Strategy & Planning Lead, Global Marketing_

**About the Role**We are looking for a Strategy & Planning Lead to lead marketing & business planning, marketing investment strategy, and strategic initiatives across our Global marketing organization. This role will work in close partnership with senior team members across marketing, media and operations, at times serving as project leader and strategic advisor to Uber's marketing leadership team. It is a role that requires a combination of critical thinking, deep strategic expertise, curiosity, and grit with excellent judgment, exceptional range, and discretion.The ideal candidate is highly self-directed and has strong experience in marketing and business strategy, strategic and operational planning, benchmarking and measuring performance against objectives, as well as driving executive-level communications and stakeholder management. They will need to be comfortable managing processes and working cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Operations, Data Science, Finance, and more to solve Uber's toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and develop actionable recommendations to drive greater impact and operational rigor across Marketing.**What You'll Do**+ Analyze key business questions across Mobility and Delivery with frameworks, customer insights, and data to craft concrete recommendations and unlock growth opportunities+ Build and lead all aspects of processes for cyclical business and investment planning, defining marketing priorities and roadmaps, facilitating global OKR setting as well as prioritization and resource allocation+ Synthesize large sets of data and insights to develop global perspectives on key business priorities and inform marketing strategy+ Develop executive-level content for global marketing reviews and other communications+ Proactively identify and lead critical initiatives to advance the impact of Uber's marketing efforts and optimize day-to-day operations+ Lead complex cross-functional initiatives working closely with operations, regional & central marketing, performance marketing, data science, and finance teams+ Gain leadership alignment on recommendations and influence decisions to drive implementation+ Provide media thought leadership to senior leadership and other internal stakeholders+ Advise on marketplace trends and investment best practices+ Forges relationships with regional marketing and senior leadership across teams (research & insights, data science, brand, creative)+ Bring outside-in thinking by integrating external best practices in-house**Basic Qualifications**+ 5+ years in strategy and planning and/or management consulting+ Experience in the media, tech, media, entertainment or marketing space+ Ability to analyze large amounts of data, synthesize sophisticated ideas, and extract the relevant information+ Bachelor's degree**Preferred Qualifications**+ Advanced SQL proficiency+ Understanding of media metrics and consumer segmentation+ Previous experience in media investment planning, strategy, brand measurement, and analytics+ MBA degree or equivalent+ Ability to navigate a global, highly matrixed organization and represent team with integrity and self-sufficiency+ Strong communication skills (written & verbal) with the ability to craft compelling arguments and develop strategic narratives for executive audiences+ Biased toward action and expert simplifier, always pushing towards transparency and deliveryFor New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$152,000 per year - USD$169,000 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 ber.com/careers/benefits.Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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- oogle.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform