About the role and team
Working at Uber means solving hard problems in a high-stakes, fast-moving environment. As a Strategy & Planning Manager, you will join the analytical engine that helps steer the business, working side-by-side with senior leaders to shape the future direction of our global operations. This role is about finding and pursuing the next big opportunities, ensuring we remain accountable for results, and uncovering data-driven insights that help leaders make better, more informed decisions.
You’ll need to take ownership, stay adaptable, and build with both urgency and care in a culture that empowers excellence. Our team runs high-priority strategy projects that require navigating a complex, matrixed organization to drive action and results. If you are energized by challenge and motivated by real-world impact—this is where you’ll grow.
What you’ll do
- Act as a truth-seeker by diving into complex performance data across our global portfolio to relentlessly identify the trends and drivers that solve for the next phase of innovation.
- Build and lead collaborative working models from the ground up, aligning Product, Ops, Engineering, and Legal to ship results in a high-complexity environment.
- Bridge the gap between data and action, turning messy datasets into clear, compelling narratives that drive decision-making for senior executive leadership.
- Own the evaluation of future growth bets, scoping new opportunities across verticals and industries through high-stakes quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Identify the "big rocks" in our operating models, driving strategic projects that relentlessly simplify the complex to achieve global impact.
- Step into the operational gaps and the "messy middle," unblocking local teams on critical initiatives with a bias for action and a steady hand in ambiguous environments.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in corporate strategy, consulting, investment banking, or analytical operations.
- 1+ year of people management or equivalent leadership experience.
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., Economics, Business, STEM).
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) in Economics, Business, Finance, or a related quantitative field.
- Exceptional technical skills, with proficiency in SQL and experience using data to drive business decisions.
- Proven experience in communicating with and presenting complex information to senior leaders.
- Demonstrated success in navigating ambiguity and prioritizing competing initiatives in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect data-driven insights to real-world business challenges and strategic opportunities.
- Experience leading large cross-functional projects and a track record of influencing without direct authority.
- High-growth operations or startup experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong business acumen, with experience evaluating a line of business holistically and understanding how to drive growth, both short and long-term.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with experience managing cross functional partnerships and relationships.
- Ability to set strategic vision, set initiatives and OKRs, build, develop, and lead a strong team.
For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $162,000 per year - USD $180,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.
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This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.
You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in corporate strategy, consulting, investment banking, or analytical operations
- At least 1 year of people management or equivalent leadership experience
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field, such as Economics, Business, or STEM
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or Master's in Economics, Business, Finance, or a related quantitative field
- Proficiency in SQL and experience using data to drive business decisions
- Experience communicating and presenting complex information to senior leaders
- Experience navigating ambiguity and prioritizing competing initiatives in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Strong business acumen connecting data-driven insights to business challenges and strategic opportunities
- Experience leading large cross-functional projects and influencing without direct authority
- High-growth operations or startup experience
- Experience evaluating a line of business holistically and understanding how to drive short- and long-term growth
- Excellent presentation and communication skills with experience managing cross-functional partnerships and relationships
- Ability to set strategic vision, establish initiatives and OKRs, and build, develop, and lead a strong team
Uber Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Uber and has not been reviewed or approved by Uber.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies provide a minimum of fully paid parental leave for all parents and financial support for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy, with added credits to ease the transition. Programs extend to family medical leave and parenting support resources, indicating depth beyond baseline offerings.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive across many countries, with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health benefits, plus allowances where direct plans are not available. Wellness programs and reimbursements further reinforce access to care.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Monthly ride and meal credits, free office meals/snacks, fitness stipends, onsite gyms, and wellbeing reimbursements create meaningful everyday value. Home‑office stipends, travel medical coverage, and counseling support round out lifestyle-oriented perks.
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What We Do
We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything. Movement is what we do. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real-time. At the incredible speed of now.
Why Work With Us
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.
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