Lyft

Group Product Manager, Verticals

Lyft$176K — $220K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in product management or related fields, especially in consumer mobile apps or marketplace products
  • 2+ years managing product managers
  • Experience collaborating with data science and operations teams on complex products
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and complexity in projects
  • Strong analytical skills to define and assess product metrics
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of product managers to achieve their goals
  • Establish a compelling vision for the Verticals team that aligns with Lyft's strategic goals
  • Analyze data and market research to set team goals and success metrics
  • Own end-to-end product management from ideation to maintenance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive project alignment and vision
  • Communicate product roadmaps and updates effectively to various stakeholders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health support
  • Family building assistance
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Discretionary paid time off for salaried employees
  • 18 weeks paid parental leave for all types of parents
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
Full Job Description
Lyft's Verticals team owns three of the most strategically important and operationally complex marketplaces in our business: airports, scheduled rides, and events. These moments matter most. Airports are a defining touchpoint in the Lyft experience-high-stakes, high-complexity, and critical to both rider trust and driver earnings. Scheduled rides give riders confidence and control while providing drivers with greater predictability. Events-from packed stadium concerts to sold-out games-require precision logistics and seamless coordination at scale. Together, these verticals represent some of the highest-intent, highest-value use cases on the Lyft platform.

As Group Product Manager for Verticals, you will define how millions of people plan, book, and experience their journeys across these critical moments. You'll lead a high-performing team of PMs to build seamless booking flows, deeply personalized experiences, and robust integrations with travel and event partners-owning the end-to-end product across all three verticals. You'll take on some of the most complex challenges in rideshare: optimizing rider-driver matching in dynamic, high-variability environments; advancing demand forecasting; improving real-time driver guidance; and designing targeted incentives that drive growth. Working closely with Product Design, Data Science, Engineering, and Business teams, you'll bring strong customer empathy, sharp product judgment, and a relentless ownership mindset. This is a highly visible role with outsized impact on Lyft's core business, requiring you to balance the needs of riders and drivers in fast-moving, operationally intensive environments.
Responsibilities:
  • Manage and grow a team of product managers, providing development, mentorship, and coaching to help them achieve their goals and Lyft's goals
  • Set an ambitious vision for the Verticals team that motivates your team, peers, and leadership - and that accounts for the distinct dynamics of airports, scheduled rides, and events
  • Understand Lyft's strategic and competitive position. Set your team's goals and success metrics that align with Lyft's mission and drive maximum impact based on data analysis, market research, and usability studies
  • Completely own your team's products - existing and new - from ideation through development, experimentation, launch, growth, and maintenance, caring deeply about both rider and driver experiences
  • Lead and align cross-functional partners including engineers, designers, data scientists, analysts, marketers, business partners, and operations to drive a shared vision
  • Communicate clear roadmaps, priorities, experiments, and decisions across a wide spectrum of audiences from partner teams to executive leadership
Experience:
  • 6+ years of experience in product management, product design, or equivalent consulting experience with significant time spent leading consumer mobile apps or marketplace products
  • 2+ years of experience managing product managers
  • Experience working with or alongside data science and operations teams on complex, products; familiarity with experimentation, marketplace dynamics, or logistics is a plus
  • Passion for Lyft and what we are trying to achieve in sustainable urban transportation
  • Natural ability to make things happen around you - you manage project ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies in an organized and structured way
  • Strong ability to define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products and the health of the business
  • Excellent judgment and thoughtfulness about the dynamics of a product ecosystem
  • Strong communication skills and intuition for communication strategy at every level - within teams, with partner teams, and to executive leadership
  • Ability to conceptualize, manage, and prioritize multiple projects for stakeholders
  • Detail oriented with superior organizational skills - balancing multiple projects, deadlines, and requests should be second nature to you
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 with company match 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
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francsico area is $176,000-$220,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company that was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates a mobile app that allows users to request rides from nearby drivers. Lyft provides ride-hailing services in the United States and Canada, and it has expanded into other transportation services, such as bike-sharing and scooter-sharing. The company is known for its pink mustache logo, which was replaced by a glowing dashboard mustache in 2015. Lyft went public in March 2019.
Learn more about Lyft
Size
4,453 employees
Market Cap
$3.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+56.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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