About the Role
We are looking for someone to lead our Public Policy team in LATAM. This means setting direction in motion across a region defined by its immense scale and starkly different regulatory landscapes.
This isn’t a role for someone who wants to stay at the 30,000-foot view. You will lead a massive regional footprint of 25+ policy experts, but you’ll also need to dive deep into the technical "weeds" of competition policy, the future of work, and autonomous vehicles. Success here requires a "go-get-it" attitude, grit, and the ability to turn ambiguity into a well-articulated, actionable plan that cross-functional partners can rally behind.
Based in either São Paulo or Mexico City and reporting to the Global Head of Public Policy, you will be a key leader in our LATAM organization. If you are energized by the challenge of making things better—even when the path isn't clear—this is where you’ll make your mark.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the Regional Charge: Direct a team of 25+ public policy professionals across LATAM, fostering a culture of excellence and resilience while managing high-velocity regional strategies.
- Turn ambiguity into strategy: Take unstructured, complex regulatory challenges—from labor classification to agentic AI—and translate them into clear strategies that move the needle for the business.
- Translate global into local impact: Transform global research and data from HQ into politically relevant, locally resonant arguments that demonstrate our value to city stakeholders.
- Own the Long Game: Make decisions with an eye on both immediate local impact and the long-term global implications for Uber's multi-line business.
- Be a Strategic Multiplier: Partner cross-functionally with Product, Safety, Legal, and Tax teams, offering strategic advice that balances aggressive growth with regulatory sustainability.
- Drive Advocacy Excellence: Conceptualize and drive integrated campaigns that proactively influence policy trends rather than just reacting to them.
- Communicate with Precision: Represent Uber at the highest levels of government and industry, establishing a strong network of allies while communicating crisply in complex organizational settings.
What You’ll Need
Basic Qualifications
- 15+ years of proven experience in government, law, technology policy, or competition policy within LATAM.
- Extensive experience leading a large team of professionals across multiple diverse jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated experience counseling executives on complex regulatory subjects and leading multiple business priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep familiarity with the platform economy, mobility, and future-of-work policy trends specific to the LATAM region.
- An appetite for uncertainty and change, with a track record of thriving in fast-moving environments.
- Ability to connect company strategy to regional success factors while managing risks and opportunities.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex content for executive-level audiences.
Capabilities
- Strategic vision and narrative: Set a clear long-term vision for LATAM policy and translate it into a simple story, sharp priorities, and an operating plan that a large, distributed team can execute at pace.
- Systems thinking: Anticipate second- and third-order effects across markets, lines of business, and regulators. Spot structural policy risks early and shape scalable frameworks before issues escalate.
- Stakeholder orchestration: Align diverse internal and external stakeholders, clarify decision rights, and resolve trade-offs to land outcomes that serve shared business goals.
- Execution under pressure: Operate with urgency and discipline. Deliver a high volume of high-stakes work with strong follow-through, sound judgment, and consistent quality.
- Analytical rigor: Build and test positions with data and a “devil’s advocate” mindset. Pressure-test assumptions, quantify impact, and communicate conclusions clearly.
- Leadership and presence: Comfortable operating in ambiguity, with high integrity and the ability to represent Uber credibly with senior government and industry leaders.
Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it forward, together.
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.