Senior Policy Manager, Lyft Urban Solutions

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.

As a leader in micromobility, Lyft powers millions of rides daily across over 200 cities with our cutting-edge ride-sharing, bike-sharing, and scooter-sharing technologies. Today, our pioneering system is operational in more than 50 cities worldwide, including Barcelona, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dubai, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New York, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, and Washington DC, to name just a few. Join us and be part of the team behind some of the world's largest and most successful bike-share systems!

The Lyft Urban Solutions (LUS) Policy team is hiring an experienced Policy and Government Manager. They will be an instrumental member of the Lyft team in charting strategic growth opportunities in new and current cities where Lyft provides bikeshare hardware, software and/or operations, developing new local partnerships, and interfacing directly with local, regional and national partners.  The Senior Manager, who reports into Lyft’s Director of Micromobility Policy, will be dealing with regulatory and government issues as a pivotal part of Lyft’s mission to eliminate private car ownership and foster public policies that reclaim streets for people. Come join the exciting ride!

Responsibilities:

• Represent Lyft in all interactions with elected officials, government officials and staff via face-to-face meetings, events and remote lobbying.
• Engage with cities and other government stakeholders to shape their approach to micromobility procurements. 
• Work with trade associations and advocacy organizations to create a regulatory landscape supportive of station-based micromobility across the world. 
• Attend high profile events with key elected or appointed leaders in person. 
• Track legislation relevant to Lyft at municipal, county and state levels by working with our Legislative Affairs team and engaging elected officials directly.
• Craft ideal regulatory frameworks and lead efforts to win local bikeshare and scootershare adoption
• Work cross-functionally with Lyft senior management on developing public policy priorities that advance Lyft’s operations and business interests.
• Work closely with Lyft’s operations, business, finance, legal, marketing, and communications teams on developing market strategy
• Manage a team of top-notch external policy consultants to schedule face-to-face meetings with elected officials, track legislation and carry out lobbying campaigns in service of business priorities

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in policy, government affairs, campaigns, and/or business development.
• Strong existing transportation, government, and advocacy relationships. 
• Proven entrepreneurial and scrappy spirit
• Exceptional strategic and problem-solving skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding (and sometimes unstructured) environment. You can prioritize and execute while maintaining long-term strategic focus.
• Self-starter; intrinsically motivated but also a good teammate
• You love the art of a deal and are a “closer”
• Natural connector and relationship builder
• A love of travel (lots of travel, often last-minute)
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) - you know how to tell a good story and advocate your position
• Fluencing in Spanish a plus
• Passion for transportation, public transit, urban planning, politics, and sustainability
• Lyft user / believer

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. 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, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federa