lyft
Director, Business Planning & Central Operations
At a Glance
- Location
- New York, United States
- Employment
- employment_required
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Compensation
- in the New York metro area is $192,000- $240,000. In addition to the base pay,
- Posted
- 2026-07-14T19:07:22-04:00
Key Requirements
Domain Knowledge
- Banking
- Finance
Benefits & Perks
edical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs availa
Requirements
10+ years in business strategy, operations, consulting, or investment banking, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role owning complex operational or strategic functions.
Strong financial and analytical foundation — comfortable building capacity models, stress-testing business cases, and translating the output into a crisp leadership narrative.
Experience leading or supporting large-scale growth initiatives, integrations, or partnerships, ideally in a marketplace or platform business.
AI fluency — you understand how AI is reshaping operations and can lead through that transformation with confidence.
Exceptional cross-functional partner — you build trust with Finance, Product, Tech, and Operations and can drive alignment across a matrixed organization.
Clear, direct, and decisive — you make decisions with the information available, communicate them crisply, and adapt when new data arrives.
Compensation & 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
Responsibilities
Business Planning & Strategy
Partner with the Senior Director to drive H1 and H2 planning — translating annual objectives into operational plans, investment decisions, and resource models.
Lead the investment brief process: sizing opportunities, articulating trade-offs, and building the business cases that secure resourcing for strategic priorities.
Drive capacity planning, scenario modeling, and long-range forecasting to ensure the internal and external workforce scales efficiently alongside platform growth and AI adoption.
Define and operationalize OKRs across the portfolio, then build the rhythms and infrastructure — scorecards, business reviews, and performance dashboards — that hold teams accountable and give leadership clear visibility into progress and outcomes.
Growth & Integrations