Global Head of Strategy & Planning
Uber
Jan 2015 - Dec 2019 (5 years)
IPO (NYSE: UBER)
Led the Global Strategy & Planning team, a globally distributed function with 140+ professionals, while the company scaled from ~2,500 to ~25,000 employees. Our team set and managed the annual operating plan across all divisions of Uber's ~$60B ridesharing business, led global market prioritization for Ridesharing and Eats, evaluated M&A opportunities in new growth verticals (e-bikes and grocery), divested non-core assets (car leasing), revamped our customer service org, evaluated our pre-IPO advisers, and oversaw efforts to create sustainable unit economics in food delivery, among other initiatives related to competition and growth. Reported into the President/COO and worked closely with executive leadership from product,