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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 is seeking a seasoned People Business Partner with deep expertise in M&A to join our People Team. Reporting to the Senior Director of People Business Partners, this high impact Director role will be the strategic center of gravity for all People M&A work. Role & Responsibilities: Lead the People M&A Function: Serve as the senior People partner and decision-maker across the M&A lifecycle. Lead through influence across a matrixed environment, coordinating across a shared Project Manager, People Business Partners, and COE partners. Partner effectively with a dedicated Project Manager to delegate execution and workstream coordination, while maintaining clear ownership of People strategy, talent decisions, and integration outcomes. Define and drive People integration strategy as the dedicated advisor to the Integration Management Office (IMO). Flex into other high-priority areas of PBP or People Team initiatives as needed. Drive Due Diligence: Lead People due diligence efforts, assessing organizational culture, headcount structures, compensation and benefits gaps, employment contracts, and law exposure across geographies. Conduct or oversee talent assessment processes, evaluating leadership bench strength, key person dependencies, and retention risk. Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance to ascertain People risks, synthesize findings into clear deal recommendations, and inform decisions. Design & Execute Workforce Integration: Advise senior leadership on org design decisions arising from acquisitions, including role mapping, spans and layers, redundancy management, and leadership selection - connecting org decisions to Lyft's operating model and culture. Partner with People Business Partner and Peop

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 seeking an exceptional Director, Strategic Finance to join our leadership team, reporting to the Head of FP&A. This leader will serve as the senior finance partner across several of Lyft's critical business lines: Autonomous Vehicles, Luxury, and Growth Initiatives. This leader will be driving strategic financial decision-making through advanced analytics, consumer tech expertise, and proven ROI frameworks. This role demands a finance leader with deep consumer technology experience who can be a self-starter and translate complex business dynamics into actionable business insights and drive measurable performance. Responsibilities: Lead comprehensive financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the supported business leaders, including revenue and contracts optimization, complex modeling and scenario planning. Partner directly with business leaders and executive leadership to develop and execute against strategic finance initiatives and key investment decisions. Drive forecast updates, quarterly business reviews with sophisticated analysis of business performance. Drive long-term planning (inclusive of capital allocation and capex planning) for emerging businesses. Build and maintain advanced ROI frameworks across the business, inclusive of ROIC and Free Cash Flow. Proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency, profitability, and growth through deep-dive analysis and competitive benchmarking. Design and implement automated financial models and dashboards that provide real-time visibility into key business drivers and performance indicators. Drive scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support strategic decisions around new businesses and investments, product launches, and capital allocation. Manage the quarterly performance of the business. Build, manage, and develop

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 is hiring an experienced, talented and energetic M&A lawyer to join our expanding Legal team. You will lead a broad range of corporate and transactional matters and provide effective, business-focused legal advice to stakeholders throughout Lyft. Our legal work is cutting edge and always evolving. Reporting into the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate & Commercial, we are looking for an entrepreneurial, resourceful, and highly collaborative leader who can continuously assess and advise on legal issues using a creative and pragmatic approach. Responsibilities: Lead a wide range of corporate initiatives, including complex M&A and integrations, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, domestic and international corporate structuring, capital markets transactions, financing matters, subsidiary management and other strategic corporate projects. Manage and mentor a high-performing in-house team of M&A legal professionals, fostering a culture of growth and execution excellence. Partner closely with Lyft’s Corporate Development team and Treasury team as well as advise company leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. people, accounting, tax, treasury, operations, etc.) on novel corporate legal issues, opportunities and risks of corporate transactions. Draft and negotiate NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements. Shape, scale and improve our legal processes/playbooks that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively. Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis. Experience: 10+ years of experience practicing corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and strategic transactions; experience at a top-tier law firm and in-house experience at a public company are both required. Degree from top-tier law s

