Sr Product Manager, Road Safety

Uber Technologies Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity awards

401(k) plan

Job summary

Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced Product Manager for the Safety team. You will drive the safety experiences roadmap, partnering with data science, UX, and operations to build tools, contextual experiences, and policies that engender trust across riders, drivers, and couriers globally.

You'll lead cross-functional projects, define roadmaps, and push bold innovations in a fast-paced, hybrid environment. Strong technical depth and user-centric design are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Product Manager with a track record of shipping large-scale projects.
• Experience in data-driven optimization and complex algorithms.
• Ability to convert ambiguous problems into focused plans for multi-team delivery.
• Strong technical depth to coordinate large engineering efforts and manage risks.
• Experience defining OKRs and roadmaps for complex programs.
• Proven leadership in experimental teams and data-driven prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Build models, tools, backend solutions and user-facing products that enhance safety for all users.
• Understand Uber's mission and how Safety team's objectives fit into company strategy.
• Collect data and feedback to inform product direction and strategic decisions.
• Identify opportunities for new products leveraging Uber's scale and safety infrastructure.
• Communicate plans, insights, and results to executives and cross-functional partners.
• Partner with Data Science, UX Research, Operations to gather insights and evangelize proposed solutions.
• Distill vision and generate enthusiasm across cross-functional teams.

Job description

About the Role and Team

At Uber, we're making cities safer, smarter, and more connected. And we're doing it at a global scale - energizing local economies and bringing opportunity to millions of people around the world. Uber's positive impact is tangible in the communities we operate in, and that drives us to keep moving forward.

As a PM in Uber's Safety team, you will drive innovation in one of the most important aspects of transportation, launching products that will create massive impact for millions of drivers and riders. If you're ready to go deep working on a rewarding set of challenges and if you've got the skills, experience, drive, and a strong team mentality - get in touch!

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Product Manager with technical depth, product intuition and entrepreneurial spirit to drive the safety experiences roadmap. The role demands principled thinking, a stubborn refusal to settle, bold innovation, and a mentality that always starts with the user. You will work with star engineers and product designers in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, hybrid technology + operations environment to build tools, contextual experiences and implement policies to engender trust among our users and promote safety globally. You should be comfortable in uncharted territory as we build unique safety technologies for eaters, riders, drivers, couriers and every user who touches the Uber community. We need your skills and enthusiasm to make it happen.

What you’ll do

• Build models, tools, backend solutions and user-facing products that enhance safety for all of our users
• Internalize and deeply understand Uber’s mission and strategies, as well as how the Uber Safety team's mission and objectives factor into the company strategy
• Be incredibly truth-seeking. Collect whatever data is necessary to inform product direction by soliciting and embracing critical feedback
• Identify opportunities for new products that leverage Uber's global scale and build upon its safety infrastructure to provide unique and lasting customer value. You will work with our regional teams to understand issues on the ground and make those solutions a part of your roadmap.
• Clearly communicate plans, insights, data and results to a spectrum of audiences including executives, other product teams, and other decision-makers across Uber
• Partner with Data Science, User Experience Research, Operations and Support teams to seek insights on user problems and evangelize those problems, along with your proposed solutions, across Uber
• Distill the vision and strategy, and generate enthusiasm across the cross-functional team through creative problem solving and ruthless prioritization

Basic Qualifications

• 6 + years of experience as a Product Manager, with a proven track record of shipping large-scale projects each quarter that yield quantifiable impact.
• Proven track record in developing products leveraging complex algorithms or data-driven optimization.
• Proven ability to convert unstructured problems with significant ambiguity into clarifying, focused plans for multi-team projects.
• Strong technical depth: Able to coordinate large engineering efforts, identify potential technical risks, and act as an effective partner for engineering managers across teams.
• Experience defining OKRs and roadmaps for complex programs/platforms, ensuring teams operate with minimal noise and a rapid clip of high-quality delivery.
• Demonstrated leadership in overseeing deeply experimental teams, partnering with data science managers to drive strong experimentation and data-driven prioritization.
• Proficient in UX/UI paradigms: Ability to own the design process for complex products, providing deep context to designers while driving fast iteration cycles for new concepts.
• Experience representing significant areas of work to executives to gather feedback, generate alignment, and garner support.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical/quantitative field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain expertise in Financial Services, Autonomous Vehicles, or high-scale Marketplace mechanics.
• Passionate about shipping "magical," defect-free products, overseeing quality monitoring, alerting, and retrospective processes.
• Proven recruiter and mentor: Ability to successfully hire for the team and serve as a coveted member of all product interview loops.
• Strategic 0-to-1 experience: Generating innovative ideas for new product areas and incorporating customer feedback into long-term visions.
• Global experience: Building and launching products that bridge digital and physical worlds across diverse regional contexts.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For all US locations, 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.

Ready to Ride?

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.