About the Role

We are looking for a Strategy & Planning Lead to oversee strategic initiatives, marketing & business planning and operations across our Global marketing organization! While this role will report to the Head of Strategy & Planning, Global Marketing, it will work in close partnership with senior team members across marketing, at times serving as project leader and strategic advisor to Uber’s marketing leadership team. It is a role that requires a combination of critical thinking, deep strategic expertise, curiosity, and grit with excellent judgment, exceptional range, and discretion.

The ideal candidate is highly self-directed and has strong experience in marketing and business strategy, strategic and operational planning, benchmarking and measuring performance against objectives, as well as driving executive-level communications and stakeholder management. They will be comfortable managing processes and working cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Operations, Data Science, Finance, and more to solve Uber’s toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and develop actionable recommendations to drive greater impact and operational rigor across Marketing.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze key business questions across Mobility and Delivery with frameworks, customer insights, and data to craft concrete recommendations and unlock growth opportunities
• Build and lead all aspects of processes for cyclical business and investment planning, defining marketing priorities and roadmaps, facilitating global OKR setting as well as prioritization and resource allocation
• Synthesize large sets of data and insights to develop global perspectives on key business priorities and inform marketing strategy
• Develop executive-level content for global marketing reviews and other communications
• Proactively identify and lead critical initiatives to advance the impact of Uber’s marketing efforts and optimize day-to-day operations
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives working closely with operations, regional & central marketing, performance marketing, data science, and finance teams
• Be a thought partner to marketing leadership to support the growth of Uber
• Gain leadership alignment on recommendations and influence decisions to drive implementation

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in corporate strategy or management consulting, ideally at Engagement Management level
• Experience supporting a marketing organization
• Advanced SQL/Google Sheets proficiency
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA degree or equivalent
• Ability to analyze large amounts of data, synthesize sophisticated ideas, and extract the relevant information
• Strong communication skills (written & verbal) with the ability to craft compelling arguments and develop strategic narratives for executive audiences
• Biased toward action and expert simplifier, always pushing towards transparency and delivery.
• Can collaborate with leaders and team members at all levels in a global, matrixed organization.
• Highly-proactive, organized, self-starter capable of effectively leading several projects at the same time
• Never hesitates to dive right in and address something hands-on, persevering and finding solutions.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$152,000 per year - USD$169,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber’s bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.