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 is in a defining moment — from turnaround to international growth, from traditional rideshare to the autonomous future. The Chief of Staff to the CEO sits at the center of that transformation, serving as a force multiplier for CEO David Risher and the senior leadership team. This is a rare opportunity for a builder, strategist, and trusted advisor who can operate at altitude while staying close to the detail. The Chief of Staff to the CEO is the CEO's most trusted operational and strategic partner. You will: Own the rhythms, narrative, strategy, and operations of the Executive Office, translating the CEO’s vision into organizational execution across Lyft. Work in lockstep with our Executive Business Partner to ensure the CEO and executive team operate at their highest and best use at all times. Lead the internal community of Chiefs of Staff that act as the operational backbone for the company This role demands exceptional range: you'll build organizational frameworks, draft corporate strategy, manage high-stakes communications, run executive meetings and offsites, hold confidential context with grace, and know when to drive decisions and when to get out of the way. You are here to make the organization smarter, faster, and more aligned. Responsibilities: Executive partnership & decision support Serve as a strategic thought partner and sounding board for the CEO on organizational strategy, business priorities, and leadership effectiveness Prepare the CEO for high-stakes meetings, board sessions, investor engagements, and external appearances — including briefing materials, talking points, and post-meeting follow-through, whether drafted by you or in partnership with cross-functional partners Identify decisions that need to be made, surface the right information at the right

About the Team The Merchant (Mx) AI/ML team is a cornerstone of DoorDash’s merchant organization. We empower our restaurant partners to thrive on DoorDash by building intelligent, scalable AI systems that simplify operations, elevate their digital presence, and enhance customer engagement. Our world-class machine learning engineers develop production-grade AI solutions that power the entire merchant lifecycle — from onboarding and store setup to menu management, growth, and real-time order operations. The team is deeply customer-obsessed and impact-driven, focused on turning cutting-edge research in LLMs, multimodal learning, generative AI, and agentic automation into products that make our merchants more successful every day. About the Role We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Mx AI/ML team, driving the design and deployment of next-generation AI product solutions that power our merchant experiences. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role — you’ll collaborate with product, design, operations, and data science teams to define the AI roadmap, guide technical direction, and deliver end-to-end AI/ML solutions at massive scale. You’ll lead a team of talented ML engineers who are building real AI products delivered to merchants’ fingertips, helping them become more successful on DoorDash. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Lead and grow a team of exceptional AI/ML engineers developing production-grade machine learning and generative AI solutions for the merchant ecosystem. Define a multi-year strategy and execute the AI roadmap across key Mx pillars — Onboarding, Menu Media Understanding & Generation, Menu Metadata Intelligence, and Agentic Task Automation. Partner with product and operations to translate merchant pain points into scalable AI-powered solutions. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of ML systems — from ideation and experimentation to productionization and continuous improvement. Drive innovation in multimodal AI

About the Team DoorDash is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Discovery Experience team, which owns the Homepage - DoorDash’s front door. It’s the first screen millions of consumers see every day, and since every session starts there, it’s the highest-leverage surface in the consumer funnel: a more personalized recommendation, a faster render, or a cleaner layout can move the metrics the whole company watches. The Homepage spans restaurants, grocery, and emerging verticals across iOS, Android, and Web. We’re rebuilding it around LLM-generated recommendations, shifting discovery from static, rules-based feeds to generative, intent-driven experiences that respond to real-time signals in the moment. About the Role You will lead and grow a team of product-focused full stack engineers, owning both the product and technical direction for the discovery surface - deciding where discovery goes next and how it’s built. You’ll set the roadmap and drive execution alongside Product, Design, Data Science, and ML/Recommendation Platform partners, and you’ll own the quality, velocity, and consumer impact your team ships. It’s a role with real ownership and the room to grow both the product and the team behind it. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Own the Homepage end to end, the highest-traffic surface at DoorDash and where every consumer session begins Turn Homepage bets into company-level outcomes: real lift in conversion and order rate for millions of consumers Define discovery quality for DoorDash: getting the right store, restaurant, or item in front of the right consumer at the right moment Ship LLM-gen recommendations and intent-aware discovery that route consumers to the right experience across food, grocery, retail, and emerging verticals Partner across Product, Design, Data Science, and ML/Recommendation Platform teams to shape the discovery roadmap and ship the experiences behind it Build an inclusive, high-performing team by coaching en

