Lead Data Analyst, Growth Markets

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

The Growth Markets Team’s mission is to proactively enhance the user experience across the entire customer ecosystem in growth markets. Our ultimate goal is to make Lyft the transportation platform of choice for riders and drivers. The Growth Markets team is uniquely positioned to be the strong connection between the RevOps Market Balance and new markets, regularly generating and translating key insights into actionable recommendations that support decision-making and scalable growth. This team takes a strong data-driven approach to understand and identify how our business is performing at a regional and sub-regional level.

For a Data Analyst in Growth Markets we are looking for a business-minded analyst responsible for crafting critical insights for our new projects. You’ll be fluent in the operational and financial metrics that drive strategy, and experienced in providing visualized reports and recommendations for automated data solutions including predictive analysis. Additionally, you’ll partner closely with the wider RevOps team to help develop operational plans, monitor market conditions, and inform resource deployments. 

To be successful as a Data Analyst, you have a strong background in analytics, able to thrive in ambiguous environments, and have a track record of defining and delivering initiatives that will help enable Lyft’s new project growth. hecYou are able to work cross-functionally, think strategically, ruthlessly prioritize, make challenging trade-offs, and connect the dots via a well-formed and articulate understanding of the most pressing issues/opportunities to key shareholders. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop frameworks and deliver analyses and insights to guide decision-making and prioritization across functions
• Uncover new areas of opportunity to enhance Lyft’s new projects 
• Manage, build, and automate models and reporting to provide regional stakeholders with actionable insights on volume, efficiency
• Utilize quantitative and qualitative data and analyses to influence business strategy
• Regularly partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and Data Science
• Present findings, recommendations, and results to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders in creative and compelling ways
• Looks for correlation and causation to relate actions to impact
• Identifies solutions to problems that we don’t even know exist yet

Experience & Skills:

• 4+ years experience in management consulting, strategic data science/analytics roles in a technology company, or an equivalent analytical role in a high growth startup
• Proficiency in SQL - Ability to independently break down large datasets and synthesize inputs from multiple sources
• Ability to craft a compelling story and concisely present recommendations across teams and levels including both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to use data visualization tools to provide actionable insights and reusable frameworks
• Strong product and user experience sense
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and inspire others in a fast-moving environment
• Excellent organization, planning skills, and attention to detail
• Balance between intellectual curiosity and the desire to roll up your sleeves and execute

• 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, 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

For candidates living in Colorado the expected base pay range is $106,260-$126,500 and depending on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location.

This role is work-from-anywhere, excluding the following states and territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming, Puerto Rico

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.  

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