I&D Program Manager

At Lyft, community is what we are and it’s what we do. It’s what makes us different. To create the best ride for all, we start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for what they bring.

We are looking for an accomplished and thoughtful Program Manager with excellent organizational, project management skills who can work with individual contributors, senior leaders, and external partners to join the Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) Center of Excellence.   You will report into the Head of Inclusion and Diversity to support the day to day operations of this growing team.

As a Program Manager, you will lead strategic projects, initiatives, create new processes, tools, templates to improve and scale communication channels, facilitate information sharing within the team and with cross-functional partners including Sourcing, Recruiting, People Business Partners (PBPs), Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) etc.

• Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives
• Develop program assessment protocols for evaluation and improvement 
• Create a process to inventory incoming tasks, requests, project management requests.
• Create communication processes for various stakeholders. (I&D team-members, leaders, internal/external partners).
• Coordinate and align projects in partnership with the Head of I&D to ensure projects, goals, and deliverables are on track and completed.
• Develop/manage budget for projects to ensure delivery against established I&D goals/objectives
• Partner with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple project
• Create internal-department and team calendar aligned to project and quarterly goals
• Partner with ERG Specialist to build and scale ERG operation tools, templates, and processes.  
• Establish a scalable content management process for the I&D Team

• 5+ years of experience guiding strategy and execution in a program/project management role
• Experience partnering with internal and external stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• Success building and implementing programs and processes, and operational plans
• Experience working with and influencing executives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Project Management Professional certification preferred 

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Monthly commuter subsidy to cover your transit to work
• 20% off all Lyft rides

Lyft is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Lyft does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Lyft will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.