Uber Principal Tech Strategist - Office CTO 

United States, West Virginia 

251887785

What You’ll Do

• Partner closely with tech leadership to conceptualize key strategic initiatives and develop those into detailed program/project plans that help in achieving key organizational objectives

• Lead complex, large-scale, cross-team, cross-functional tech initiatives; including planning, execution, reporting, and communication

• Drive programs and accountability by tracking progress, resolving dependencies, identifying issues, mitigating risks, and communicating status to key stakeholders

• Support executive communications to articulate organizational goals, strategies, and outcomes for both internal and external forums (e.g., Executive presentations, Board decks, internal and external speaking engagements)

• Help manage and bring value to the team’s business engagements (internal and external), including strategizing, planning, and managing leadership summits, global site visits, reviews, and other business critical activities

• Participate in cross-functional tech forums to help connect the dots, support organizational innovation, and contribute to improving processes across technology and related departments

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years experience in technology, product management, consulting, operations or other highly agile and fast paced, project based environments
• 8+ years experience managing complex, cross-functional projects including defining KPIs, and success metrics

Bonus Points If

• Solid technical aptitude and understanding of technical designs, challenges, and risks. Engineers enjoy working closely with you
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to translate technical concepts into a compelling narrative
• Strong cross-team and cross-org stakeholder management with the ability to influence, motivate, and align people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships
• Strong organizational skills to juggle many tasks without losing sight of the highest priority items
• Experience in executing in fast-paced environments
• Analytical and truth-seeking - ability to understand complex concepts and make reasoned decisions objectively
• Data-driven - experience determining effective program KPIs and using them to measure program success and issues. Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations to drive decisions
• Detail-oriented with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where priorities constantly evolve as the business grows and adapts globally.
• Confidentiality: the highest level of integrity and ability to manage confidential information while operating in a transparent environment

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$239,000 per year - USD$265,500 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$239,000 per year - USD$265,500 per year.