About the Team DoorDash for Business is how companies feed their people. We build the products that let a company run a recurring team lunch, give every employee a meal budget, cater an event or meeting and manage all of it through a single corporate account - across every brand and every market DoorDash operates in. About the Role We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team in DoorDash for Business. Our domain runs from the moment an order is placed to everything a company needs to administer it: high-complexity ordering for catering, recurring team meals, and group orders; the admin portal, identity, and member management that companies run their account on; budgets and policy enforcement; and the expense and travel integrations that connect us to our customers' finance systems. You'll own a pod of 8-10 engineers with a critical charter inside that domain, real revenue attached to it, and close partnership with Product, Design, and Sales Strategy & Operations. You must be located in the Seattle, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or New York Metro Area for this hybrid position. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Own a business-critical charter end to end - set technical direction, define the roadmap with your PM and Business counterparts, and be accountable for what ships and how well it runs. Build and grow a team - Hire, level up, and retain engineers; set the bar for what good looks like on your pod; give people work that stretches them. Work on a genuinely global product - Your charter serves the US alongside EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, with partner pods in India, Helsinki, and Brazil. You'll help decide what's built once globally versus what needs regional variation and build the partnerships across time zones to make that stick Take on real architectural weight - Consolidating onto one global stack means untangling parallel implementations, drawing clean service-ownership lines, and making migration calls with production tr

About the Team DoorDash's Protective Services function safeguards executives, their families, and residences through executive protection, residential security, threat management, and secure transportation across a three-brand global enterprise. The team operates 24/7 and is built on the principle that protection starts before an incident, not after. The people who do this work well combine operational discipline with personal composure, take ownership of outcomes rather than tasks, and represent the program in every interaction with the principal population. About the Role The Protective Services Agent provides close protection for DoorDash executives and their families across all operating environments, including corporate headquarters, domestic and international travel, company events, and residential settings. The role requires a trained executive protection professional who develops and implements security plans, conducts advances and risk assessments, coordinates with law enforcement and venue partners, and serves as the principal's primary security presence. Personnel must be capable of managing incidents and serving as first responders on scene. Operations regularly involve extended duty periods, irregular schedules, and short-notice deployments. Potential travel up to 25% of the time. You are excited about this opportunity because you will… Provide close protection across all principal environments. Serve as the primary security presence for executives and their families across headquarters, travel, events, and residential operations. Maintain continuous situational awareness, assess threats in real time, and execute protective protocols effectively and unobtrusively. Plan and execute security operations. Develop and implement comprehensive security plans for executive movements and events, incorporating site surveys, route planning, risk assessments, staffing requirements, screening procedures, and emergency response strategies. Conduct advances for all pr

Sigma is transforming how businesses run by delivering a high performance platform on the modern data architecture. As we grow the engineering team, we are looking for engineering leaders who want to build great products, devising product development, prioritization and execution strategy as well as developing a strong team providing career development, coaching, mentoring, performance evaluations, developing promotion cases, and other managerial responsibilities. About the role: We are looking for a self motivated, engineering leader eager to lead engineering teams with high performing engineers. You will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and support your teams to deliver incrementally against our roadmap. What you will be doing: Collaborate with cross-functional groups, executive team, field teams to devise business impact product strategy Enable the team to realize their potential and set them for achieving their career development goals Own execution and delivery of roadmaps, to help setup the business and your team for success Partner with the staffing team to recruit and build performing team Instill a strong sense of ownership and accountability within the team wherein members hold each other to a high bar Participate in discussions pertaining to the architecture and implementation techniques to represent, translate and optimize user directives into optimized queries You: Love working with world-class engineers, product managers, and architects to solve complex problems and enable business impact Have 5+ years of technical experience and 2+ years of people management experience Are opinionated and have great product sense make data driven decisions when unblocking the business Have hired, and developed high performing engineering teams Are curious, love to learn and to dig into new technologies to apply them when solving technical challenges Have demonstrated strong technical architecture and engineering skil

