Description
Company Description
BlaBlaCar’s vision is to bring fairness, freedom and fraternity to the world of travel.
BlaBlaCar was created in 2006 with one dream in mind: fill the millions of empty seats on the road to create an efficient, affordable and friendly way to travel. Today, our global, trusted community counts 75 million members in 22 countries, enabling a smarter, large scale and truly sustainable transport network.
Born from a simple idea of people sharing their rides, BlaBlaCar’s ambition is to become the go-to marketplace for shared road mobility. We offer long distance carpooling service, a commuting carpooling service, and since 2018 a marketplace bus service too. A filled bus emits one third of the emissions per passenger kilometer as an average car. So we want to fill those seats too!
In 2018, 84 million travellers used BlaBlaCar globally saving 1.6 million tons of CO2. Meanwhile we enabled human connections, bringing people closer together in more ways than one with 87% of members say that carpooling is an enriching experience.
BlaBlaCar offers a truly and unique international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities, serving a global member-base from 8 offices in Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw. English is the official spoken language across BlaBlaCar. We are privately-held and founder-led. Our team of 500 employees is entrepreneurial, passionate, and fundamentally mission-driven.
Job Description
Why join us?
BlaBlaCar is launching a new business line that is set to fuel tremendous growth for the company.
As Head of Global Bus Operations, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to building a new vertical at BlaBlaCar. We are looking for someone who has the grit and motivation to join the entrepreneurial adventure.
Your mission is to manage and coordinate bus operations across all markets. In this role you will grow your skills in operations excellence, crisis management, communication and team management. You will manage a team in charge of Safety & Quality, Traffic control and Ground experience. You will have close interactions with our local teams (Country managers, Bus Operations Managers, Bus partners …) and central team.
As such, the role requires a strong commitment, humility, organisation and inter-personal skills.
What you will directly contribute to:
Management and coordination of bus operations : managing bus stops, quality and security process, presence in hubs, customer experience
Be the central point of contact for our local Operational teams regarding the operational business
Manage a team of bus operation specialists
Define and implement our operations excellence (safety & quality standards, audits, customer satisfaction, ect)
Ability to manage complexity on the ground
Ability to manage relationships with external stakeholders
Qualifications
What you will need to be successful
15+ years of experience in bus transport operations
Robust, ability to deal with complex situations on the ground
Be humble, structured, organized, rational and a relentless doer
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Operational agility and solution-driven mindset
Fluent in English, good level of German is a plus
Owner of a driver’s licence and willingness to travel
Additional Information
A few practical details about the role
Start: As soon as you are ready!
Location: Paris
Contract: Permanent contract and Fixed-term contract
Compensation: Competitive package based on experience
What we offer all of our employees:
The opportunity to have a meaningful impact, building a CO2-saving global travel network enabling strong human connections too.
A strong “Fun & Serious” company culture
An international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities, serving a global member-base from 8 offices around the world (Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw)
State-of-the-art office spaces, in a great location
And some other great perks!
Free carpooling to live our value “Be The Member”.
Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend
Possibility to work from another BlaBlaOffice abroad for a week once a year (BlaBlaSwap)
A start-up spirit grounded in agility & teamwork
Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment
Bi-Weekly team-all BlaBlaTalks to learn from each other
Weekly Tech Demos, so that we’re all up to date with where our product stands
What is next?
If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and and any relevant content that you'd like to share, explaining why you'd like to join.
Kindly note that only complete applications will be reviewed by our hiring team and that all your information will be kept confidential.
You can expect us to review your application within the following 3 weeks. If your application and profile fit our requirements, we will invite you for a series of interviews.
BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.