Analytics Lead, Marketplace Strategy

<p>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.</p> <p>The Marketplace team at Lyft is responsible for accelerating the growth of the business and for delivering our top business/company goals related to marketplace and business performance.</p> <p>Within Marketplace, the Decisions & Insights team identifies and develops an understanding of our marketplace’s most critical problems & opportunities and creates business & product strategies to address them.  We’re looking for an Analytics Lead to drive deep dive business & product analyses and communicate key trends in our data to senior leadership.</p> <p>The ideal candidate has strong analytical problem solving skills, effective communication skills, and proactively takes ownership of their workstreams.</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Develop hypotheses and analytical frameworks for understanding market dynamics and provide recommendations to senior leadership.</li> <li>Influence business strategy and product roadmaps through insightful analytics and business modeling. Be an analytical thought leader.</li> <li>Analyze marketplace product & marketplace trends and provide cross-functional teams with actionable insights on improvements and problem areas.</li> <li>Evaluating areas of improvement and business growth opportunities within our business.</li> <li>Work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage time to deliver business impact in a time-efficient manner</li> <li>Become an expert in marketplace trends and support weekly reporting for the senior leadership.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Experience:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Experience in leading high visibility projects and influencing others in a cross-functional team environment</li> <li>Experience in communicating with and presenting to senior leaders and data storytelling</li> <li>Strong ability in building decision making frameworks and data analysis, able to understand business issues, analyze large amounts of data, and draw actionable conclusions</li> <li>Entrepreneurial self-starter - you naturally take ownership, look for opportunities, and do whatever it takes to drive results</li> <li><strong>Skills:</strong> <ul> <li>Ability to independently break down large datasets and synthesize inputs from multiple sources</li> <li>Ability to think strategically about complex and unstructured bus