Scale’s Generative AI business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL), you will leading initiatives that will drive $XXM+ in new revenue for the business. This is a demanding role, and as an SPL, you should be prepared to wear many hats such as Operator, Product Manager and customer-facing Engagement Manager. The ideal SPL should have a strong entrepreneurial mindset, be comfortable getting into the weeds, and be excited about intense, impactful work that leads to an accelerated career progression. You will: Lead cross-functional projects with diverse stakeholders (Engineering + Ops + Go-to-Market) Partner with product and engineering teams to enhance products to fulfill needs of strategic customers and initiatives Own the execution of our data labeling operations for strategic projects Give regular progress updates to Scale’s executive team Work on some of the most impactful problems at the company Ideally, you’d have: Strong technical background (a degree in computer science is ideal, and at minimum the role requires the ability to do data analytics using SQL or Python). 2+ years of experience leading a team, developing product or operational processes, or as a SWE. Strong problem solving capabilities (experience working on operational challenges or as a consultant is a plus). Entrepreneurial experience and mindset - you are excited about building things from scratch Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted e

Scale's mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. We provide the high-quality data that powers the world's AI models, and we help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that create real impact. As Communications Manager, Corporate and Product, you will help shape how Scale shows up when it comes to our work building enterprise AI, spanning company narrative, product launches, partner communications, media presence, and executive visibility. This role is centered on translating complex enterprise AI deployments and partnerships into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with business and vertical industry audiences. A core focus of the role is pitching and positioning Scale's enterprise wins, product launches, and customer partnerships, including how organizations across industries are using Scale's Generative AI Platform to build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that create real impact. You will also work closely with communications counterparts at partner companies to align messaging and coordinate joint announcements. You will help tell the story of how Scale's enterprise business powers mission-critical AI programs for the world's most consequential organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to leaders across every major industry. In this role, you will partner closely with enterprise product leaders and go-to-market teams, as well as teams across communications, social, and marketing. You will play a key role in strengthening Scale's reputation with enterprise customers, industry analysts, and the broader technology ecosystem. This position reports directly to the Head of Corporate & Product Communications. You Will Support corporate and product communications initiatives with a strong emphasis on Scale's enterprise business, including customer and partnership announcements, product launches, executive visibility, and industry positioning. Help translate co

At Scale, we believe that AI will dramatically improve the world, and our mission is to accelerate the development of AI. We’re looking for a Field Marketing and Events leader to continue to build and manage Scale’s robust Gen AI and Research field marketing and events program, including but not limited to Scale hosted executive events, Scale hosted practitioner events and meetups, research conferences, and our annual flagship conference, AI Leadership Summit. You will join a rapidly growing team with the opportunity to manage and execute events from start to finish, drive lead generation and pipeline growth, and plan event programming with the largest names in AI. The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of technology, model builder, and research markets, strong project management skills, a strategic mindset, ability to manage and grow a team, and a passion for AI & technology. You will: Own annual planning for all Gen AI and Research events including strategy and budget Establish event activities in line with sales goals and deal acceleration, prioritizing goals from the go-to-market leadership and business development teams on event location and audience Manage team of field marketing and events managers who will execute on planning and logistics. This role should have a player-coach mentality and ability to also execute on nuts to bolts planning for all executive dinners, meetups, happy hours, sponsored trade shows, and hosted conferences Manage contractor relationships including event production firms and outside vendors, and event budgets Align with growth marketing on marketing campaigns and marketing qualified lead (MQL) reporting Track event campaign performance, measuring ROI, results, and metrics through Salesforce and own any course correction for events that are not performing Own all aspects of Scale hosted conference, Scale AI Base Camp, including venue selection, vendor management, logistics, speaker

