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.
Flexdrive, Lyft's wholly-owned fleet management subsidiary, is undergoing a transformational shift from traditional rideshare fleet operations to autonomous vehicle fleet ownership and operations. We are seeking an AV Program Manager to help drive the cross-functional operating plan that will prepare Flexdrive to receive, staff, and operate AV fleets at scale domestically and abroad.
This role supports the operational backbone of Flexdrive's AV readiness initiative.
What you'd do
- Maintain the program timeline for Flexdrive AV Operating Readiness, tracking deliverables and dependencies across workstreams: Strategic Planning, Infrastructure, Analytics, People, Fleet Operations, Treasury, Finance, and Legal.
- Maintain the program's RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), surfacing cross-functional blockers with clear context for escalation.
- Support weekly leadership syncs and monthly deep-dive reviews, including preparation, presentation and follow-through.
- Translate upstream decisions (partner agreements, market selections, ) into operational requirements, updating the readiness roadmap accordingly.
- Serve as a connection point between workstream leads, helping ensure infrastructure timelines align with hiring plans, capital deployment schedules match construction milestones, and fleet operations readiness tracks to vehicle delivery dates.
- Act as the central hub across cross-functional internal teams supporting the program; drive alignment on priorities and decisions, escalate issues with the right context, and be accountable for resolution
- Coordinate with People and Operations to help sequence hiring, training, and certification programs ahead of vehicle arrivals.
- Work with FP&A and Treasury to track investment spend against the capital deployment schedule and flag variance early.
- Build and deliver clear status reporting to program leadership and workstream stakeholders.
- Ensure cross-functional stakeholders stay aligned on expectations, deliverables, and timelines throughout the program.
What you get
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Subsidized commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership