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About this Field Operations Manager role at Via

Via · Onsite · Seattle, WA

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

As a Field Operations Manager on Via’s Transit-as-a-Service (TaaS) Operations team, you’ll be responsible for managing operations using our innovative technology platform. You’ll manage daily operations while driving continuous improvement and growth of our services.

**This is a fully in-person position with the expectation that you will be onsite 5 days per week**

What You’ll Do:

  • Run the daily onsite operations of our service. You’ll make sure our operations run smoothly to provide our riders with safe, reliable, and accessible transportation.
  • Make informed, real-time decisions about fleet, driver supply, compliance, rider needs, and unexpected issues - stepping in quickly to ensure continuously excellent and dependable service.
  • Guide and support drivers - building strong relationships, addressing concerns, and ensuring they feel equipped to deliver great service.
  • Turn rider and community feedback into tangible improvements, 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.

Who You Are:

  • 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.
  • Based in the Seattle area, ready to be onsite 4–5 days a week.

Compensation and Benefits: 

  • Final salary will be determined by the candidate’s experience, knowledge, and skills. Salary reflected does not include equity or variable pay, where applicable
  • Salary Range: $70,000 - $78,000 / year
  • We are proud to offer a generous and comprehensive benefits package, including free medical plans and 401K matching.

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Via is an equal opportunity employer.

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How this Operations Manager salary compares

This role pays $74,000/yrbelow the typical range for Operations Manager roles.

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Typical range $130,200–$168,000/yr, from 39 comparable Operations Manager listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Operations Manager salary insights →

About Via

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.

Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

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