About the Team The Global Safety and Security team advances DoorDash by protecting people, property, operations, brand, and reputation. Within that team, Protective Services safeguards executives and residences through executive protection, intelligence collection, threat monitoring, residential security, and secure transportation. We manage risk and deliver value through technology and a people-first approach, and we strive to always be ahead of the curve and there for our people, anytime, anywhere. About the Role We are hiring Protective Services Associates to join the Protective Services team, providing residential security coverage and on-site protective presence in support of executives. This is the entry point on our cross-trained career ladder. Associates build proficiency across residential security, monitoring and threat reporting, and close-protection fundamentals, with a structured path to Senior Associate and beyond as you grow. Responsibilities Residential Security Coverage: Provide dedicated, round-the-clock physical security presence at a residential property as part of a rotating shift team. Monitoring & Threat Reporting: Monitor camera systems and access points, document and report security-relevant activity, and hand off findings to the team's intelligence function. Access Control: Screen and coordinate visitors, deliveries, and vendors according to established protocols. Logistics Coordination: Plan and manage the logistics of residential security operations, including scheduling, shift handoffs, and coverage during events or executive travel. Coordinate with drivers and other Protective Services team members to align movements, timing, and coverage. Incident Response: Respond to security incidents or anomalies, following established escalation procedures. Professional Conduct: Serve as a trusted, hands-on point of contact for executives, anticipating needs, exercising sound judgment in real time, and delivering discreet, concierge-level servi

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. ****This role must be on site in either San Francisco, Chicago or NYC**** The Opportunity The Global Account Director is accountable for developing and implementing an account plan which will delight our clients and ensure a healthy long-term relationship. This executive leader anticipates client needs and delivers to exceed the key performance indicators within the contract and builds financial plans while striving to maximize revenue and profitability. The Account Director builds and sustains high-performing teams which not only deliver operational excellence but keep employees engaged and thriving. In conjunction with the Work Dynamics leadership team, the Account Director understands the firm's strategy and goals and can translate those into business opportunities. This is the top leadership role on the account. Primary Responsibilities: Exceeding Client Expectations Create an account plan which ensures alignment of objectives, drives results and helps to secure a future with no-bid contract renewals Drive account growth by articulating our value proposition and ensuring expansion of services provided across Integrated Facility Management (IFM), Property and Development Services (PDS), lease administration, and subtenant management Establish outstanding relationships with k

The Team + The Role Pendo's Field Marketing team partners closely with Sales to create programs that drive pipeline growth, accelerate deals, and deepen customer relationships. The team builds targeted regional experiences and campaigns that bring Pendo's brand to life for enterprise prospects and customers. The Field Marketing Manager is an embedded strategic revenue partner to the Enterprise sales team. You will own account-specific programs, translate intent data into targeted campaign strategies, create high-touch executive-level experiences, and co-develop territory plans with RVPs. Events are one tactic in your toolkit, not the job itself. This is a hybrid role based out of our office in San Francisco, California. What this looks like day-to-day Sales alignment and territory strategy: Partner closely with RVPs and Account Directors to shape territory and account strategy from the ground up. Attend weekly team calls and account pod meetings, brief the team on campaigns and upcoming programs, and serve as the primary marketing point of contact for Enterprise sales activity in your territory. Account-based and product-based programs: Own dedicated programs for your top 10 priority accounts each quarter, including executive gifting, on-site visits, bespoke events, account-specific content and ads, and direct mail. Maintain account briefs with each account pod and partner with Enterprise demand generation on a coordinated coverage model. Regional field events: Plan and execute approximately three regional in-person field events per quarter in partnership with the AVP. Own pre-event and post-event strategy, attendee targeting, invite flows, day-of experience, reporting, and spend efficiency analysis so the team understands what works in your territory. Intent data and signal activation: Develop working fluency in intent platforms and reports to monitor account buying signals. Review bi-weekly signal briefs and translate them into account-specific program actio