General Manager - Paratransit

WeDriveU

$80K — $95K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in transportation demand management, customer service, or hospitality
  • Strong project management experience in cross-functional teams
  • Proven ability to achieve performance metrics
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong organizational and multitasking capabilities
  • Proficient with technology platforms and Microsoft Office Suite
  • 3+ years managing ADA paratransit services with labor group experience
  • 5+ years in ADA paratransit scheduling and dispatch, including Trapeze software

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients
  • Manage logistics for route planning and staffing to meet service agreements
  • Oversee monthly invoicing and financial reporting for clients
  • Communicate with riders and maintain up-to-date information on transportation websites
  • Use technology to monitor shuttle services and provide data-driven insights
  • Foster collaboration between teams using project management skills
  • Conduct surveys to enhance rider satisfaction

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Competitive compensation and bonus eligibility
  • 401(k) with 4% employer match
  • Financial wellness tools and commuter benefits
  • Employee assistance program and unlimited PTO
  • Paid holidays and pet/legal insurance
  • Opportunities for on-the-job training and internal transfers
Full Job Description
Job Description:

The General Manager will report to the VP of Operations and is responsible for managing and developing team members and formulating and executing account strategy. Additionally, this role will require a thoughtful leader and confident decision maker with the ability to measure and monitor performance, culture, and will be joining a program recognized as one of the Best Workplace for Commuters.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Act as the client's main point of contact and an extension of the client's internal teams
  • Manage logistics of route planning, staffing, and client engagement to ensure service level agreements are met.
  • Oversee monthly client invoicing process.
  • Provide clients with monthly financial forecasts and detailed reports explaining variances to actual billing.
  • Manage rider communications through email and other media, and work with client's internal team to keep the internal rider facing transportation information website up to date.
  • Utilize technology platforms to monitor and optimize shuttle service and provide client data driven recommendations to support efforts.
  • Use Project Management skills to foster successful collaboration between teams and meet deadlines.
  • Create and administer surveys to gather data to help improve rider satisfaction.
  • Maintain a close collaborative relationship with local operations team to ensure driver and fleet standards are being met.
  • Collaborate with customer success, marketing, and Global Operations Control to support overall program goals.
  • Weekly and monthly reporting to the client on service updates and performance
  • Meet with the client's transportation team weekly to collaborate on ongoing initiatives.
  • Monitor and interpret transportation metrics dashboards to provide thoughtful reporting and analysis as needed that drive program decision making.
  • Additional duties and responsibilities may apply.


Skills Required and Physical Demands:

  • 5 years of relevant experience in transportation demand management, customer service, or hospitality
  • Experience with Project Management in cross functional environments
  • Ability to set goals and a proven ability to achieve job performance metrics
  • Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Excellent organization and time management/multi-tasking skills (comfortable in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment, operating at both strategic and tactical levels)
  • Ability to master and effectively use various technology platforms
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau, and Forms for Survey Generation
  • Passion for alternative modes of transportation is a plus!


Education and Qualifications:

Hard Requirements:

  • ADA Paratransit Experience: Minimum of three (3) years of experience serving as a senior manager of an ADA paratransit service comparable in size and complexity to the Fresno Handy Ride service, including experience working with organized labor groups.
  • Scheduling and Dispatch: Minimum of five (5) years of experience in ADA paratransit scheduling and dispatch operations, including experience using Trapeze Passenger Scheduling software or an equivalent scheduling platform.
  • ADA Compliance Knowledge: Strong knowledge of ADA requirements and demonstrated understanding of ADA compliance practices, including experience with compliance approaches used by other public transportation agencies.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred in Marketing, Communications, Business, Transportation, Public Administration, or another related field.


  • We Offer

    Physical Health

    • Exceptional Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits

    Financial Health

    • Competitive compensation packages (bonus eligible)
    • 401(k) with 4% employer match
    • Financial Wellness Tool
    • Commuter Benefits

    Emotional Health

    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Unlimited PTO
    • Paid holidays
    • Pet & Legal Insurance

    Personal Development

    • On-the-job training and skills development
    • Internal transfer opportunities for career growth

    *Benefits vary by position and location

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