About the Role
As an Operations Manager at Via, you are the force that keeps our services running reliably for the communities that depend on them. This is a high ownership, boots-on-the-ground role where you’ll lead daily operations, tackle real-time challenges, and continuously elevate the rider and driver experience.
Responsibilities
- Run the daily onsite operations of our service to ensure smooth operations and provide riders with safe, reliable, and accessible transportation.
- Make informed, real-time decisions about fleet, driver supply, compliance, rider needs, and unexpected issues to ensure continuously excellent and dependable service.
- Guide and support drivers by building strong relationships, addressing concerns, and ensuring they feel equipped to deliver great service.
- Turn rider and community feedback into tangible improvements by spotting patterns and collaborating with internal teams to make thoughtful and actionable operational improvements.
- Use data and technology to understand service performance, diagnose problems, and implement solutions that enhance efficiency and rider experience.
- Act as the operational bridge between city partners, drivers, and Via central teams to help bring the community's goals to life.
Requirements
- Operationally experienced, with a background in people management, logistics, customer service, or process-oriented work.
- Relationship oriented, earning trust from drivers, riders, teammates, and city partners through clear communication and follow-through.
- Hands-on and proactive, preferring to be in the field, learning the service firsthand, and solving problems where they happen.
- Tactical and strategic, able to problem-solve issues as they come up but also think long term about solutions to mitigate these occurrences.
- Mission driven, motivated by expanding access to transportation and improving how communities move.
- Possess a deep understanding of the unique challenges of fixed-route transit, including managing time-point adherence, breakdown escalations, and the logistical complexities of run scheduling for large-scale operations.
- Comfortable working around Class B/Class A vehicles and understand the specific safety, maintenance, and maneuvering requirements associated with 35-to-45-foot coach buses.
- Proven track record of managing and retaining professional CDL drivers, emphasizing a culture of safety and compliance (DOT/FMCSA) while maintaining high morale in a high-pressure, scheduled environment.
- Able to commute to the Elmira area 4-5 days a week.
Location
- Elmira
Work Type
- Fully in-person
- Onsite 4-5 days per week
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000-$90,000 / per year
Benefits
- Free medical plans
- 401K matching
About the Company
- Via is on a mission to create public transportation systems that provide greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education.
- Our platform serves as the technology backbone for modern transit networks, transforming antiquated and siloed public transportation systems into smart, data-driven, and efficient digital networks.
- With hundreds of agency partners around the world, Via is recognized as the leading transportation technology and service provider globally.
- There has never been a more exciting time to be on the cutting edge of public mobility.
Equal Opportunity
- Via is an equal opportunity employer.
