Strategy & Operations Associate Principal, City Performance

Via•New York, NY

About The Position

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals. As a Strategy & Operations Associate Principal you will join our City Performance team and lead a diverse array of projects directly impacting Via’s operations. You will set strategy, lead end-to-end projects and own outcomes in areas including financial and operational analyses, process improvement, new product development and launch, and more. As a key member of the team you will regularly collaborate with external partners and internally with financial analysts, product experts, engineers, and data scientists to achieve core strategic goals across the organization. We are a low-ego, high-impact team who enjoy finding creative solutions to complex problems.

Requirements

Minimum of 3-5 years of work experience, likely at a high-growth startup, established tech company, consulting, or financial firm
Hold a Bachelor’s Degree with a record of academic and professional achievement
Highly analytical and a good communicator. You can not only knock out a complex analysis, but can quickly distill key insights for various groups.
Able to own large, complex, cross-functional projects end-to-end and drive to results
Collaborative and able to generate buy-in to get things done within a multi-team, multi-geography organization
Comfortable with analytical tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, SQL, Python) and a willingness to further develop this skill set
Skilled in marking arguments supported by data

Responsibilities

Analyze Via data to inform operational strategies and report on operational performance
Build dashboards, reports, and tools to generate operational insights, share key information, and automate repeated processes
Contribute to product development, both internal and consumer-facing, to optimize performance and efficiency
Collaborate cross-functionally with executive leaders and stakeholders from across the organization including Product, Partner Success, Sales, Business Development, Expansion, Operations and Growth teams
Ideate, pitch, and execute proposals to maximize the efficiency and performance of Via’s products and services
Together with our product managers and engineers, own new product feature roll-outs and analysis
Galvanize other teams (Partner Operations teams and general managers, finance, data science, product, senior management) to achieve long-term goals, unlock new value, and set Via up for scale
Develop new and work with existing external partnerships to achieve Via’s growth and operational objectives