Technical Program Manager, Bikes and Scooters software

Full Time
New York, NY, USA
11 months ago

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. We see cities evolve into safe and friendly living spaces, people engaging in neighborhood communities, where there are fewer personal cars and people are using shared and active transportation modes more.

Today, Lyft is a leader in micromobility and enables millions of rides every day in more than 200 cities through our ride-sharing, bike-sharing and scooter-sharing technology. Our Transit, Bikes & Scooters (TBS) engineering team developed the first automated bike share system in North America (Montreal’s Bixi), a system that has since evolved and now powers bike share in more than 50 cities around the world: Barcelona, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dubai, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New York City, Portland, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco and Washington DC, to name a few. Many of the biggest bike share programs in the world!

Our TBS engineering team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for Technical Program Managers (TPM) to help us execute on these exciting programs. Come be part of the TBS TPM team focused on enabling and empowering engineering teams to deliver at scale.

Technical Program Managers at Lyft drive cross-functional initiatives, leveraging strong leadership, planning, communication, and collaboration skills. They are both strategic and tactical and do what it takes to successfully deliver key programs that have a material impact on the business. Our TBS TPMs are technically strong with software engineering, systems engineering or hardware experience. They are problem solvers who make things happen around them by setting clear goals and inspiring teams to deliver.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead iterative delivery of strategic cross-functional initiatives from concept to ship, through focus, transparency, communication, visibility, and accountability
  • Leverage deep technical expertise with large-scale, distributed 24x7 production systems to build comprehensive plans, to identify risks, and to ensure smooth project launches with a goal of delighting our riders as well as our operating partners & clients
  • Partner with engineering, product, operations and business leadership to build highly collaborative teams and to enhance communication across teams and stakeholders
  • Identify and resolve systemic issues impacting Lyft engineering and aggressively take action to resolve
Experience:
  • 3+ years of Technical Program Management, Product Management or Engineering Management experience
  • 2+ years of software engineering, data science, or systems engineering experience
  • Experience working with hardware and software integrations is a plus
  • 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 highly technical problems and solutions 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
  • Experience delivering projects in large-scale, distributed production systems and 24x7 production operations
  • Experience compiling and presenting business & technology options, backed by data & experimentation, to decision makers
Benefits:
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health benefits
  • Family building benefits
  • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited 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

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.

The expected range of pay for this position in the New York City Area is $139,500 - $155,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.