We are looking for a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager who brings exceptional technical and analytical skills to drive execution across high-impact product initiatives. Come be part of a team at Lyft focused on enabling and empowering engineering teams to deliver at scale.

Technical Program Managers at Lyft drive cross-functional initiatives, leveraging strong leadership, planning, communication, and collaboration skills. Our TPMs are technically strong with deep product and software engineering experience. They are problem solvers who make things happen by setting clear goals and inspiring teams to deliver. TPMs at Lyft are both strategic and tactical, doing what it takes to successfully deliver top-priority programs that have a material impact on the business.

This role will support product-facing teams within Rideshare, focusing initially on the Partnerships, Loyalty and Payments organization, where you will be responsible for helping them to create a singular loyalty offering that is accessible, emotional, rewarding, and which makes it simple to choose Lyft. You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, design, analytics, and operations to drive iterative delivery that delights our riders and drivers.
Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional product initiatives from ideation through planning, execution, launch, and post-launch - ensuring alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes at every phase.
• Provide hands-on support across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including project planning, resource allocation, progress tracking, risk mitigation, KPI ownership and measurement, and leadership communications.
• Partner with engineering, product, data science, design, operations, and other business functions to build highly collaborative teams and maintain clear communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Drive loyalty and retention product programs, working closely with product and engineering to define success metrics, prioritize roadmap investments, and accelerate delivery of features that deepen customer engagement and lifetime value.
• Lead regulatory and compliance-driven product initiatives, navigating ambiguity and coordinating across legal, policy, product, and engineering stakeholders.

Experience

• 5-10+ years of experience in a customer-facing product environment, leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex product and platform initiatives iteratively, with multiple dependencies and constraints, in a highly dynamic and agile environment.
• Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of extreme ambiguity, with only high-level direction.
• Experience as an embedded TPM partnering within product engineering teams, with the flexibility to shift into generalist capacity supporting multiple teams concurrently.
• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, and program plans with a thorough understanding of dependency management.
• Able to communicate highly technical problems and solutions at all levels - from individual contributors to C-level executives.
• Experience compiling and presenting business and technology options, backed by data and experimentation, to decision makers.
• Nice to Have: Experience with loyalty programs, partnerships, pricing models and other key strategic elements that drive product stickiness.

Benefits:

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
• RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including 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 Toronto area is CAD $216,000 - $270,000, 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.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.