Analyst, Business Planning & Forecasting

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft is seeking a Senior Analyst to join our Business Forecast & Planning team within Customer Care Operations. This role sits at the center of forecasting and capacity strategy for our global support organization, translating complex operational and business signals into clear, actionable plans. You'll partner closely with operations leadership to keep resourcing aligned with the business, separating what truly matters from the noise, and helping shape decisions that affect how we staff and scale support.

• Support the development and upkeep of the models and frameworks that connect business drivers to staffing and resourcing decisions

• Translate large, complex, and sometimes ambiguous data into clear, actionable insights that support leadership recommendations

• Own day-to-day planning execution, from dashboards maintenance and reporting to business reviews, with a sharp focus on accuracy and the details that matter

• Leverage AI tools to build and maintain dashboards, reports, and analyses that support the team's recommendations and insights

• Identify and help drive opportunities to improve how the team plans and operates

• Move quickly on ambiguous, time-sensitive requests, using modern tools to work smarter and faster

• 2+ years in planning, forecasting, capacity/resource management, or a related analytical role; consulting, investment banking, FP&A, or ops strategy backgrounds also fit well

• Sharp analytical mindset with hands-on SQL and Python skills

• AI fluency, comfortable using AI tools to accelerate analysis and problem-solving

• Strong business acumen paired with genuine curiosity about how large, complex business systems work; fast learner with a bias towards action, comfortable building context quickly across new systems and stakeholders

• Self-directed, with a track record of turning data into real decisions; strong communicator, able to build trust with stakeholders across functions and levels

• Exposure to workforce management/resource planning is a plus

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree a plus

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits

• Mental health benefits

• Family building benefits

• Child care and pet benefits

• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account

• RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future

• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service

• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.

• Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe