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