--- title: 'Sr. Program Manager I - FinOps at Uber Freight' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sr-program-manager-i-finops-uber-freight-chicago-il-60607-kqmb64t42qxz' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-11' --- # Sr. Program Manager I - FinOps at Uber Freight - **Company:** Uber Freight - **Location:** Chicago IL 60607, United States - **Posted:** 2026-11-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/uberfreight/jobs/5462176008 ## Job description Schedule: Full Time Job Type: Hybrid Salary Type: Salary Req #: 3632 No immigration sponsorship or transfer available for this role. ## About the Role At Uber Freight, we simplify the movement of goods to help communities thrive. We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager I to join our dynamic Financial Operations (FinOps) team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial services, project management, and a proven track record of successfully delivering highly visible projects and programs. This role involves overseeing the planning, execution, and closing of financial projects, ensuring they align with organizational goals and meet high-quality standards. What the Candidate Will Do - Project and Roadmap Planning - Develop comprehensive project plans, outlining scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements to support business priorities - Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, deliverables, and success criteria. - Drive insight generation to inform roadmap plan, partnering cross functionally to identify opportunities Process Optimization and Data Analysis - Analyze data to inform project planning and monitor progress of initiatives, and leverage metrics and reports to ensure projects align to business metrics - Develop dashboards, reports, and analyses to drive process improvements and automation for operations functions - Identify dependencies between cross functional partners and financial operations to improve processes, increase automation, and create governance for processes that affect financial metrics - Execution and Monitoring - Lead project execution, ensuring adherence to project plans and timelines. - Develop project success criteria and report on project progress and metrics, identifying and addressing potential risks and issues promptly. - Manage project budgets, resources, and timelines effectively. Collaborate with functional users to document process changes and, if needed, train relevant users. - Financial Expertise - Apply in-depth knowledge of financial services to guide project teams and make informed decisions. - Understand financial regulations and compliance requirements relevant to project deliverables. Stakeholder Communication. - Maintain transparent and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization. - Provide regular project updates, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommended actions. - Quality Assurance - Implement quality assurance processes to ensure project deliverables meet industry standards. - Conduct thorough project reviews and assessments at key milestones. ## Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree - 3+ years of program management experience - Strong understanding of process optimization and continuous improvement methodologies - SQL proficiency and advanced Excel/data management skills - Advanced knowledge and experience with Tableau and/or Power BI ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience in the freight, logistics, or financial services sector. - 3+ yrs experience building queries, reports, dashboards, and data analytics - PMP Certification - Process Mapping, Kaizen, CI tools and methodologies - Jira, Smartsheet, or other Project Management Tools - Experience implementing AI solutions and increasing automation ## Benefits & Compensation for U.S. Employees Employees working more than 30 hours in the US at Uber Freight are eligible for benefits like a company sponsored health plan, dental and vision benefits, 401k match, financial and mental wellness benefits, parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and more.  US based employees may also be eligible for a performance or sales incentive bonus program, participation in Uber Freight equity awards, and other types of compensation depending upon the role. - Illinois: The salary range for this role is $89,550 to $100,00 a year. ## About Uber Freight Uber Freight helps companies move goods more reliably and efficiently. We bring together the technology, people, and transportation capacity they need, using real‑time data from millions of shipments to guide smarter decisions. That helps customers spot issues early, avoid costly surprises, and deliver on time. Uber Freight works with 1 in 3 Fortune 500 shippers across North America and manages over $17B in freight. Learn more at [www.uberfreight.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=aZt5hy_vlUfB4JV2bXcy07lYm1tYPcRFnoBdHC8B5cRzNB_rzPRfHVnpFvogIAjc3WyyZLuFOsz2D8DhJdMdEvmexZ9Ike76l9AqXr036cw=). Candidate Privacy Notice Uber Freight is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates. We collect and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. For detailed information on how we handle candidate data, please review our [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.uberfreight.com/candidate-privacy-notice/). ## EEOC Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards 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. ## About Uber Freight ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Uber Freight is a premier logistics partner that unifies managed transportation and multi-modal capacity in a shared operating model, leveraging advanced technology and one of North America’s largest carrier networks. - **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc.) - **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Spun out of Uber Technologies; key leadership includes Lior Ron (co-founder of Uber Freight, departed) and current CEO (not publicly listed). ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Storage - **Target customers**: B2B – specifically enterprise shippers (1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies), mid-market companies, and carriers. Serves industries including automotive, chemical, construction, CPG, food & beverage, manufacturing, packaging, and retail. - **Mission statement**: To lead the pace of logistics to move the world’s goods, redefining logistics by combining one of the largest multimodal carrier networks with cutting-edge technology and managed transportation expertise. ## Products & Services - **Uber Freight TMS (Transportation Management System)**: A SaaS platform that draws on freight activity across thousands of shipper networks with decades of accumulated data. It provides predictive signals for routing, capacity, and risk management, allowing teams to act earlier rather than react. - **Multi-modal Solutions**: Turn capacity across modes (truckload, LTL, intermodal, etc.) into governed programs aligned with network priorities. Helps shippers protect cost and service targets as conditions change. - **Managed Services**: A single operating layer that aligns procurement decisions, daily execution, and freight settlement. Financial outcomes, service targets, and carrier accountability stay coordinated across the shipment lifecycle. - **Network Intelligence & Carrier Network**: Access to one of North America’s largest multimodal capacity networks, with 18 million total shipments annually and 1.8 billion transactions annually. Customers benefit from network-level patterns translated into market insights. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc., which had a market cap of ~$170B as of mid-2026). Prior funding rounds: $500M Series A (Oct 2020, led by Greenbriar Equity Group) and $550M Private Equity Round (Nov 2021). - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $925.5M (2026 estimate); total funding of $1.05B. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Greenbriar Equity Group, Nvidia (backing), Zeev Ventures, and other institutional investors. - **Growth Signals**: - Manages $17B+ in freight under management. - Saves customers $1B annually; 98% customer retention; average customer tenure of 8.5 years. - Headcount of 2,637 (+3.7% YoY growth). - Active in 42 countries with offices across North America, Europe, and Mexico. - Acquired Transplace in 2021 (a major logistics acquisition) and Leancor. ## Competitive Advantages - **Network scale**: One of the largest multimodal carrier networks in North America, processing 18M shipments and 1.8B transactions annually. - **Data moat**: Decades of accumulated freight data from thousands of shipper networks, providing predictive intelligence and market insights that competitors cannot easily replicate. - **Uber ecosystem**: Backed by Uber’s technology, brand, and talent pool, with access to cross-functional expertise in mobility, data science, and platform engineering. - **End-to-end solution**: Unique combination of TMS, managed services, and multi-modal capacity under a single operating model—unlike fragmented competitors. - **Customer stickiness**: 8.5-year average tenure and 98% retention rate, indicating deep integration into customer supply chains. ## Strategic Focus - **Unified orchestration**: Moving beyond siloed tools to a single system that governs planning, procurement, capacity, and execution in real time. - **Volatility management**: Building systems that see risk earlier, adapt in motion, and protect performance as conditions change (e.g., supply chain disruptions). - **AI and automation**: Leveraging data and AI (including partnership with Nvidia) to deliver predictive signals and autonomous decision-making for shippers and carriers. - **Expansion**: Continued geographic and service line expansion (e.g., intermodal, cross-border Mexico/Canada, managed services). - **Sustainability**: Optimizing routes and modes to reduce carbon footprint and improve efficiency (implied by network intelligence capabilities). ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: Values include "Innovate with Purpose," "Stronger Together" (emphasizing diversity, equity, and belonging), and "Do the Right Thing." The company fosters collaboration where employees feel empowered to be authentic. - **Career Growth**: "Accelerated growth" is a core pillar—employees have access to cross-functional project work, formal training, quarterly feedback, and development conversations. Teams include engineering, data science, operations, sales, and customer service. - **Work Model**: Hybrid– offices in Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Northwest Arkansas (including Frisco, TX; Rogers, AR), Monterrey (MX), Netherlands, and others. Many roles (e.g., Logistics Specialist, Account Manager) are listed as hybrid. - **Total Rewards**: Competitive compensation, health insurance, family planning, wellness, personal time off, mental health benefits. - **People & Team**: Described as "friendly, smart, passionate individuals from every walk of life." Many employees come from top tech and logistics companies (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, C.H. Robinson, Uber). - **Impact**: "The potential to change the industry is huge," and employees are motivated by the positive impact on communities and the challenge of moving the world’s goods. - **Employer Rating**: 3.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (155 reviews), with Work-Life Balance at 3.2, Compensation at 3.0, Culture at 3.0, and Career at 2.8. Recent departures include several senior directors (Feb–Mar 2026) but headcount is still growing. - **Active Job Postings**: 68 open positions as of mid-2026, with a +54.5% increase in postings year-over-year. ## Sources 1. [Uber Freight About Us](https://www.uberfreight.com/en-US/about-us) 2. [Uber Freight Careers Page](https://www.uberfreight.com/en-US/careers) 3. [Uber Freight Homepage](https://www.uberfreight.com/en-US) 4. [Uber Freight LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uber-freight) 5. 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