Senior Director, FP&A - Growth Initiatives

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.

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Director of FP&A to join our leadership team, reporting to the VP, Head of FP&A and IR. This executive will drive strategic financial decision-making through advanced analytics, consumer tech expertise, and proven ROI frameworks, across the businesses that will accelerate Lyft’s growth: Autonomous Vehicles and Fleet Management, Lyft Media, Lyft Business & Healthcare, Strategic Partnerships and Rideshare Products.

This role demands a finance leader with deep consumer technology experience who can be a self-starter and translate complex business dynamics into actionable business insights and drive measurable performance.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Finance & Business Partnership

• Lead comprehensive financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the supported business leaders, including revenue and contracts optimization, complex modeling and scenario planning.
• Partner directly with business leaders and executive leadership to develop and execute against strategic finance initiatives and key investment decisions.
• Drive forecast updates, quarterly business reviews with sophisticated analysis of business performance.
• Drive long-term planning (inclusive of capital allocation and capex planning) for emerging businesses.

ROI Optimization

• Build and maintain advanced ROI frameworks across the business, inclusive of ROIC and Free Cash Flow.
• Develop sophisticated attribution models and incrementality testing frameworks to optimize product investments.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency, profitability, and growth through deep-dive analysis and competitive benchmarking.
• Design and implement automated financial models and dashboards that provide real-time visibility into key business drivers and performance indicators.
• Drive scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support strategic decisions around new businesses and investments, product launches, and capital allocation.
• Manage the quarterly performance of the business.

Team Leadership & Process Excellence

• Build, manage, and develop a high-performing FP&A team with expertise in marketplace dynamics and consumer tech metrics
• Establish best-in-class financial processes, including data collection and analysis.
• Foster a culture of analytical rigor and business partnership across the finance organization

Experience:

• Tech industry expertise, combined with an experience in new ventures and hardware/infrastructure investments is a plus.
• 12+ years of FP&A experience with at least 8+ years in technology companies, preferably in marketplace, platform, online advertising or network effect businesses.
• Deep experience building and implementing ROI frameworks for customer acquisition, product development, expansion into new businesses, and support to business development teams.
• Extensive track record of building and leading high-performing FP&A teams in fast-growth environments.
• Strong executive presence with experience presenting to boards, investors, and C-suite leadership.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with ability to translate complex financial concepts for diverse audiences.

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 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