Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Rider Loyalty

Lyft; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental coverage

Life insurance and disability benefits

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care benefits

Lyft Health Care Savings Account

RRSP plan with company match

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft ride credits

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to drive cross‑functional product initiatives across Rideshare, focusing on Partnerships, Loyalty, and Payments. You’ll enable engineering teams to deliver at scale, overseeing ideation through post‑launch with measurable outcomes and strong governance.

You will partner with product, data science, design, analytics, and operations to create a cohesive loyalty offering that improves engagement and lifetime value, while navigating regulatory

Qualifications

• 5‑10+ years of experience in a customer‑facing product environment, leading cross‑functional teams to deliver complex product and platform initiatives iteratively, with multiple dependencies and constraints, in a highly dynamic and agile environment.
• Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of extreme ambiguity, with only high‑level direction.
• Experience as an embedded TPM partnering within product engineering teams, with the flexibility to shift into generalist capacity supporting multiple teams concurrently.
• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, and program plans with a thorough understanding of dependency management.
• Able to communicate highly technical problems and solutions at all levels – from individual contributors to C‑level executives.
• Experience compiling and presenting business and technology options, backed by data and experimentation, to decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional product initiatives from ideation through planning, execution, launch, and post‑launch - ensuring alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes at every phase.
• Provide hands‑on support across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including project planning, resource allocation, progress tracking, risk mitigation, KPI ownership and measurement, and leadership communications.
• Partner with engineering, product, data science, design, operations, and other business functions to build highly collaborative teams and maintain clear communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Drive loyalty and retention product programs, working closely with product and engineering to define success metrics, prioritize roadmap investments, and accelerate delivery of features that deepen customer engagement and lifetime value.
• Lead regulatory and compliance‑driven product initiatives, navigating ambiguity and coordinating across legal, policy, product, and engineering stakeholders.

Job description

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.

Lyft connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities. We are looking for a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager who brings exceptional technical and analytical skills to drive execution across high‑impact product initiatives. Come be part of a team at Lyft focused on enabling and empowering engineering teams to deliver at scale.

Technical Program Managers at Lyft drive cross‑functional initiatives, leveraging strong leadership, planning, communication, and collaboration skills. Our TPMs are technically strong with deep product and software engineering experience. They are problem solvers who make things happen by setting clear goals and inspiring teams to deliver. TPMs at Lyft are both strategic and tactical, doing what it takes to successfully deliver top‑priority programs that have a material impact on the business.

This role will support product‑facing teams within Rideshare, focusing initially on the Partnerships, Loyalty and Payments organization, where you will be responsible for helping them to create a singular loyalty offering that is accessible, emotional, rewarding, and which makes it simple to choose Lyft. You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, design, analytics, and operations to drive iterative delivery that delights our riders and drivers.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional product initiatives from ideation through planning, execution, launch, and post‑launch - ensuring alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes at every phase.
• Provide hands‑on support across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including project planning, resource allocation, progress tracking, risk mitigation, KPI ownership and measurement, and leadership communications.
• Partner with engineering, product, data science, design, operations, and other business functions to build highly collaborative teams and maintain clear communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Drive loyalty and retention product programs, working closely with product and engineering to define success metrics, prioritize roadmap investments, and accelerate delivery of features that deepen customer engagement and lifetime value.
• Lead regulatory and compliance‑driven product initiatives, navigating ambiguity and coordinating across legal, policy, product, and engineering stakeholders.

Experience

• 5‑10+ years of experience in a customer‑facing product environment, leading cross‑functional teams to deliver complex product and platform initiatives iteratively, with multiple dependencies and constraints, in a highly dynamic and agile environment.
• Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of extreme ambiguity, with only high‑level direction.
• Experience as an embedded TPM partnering within product engineering teams, with the flexibility to shift into generalist capacity supporting multiple teams concurrently.
• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, and program plans with a thorough understanding of dependency management.
• Able to communicate highly technical problems and solutions at all levels – from individual contributors to C‑level executives.
• Experience compiling and presenting business and technology options, backed by data and experimentation, to decision makers.
• Nice to Have: Experience with loyalty programs, partnerships, pricing models and other key strategic elements that drive product stickiness.

Benefits

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
• RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top‑up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

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