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Lyft Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer in San Francisco, California
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 Chief of Staff (CoS) role reports directly to the Chief People Officer (CPO) and is a critical partner to the CPO and the People Leadership Team (PLT). The CoS will also partner closely with CoS to the CEO and the broader CoS community at Lyft.
Responsibilities:
Optimize and lead PLT operating rhythms, such as weekly PLT meetings, weekly content reviews, quarterly business reviews, quarterly all-hands meetings, and bi-annual team on-sites. Prepare agendas and drive execution of action items.
Lead the annual planning process for the People function and ensure appropriate resourcing.
In close partnership with Finance and PLT, manage the People team budget.
Own the change management of large scale initiatives and programs, ensuring the right audiences receive the right information at the right time.
Drive communication of priorities, activities, and results to the People organization. Maintain a strong pulse on sentiment and create feedback loops.
Lead timely retrospectives, engaging stakeholders as appropriate, to constantly iterate and improve our processes.
Use cross-functional knowledge and seek to understand issues, trends, and perspectives that may influence the business. Connect the dots for key stakeholders to drive increased alignment.
Build bridges and serve as a trusted advisor to the CPO, PLT, broader People organization and to the Lyft Chief of Staff community.
Identify and take on ad hoc strategic projects.
Experience:
10+ Years experience in a combination of human resources, program management, consulting, or an equivalent field.
The ideal candidate has both hands-on experience and a tenured leadership foundation in the following areas: project management, planning, organizational change, consulting, communications & strategy execution.
Proven track record of being able to dive into any area of the business or product, understand business needs, and facilitate executive decisions.
The ideal candidate must exemplify conscientiousness, curiosity, authenticity and humility.
Experience in managing resourcing/staffing, and having worked directly with the C-suite on a regular basis.
Ability to track, prioritize, and drive multiple concurrent projects to success. This position is expected to utilize data and metrics to communicate needs with the PLT.
Excellent communicator in written and verbal form; ability to work well with executives, and able to lead and influence across multiple levels and multiple functions of an organization.
Entrepreneurial, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity, and efficient with limited resources.
A good sounding board for others, with low ego, and ability to anticipate the needs of a busy executive and their leadership team.
Highest level of integrity and management of confidential information.
Strong emotional intelligence – someone who can read people, understand their motivation and background, understand what their needs/wants and the ability to play to different audiences.
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, 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
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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 the San Francisco office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the San Francisco office 3 days per week on Mondays, Thursdays and a team-specific third day. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.
The expected range of base pay for this position in the San Francisco Bay area is $184,000- $230,000. 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.