About this role
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
We are building out Finance business operations to drive disciplined execution of both organic and inorganic initiatives, including M&A integration, strategic programs (AVs, Luxury), and other new product initiatives (NPIs). This is a strategy-to-execution role that requires strong judgment, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to drive outcomes in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
We are seeking a high-impact Finance BizOps leader to sit at the center of this effort, owning finance integration execution (in partnership with Lyft’s Corp Dev IMO), NPI financial readiness, and the intake/governance layer that connects Finance to the company’s most strategic initiatives. This role is the operating backbone for Finance – ensuring acquisitions integrate seamlessly, new products launch cleanly, and Finance work is prioritized with rigor and transparency.
As the company scales, the volume and complexity of strategic initiatives—M&A, new products, and cross-functional programs—continues to increase.
This role establishes a centralized operating model that ensures:
• Strategic initiatives are executed with discipline and completeness
• Finance is embedded early and effectively ensuring strong planning to execution across multiple teams to deliver strong customer and business results
• The organization scales without accumulating operational debt or technical debt
Responsibilities:
• Strategic program Readiness
• Act as the central Finance lead for new product initiatives and large strategic programs
• Build strong working relationships with key product and business leaders and stay “in the know” on planned launches
• Partner with Finance SMEs, Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to ensure:
• Financial workflows and requirements are defined
• Systems, processes, and finance stakeholders are ready for launch
• Risks and tradeoffs are surfaced early
• Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear Finance implications and execution plans
• Track implementation and establish Finance governance to enable global launch and scalability
• Drive alignment and decision-making across stakeholders
• Help ensure launches do not create downstream operational or technical debt
• Finance M&A Integration
• Support end-to-end Finance integration across global acquisitions, from Finance integration strategy during diligence to post-close integration
• Partner with Corp Dev IMO, Product and Finance leadership to:
• Understand product integration plans and identify impacts on Finance processes, systems, and org
• Define Finance integration strategy and scope
• Build integrated finance roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path
• Stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks
• Prepare and lead