Uber Global Head Electrification & Sustainability 

United States, West Virginia 

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These are very ambitious goals that aim to position Uber as a leader in the Sustainability space. We’ve taken a number of major steps already, such as:

• Committing $800m to support drivers transitioning to Electric Vehicles by 2025.
• Launching new products like Uber Green, Comfort Electric, Planet, the rider emissions savings dashboard in the Mobility app, and allowing merchants to report packaging types in Uber Eats Manager.
• Signing key partnerships with car manufacturers, fleet and leasing companies, charging infrastructure providers, packaging providers, NGOs, and utilities to accelerate our impact and reach our goals.
• Investing in a multi-modal network (bikes, scooters, transit integration etc).
• Holding ourselves accountable with a and our .

About the Role

As Global Head of Sustainability you will be responsible both for executing on our existing electrification commitments and developing new approaches to sustainability across Mobility, Delivery and Freight; delivering a complex ongoing operational programme, while also developing and executing our longer term sustainability strategy across all lines of business and corporate operations.

What You’ll Do

• As a global leader you will be responsible for developing and supervising all the sustainability efforts globally, across Mobility, Delivery, Freight and Corporate operations. You will be the glue that binds everything together, working with our local, global and C-suite leaders to develop plans and to bring our sustainability goals to life
• Due to the broad remit and cross functional nature, the role requires collaborating with teams across the business: the role leads a team of ~10 people who work on sustainability as part of the Global Sustainability team, but 50+ people across functions play vital roles as part of their work on Sustainability, and we expect this group to expand
• You will be ‘orchestrating’ the strategy and execution of the work across every team.
• You will work hand in hand with senior management across all lines of business to develop the right structure to execute on the work as the scope increases
• You will need to be highly strategic, with a strong vision and the ability to unite the company around it; you will also be the face of the company in articulating this vision to the outside world
• Operational excellence will be critical to your success; you will be expected to work closely with ops and marketing in their day to day work with drivers, riders, couriers, merchants, partners and cities to move our electrification and sustainability metrics forward.
• Identify innovative deals with business development teams, and support partnership discussions and implementation.
• Passionate about tech and Product. Our sustainability tech team will be your key partner in developing world-leading products that will position us as a sustainability innovator
• Partner with Policy, Comms and Legal, to help shape public policy and discourse around sustainability
• Deep focus on the needs of Uber’s customers. This includes working with enterprise clients looking to achieve their own sustainability goals; as well as understanding and developing solutions for individual riders, drivers and couriers who share your passion for sustainability
• Develop Uber’s global sustainability strategy as countries and regions strengthen their commitments, and as sustainability first thinking becomes more deeply ingrained across more and more parts of the business

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of work experience required (in General Management, Operations, Product, Policy, Communications, Consulting, Entrepreneurship), including ideally 5+ years in Sustainability.
• 5+ years of people management required.
• Significant experience in representing Uber/previous organizations externally with business or NGO partners, in tier 1 media and/or with policymakers.
• Significant experience in cross-functional management and leadership roles, including leading cross-functional teams and projects and working with senior management.
• Significant experience in managing complex cross-functional projects across multiple global geographies.

Preferred Qualifications

• P&L Management.
• Able to articulate a clear vision and areas of strategic focus. Clear and confident communicator; comfortable sharing information formally or informally with senior audiences.
• Data-driven decision mentality and sound business judgment through excellent analytical thinking.
• Critical thinking and master problem solver; develops new frameworks for complex problems where no standards exist today and engages other specialists for feedback and integrates it effectively. Ability to make recommendations on creative business models and structures.
• Comfortable project managing the rollout of large initiatives across the region which require cross-functional collaboration across operations, product, cities, marketing, legal and tax.
• Excellent planning and organization skills; ability to bring structure to and lead large multi-stakeholder groups.
• Experience with identifying, building and improving operational processes.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$221,000 per year - USD$245,500 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link .