Head of Eater Operations, Postmates

Uber Uber · Consumer · New York, NY · Operations

This role is for a Head of Eater Operations & Pricing for Postmates, focusing on driving user growth and retention through strategy and execution of pricing, promotions, lifecycle, and membership. It involves defining investment priorities, scaling operational programs, and rigorous analytics within a consumer marketplace.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and drive Postmates eater growth strategy across acquisition, engagement, and retention in partnership with cross-functional leaders (General Management, Strategy & Planning, Local Operations, Finance, CRM, Marketing)
  2. Own investment decisions across pricing and promotions, developing business cases grounded in rigorous cost-benefit analysis
  3. Partner with cross-functional teams to set and optimize eater pricing (e.g., delivery/service fees), balancing growth, profitability, and competitiveness
  4. Design, execute, and optimize promotional strategies and lifecycle programs (onboarding, engagement, reactivation) to improve conversion and retention
  5. Lead Postmates membership (Uber One) strategy, planning, and performance tracking in partnership with central teams

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in operations, strategy, consulting, consumer products, or analytics
  • Experience in consumer growth, marketplaces, pricing, promotions, lifecycle marketing, or membership/subscription businesses
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from problem definition through execution and iteration
  • Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in SQL and Excel/Google Sheets; ability to independently scope and conduct analyses
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear recommendations
  • Experience working with data to inform decisions, including building business cases and evaluating tradeoffs
  • Ability to get hands-on with data, critically review analysis, and ensure high-quality outputs
  • Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams with attention to detail
  • Proven ability to communicate insights clearly and influence stakeholders across multiple functions
  • Experience operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with multiple priorities
  • Experience mentoring or guiding a team, or informal leadership within a team setting

Nice to have

  • Strong business judgment with experience making or supporting investment decisions (e.g., budget allocation, pricing strategy, incentive design)
  • Experience with A/B testing, user segmentation, price and promotion elasticities, CRM campaign creation and management
  • Experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering teams to launch and scale new features or programs, and influence product roadmaps
  • Experience managing a team and developing a strong team culture and leadership pipeline

What the JD emphasized

  • business guardrails
  • rigorous analytics
  • strong operating cadence
  • strong business judgment
  • analytical depth
  • lead and develop a high-performing team
  • think differently
  • test boldly
  • operate within a shared marketplace and platform
  • balancing independence with alignment
  • identifying where to diverge vs. converge
  • comfort operating in ambiguity
  • navigate shared systems and constraints
  • strong point of view
  • build and scale a differentiated consumer proposition
  • rigorous cost-benefit analysis
  • balancing growth, profitability, and competitiveness
  • improve conversion and retention
  • performance tracking
  • experimentation frameworks
  • continuously improve performance
  • Influence Product roadmap
  • launch and scaling of new pricing, promo, and lifecycle capabilities
  • key operating cadences
  • clear visibility into performance, risks, and opportunities
  • Lead and develop a team
  • setting a high bar for rigor, clarity, and impact
  • Experience in consumer growth, marketplaces, pricing, promotions, lifecycle marketing, or membership/subscription businesses
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects
  • independently scope and conduct analyses
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills
  • translate complex analyses into clear recommendations
  • building business cases and evaluating tradeoffs
  • ensure high-quality outputs
  • manage multiple workstreams with attention to detail
  • communicate insights clearly and influence stakeholders
  • operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with multiple priorities
  • mentoring or guiding a team
  • informal leadership within a team setting
  • Strong business judgment
  • making or supporting investment decisions
  • budget allocation
  • pricing strategy
  • incentive design
  • A/B testing
  • user segmentation
  • price and promotion elasticities
  • CRM campaign creation and management
  • partnering closely with Product and Engineering teams
  • launch and scale new features or programs
  • influence product roadmaps
  • managing a team
  • developing a strong team culture and leadership pipeline