Senior Product Operations Manager, Autonomous Partnerships

Uber Uber · Consumer · New York, NY +1 · Product

This role focuses on managing partnerships for Uber's Autonomous division, bridging external tech teams with Uber's product roadmap. It involves end-to-end ownership of partner relationships, from technical discovery to launch and expansion, ensuring the Autonomous platform and APIs contribute to global growth safely and efficiently. The role requires navigating technical complexity and ambiguity in 0-1 launches, influencing stakeholders, and driving core business metrics post-launch.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the end-to-end technical discovery, scoping, and roadmap setting for 0-1 Autonomous partner launches, balancing external needs with internal engineering constraints.
  2. Navigate the messiness of global expansion by aligning cross-functional stakeholders—including Business Development, Marketing, and Legal—to unblock execution and optimize operating structures.
  3. Translate complex partner feedback and market dynamics into actionable business plans, advising Tech teams on the global feasibility and business implications of the product portfolio.
  4. Own core business metrics post-launch, identifying technical or geographical problem areas and driving the solutions needed to scale new business models.
  5. Influence Tech and Business leadership by communicating a clear vision for partnership growth, ensuring the product roadmap reflects the reality of the external landscape.

Skills

Required

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in operations, business consulting, finance, or a similar analytical role.
  • Experience working with Uber-like tech products, large-scale B2C products, or two-sided marketplaces.
  • Experience managing external partners, clients, or customers in a high-stakes environment such as partnerships, sales, or solutions engineering.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated ability to convert unstructured problems into focused plans of execution while managing multiple stakeholder groups with conflicting priorities.
  • Experience working within tech across global projects or in an international setting.
  • Proficiency in using data to inform critical decisions and measure the quality and impact of product launches.
  • High technical depth with the ability to develop fluency in platform offerings, APIs, and complex system integrations.
  • A self-starter mindset with a proven track record of fostering collaboration and leading through influence in a fast-paced environment.

What the JD emphasized

  • 0-1 Autonomous partner launches
  • technical complexity
  • 0-1 launches
  • High technical depth