Lead driver growth initiatives for Zūm, enhancing onboarding and training processes in a remote role.
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The Director of Driver Growth at Zūm focuses on optimizing driver planning and hiring across various locations, ensuring that staffing needs are met for both peak and non-peak periods. This role demands strong collaboration with stakeholders in operations, finance, and HR, alongside a commitment to enhancing the training and onboarding processes for drivers and bus attendants. Ideal candidates will have a background in managing large-scale programs and possess excellent communication skills to navigate a fast-paced environment. Zūm's innovative approach to student mobility positions this role at the forefront of a rapidly evolving industry.
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About Zūm:
Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience (Zūm CMX™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time. In the $50 billion student mobility market – the largest segment of the mass mobility industry – Zūm CMX is transforming a daily source of anxiety and disruption into a reliable, transparent, and efficient mobility experience for students and families. Today, more than 6,500 schools rely on Zūm CMX. Recognized globally for its innovative approach and operational execution, Zūm has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC Disruptor 50 and Changemakers, the World Economic Forum, and the Financial Times’ Fastest Growing Companies lists. Zūm is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, GIC, TPG, and Softbank.
**This role is primarily remote, with an expectation that candidates are located within close proximity to a Zum yard.**
As a Director of Driver (supply) Growth, you will be responsible for supporting the driver planning and hiring results (CDL, non-CDL drivers, and bus attendants) for all Zūm yard locations. This role will be responsible for partnering with multiple stakeholders to forecast staffing driver needs and training/onboarding resource needs for peak (back to school) and non-peak timeframe. You will also be working with the local safety and training teams to standardize as well as maximize the training and certification process, and enhancing the driver onboarding experience. This role requires exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with Operations, Finance, Recruiting, and HR stakeholders in a high-pressure environment. You will manage a high-visibility and large scale program, and partner with all levels of leadership to exercise sound judgment where clear guidelines may not exist.