Job Opportunities at Uber

Job description

Do you want to be part of a team that's revolutionizing transportation and logistics through technology? Do you have the business savvy and deal-making experience across Sub-Saharan Africa to help further establish Uber as the leading consumer brand for luxury, convenience and style across the region?

As Senior Associate, you'll have the opportunity to join an ultra-high growth Silicon Valley startup and shape and deliver on a strategy to build mind share and broad usage of the Uber mobile app among hundreds of millions of consumers in the region.

Your responsibilities will include defining key market segments to target, and driving the necessary business relationships with Sub-Saharan Africa partners to: (1) accelerate growth in Uber riders; (2) increase the supply of transport available on the Uber platform; and (3) establish partnerships that increase Uber’s profitability.

The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to think strategically and analytically about business and product opportunities, and a demonstrated track record of initiating and driving high-value partnerships with the largest and most important companies across the region, within the Internet and mobile spaces. A keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness is a must. The candidate is comfortable as an individual contributor / deal lead.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Uber Business Development team in helping to drive overall market strategy
• Work closely with the SSA Head of BD and regional leadership to continuously refine and deliver on the region’s partnership roadmap
• Pursue, win, and execute on top partnership opportunities in the SSA region while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g. product, engineering, operations, legal, etc.).
• Identify specific prospects/partners to approach and effectively communicate the specific value proposition for the partner’s business and use case.
• Prepare and give business reviews to Uber senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to increasing adoption of Uber by riders and transport partners.
• Handle a high volume of engagements and the fast pace of our company.

Requirements

• 5+ years of business development experience in the SSA.
• Experience with establishing, maintaining and leveraging effective and fruitful relationships at partner companies.
• Ability to fuse business, strategy, finance and legal concepts to lead complex, multi-faceted deals.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Fluent English is a must.
• A wealth of senior relationships with business leaders across the SSA’s leading companies.

Preferred

• MBA from top university highly desired
• Prior experience working for a technology company
• Experience with corporate development activities

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Job description

Uber is a venture-funded startup headquartered in San Francisco. We are a global mobility and logistics technology platform: our flagship service allows users to request quality, on-demand rides with a touch of their smartphone and we are rapidly developing new products. We are present in over 480+ cities worldwide, including over 50+ cities in EMEA with plans to rapidly expand in the region. We have already found strong product market fit with a world changing service, but we’re only just getting started.

Our Operations teams are the heart and soul of Uber. These are the teams that take our global product and localize it to an assigned market. The UberEATS Operations Coordinator role is a unique opportunity to help expand one of Uber’s newest services, UberEATS. This is a critical role as it interfaces between EATS courier partners and EATS restaurant partners to optimize the food delivery process. This operations-driven role calls for a rare combination of creative problem solving, detail orientation, and interpersonal ability to run partnerships.

What You’ll Do

• Own Operations In Your City: Delivering an amazing service to our users
• Manage a local team: We have local teams on the ground and we need optimistic leaders to develop these teams while shaping the organisation.
• Develop & Optimize Processes: Uber is a company that moves fast and does things at large scale. You will help design processes; whether it be prospecting, onboarding, account management, training, etc. to fuel growth and drive efficiency.
• Courier Partner Relations: Grow number of partners on the platform, manage partner development, monitor metrics, and ensure high-quality experiences on the UberEATS system to provide the most reliable food delivery service in town.
• Strategy: Decide which projects the team should prioritize, and set an ambitious timeline to reach those goals.
• Product Improvement: Actively search for new features which could improve our courier partners’ experience on UberEATS.
• Hustle: Take ownership of UberEATS growth in your city, and do whatever it takes to get the job done.

WHO ARE YOU?

• 1-2 years of analytical, operational and/or consulting experience.
• Ability to take initiative in a constantly-changing work environment.
• A willingness to be “in the trenches” working with our courier and restaurant partners.
• Creative solutions driven mindset, with a get things done attitude.
• Experience creating and optimizing processes.
• Data driven decision making mentality and sound business judgment through strong analytical thinking
• Fluency in Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and/or other African language(s)

PERKS

• Uber credits every month for taking trips.
• Ground floor opportunity with the team: shape the strategic direction of the company.
• The rare opportunity to build a startup within a startup. We’re not just another social web app, we’re moving assets and reinventing transportation and logistics globally.
• Sharp, motivated co-workers in a fun and relaxed office environment.
• We have access to an amazing list of advisors and investors that we actively engage.
• Monthly gym reimbursement.

Compensation

• Full-time salary negotiable based on experience
• Equity compensation plan