Lime is the largest global shared micromobility business, operating in close to 30 countries across five continents. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered more than one billion rides in cities around the world. Named a 2025 Time 100 Most Influential Company, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership.

As a Senior Operations Manager at Lime you are a region manager for New Zealand. You are the eyes on the ground and the voice of Lime with city officials, community members, and businesses promoting safety, increasing ridership and understanding of what local riders want. You are the voice of Operations to internal stakeholders and an internal collaborator. You will work cross-functionally with government relations, central ops, product, etc. to ideate on and then partner on the execution of the market strategy and optimization of the fleet for the region. You will also manage your region's P&L and you’ll manage a team of senior level warehouse staff; providing guidance and coaching to ensure everyone performs at their best.

This is a warehouse-based position that requires an onsite presence during assigned business hours.

What You’ll Do:

• Own and manage a large and/or complex market or regional operations team ensuring your market hits operating metrics and consistently meets or exceeds defined KPIs

• Own, manage, and lead initiatives to improve P&L and market health: Drive regional financial performance by identifying and executing data-driven initiatives that optimize revenue, control costs, and improve overall market efficiency.

• Manage cross-functional partnerships to drive sustained growth and performance across the region: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on priorities, solve operational challenges, and deliver consistent, scalable growth across the region.

• Manage warehouse operations ensuring operational excellence and compliance in collaboration with our Facilities and Environment Health & Safety teams

• Be the operational expert within your region, championing operational excellence, owning end-to-end operational improvements, advising cross-functional teams and engaging in strategic discussions with key external stakeholders including city officials

• Conduct regular analysis on your region identifying trends and implementing recommendations to grow and optimize.

• Define and implement an operations strategy for your region that advance the deployment and operation of our vehicles including workforce planning, request for proposal (RFP) prep and competitor monitoring

• Represent Lime in partnership with our Government Relations team meeting with local officials, business owners and customers as a representative of Lime to ensure compliance with regulations and to build relationships with key external stakeholders

• Spearhead safety initiatives for our riders and vehicles to ensure safety remains the #1 priority

• Create a positive, inclusive, and safe workplace where people genuinely want to work

About You:

• Fluent verbal and written English language skills

• 5+ years of work experience in operations, consulting, engineering, or similar fields

  • Demonstrated background in driving and executing operational excellence

  • Experienced in managing a P&L

  • Ability to understand metrics and KPIs and the levers to pull to drive results

  • Strong knowledge of the location in which you support

  • Comfortability working in a warehouse setting

• 3+ years people management experience attracting, developing and motivating warehouse staff

• Tenacious and willingness to roll up your sleeves, and ability to make decisions in a fast-paced ambiguous environment

• Analytically minded with a strong understanding of real-time marketplaces (supply and demand economics) and the ability to navigate, decode, and use data to build compelling narratives and reports.

  • Advanced experience of Excel or Google Sheets and knowledge of SQL is a major plus

• Problem solver skilled at identifying and resolving complex problems, exercising good judgment in drawing conclusions, navigating ambiguous environments while working cross functionally

• Excellent communicator with the ability to present to senior level stakeholders utilizing data that effectively communicates short and long strategic operations solutions

• Relentlessly curious, always wanting to dig deeper and understand why, particularly to understand what our customers need

• Detail oriented with a focus on process improvement, self motivated and energetic, with the drive and ability to learn new skills and grow with the role

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to building and developing a team that reflects a wider range of backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please email recruiting-operations@li.me for assistance.