Zoox
Director, Go-To-Market Strategy
Foster City, CA. Posted 5 months ago
The role
You will shape and improve the go-to-market strategy for Zoox's personal mobility service. You will negotiate partnerships and set strategy for the cities being served and the unit economics behind them.
What you will do
- Drive Zoox's go-to-market playbook, including city selection, service planning, and fleet sizing
- Work with PnL owners, Corporate Strategy, and Finance on the ride-hail commercial strategy, including monetization, pricing, and sales approaches
- Identify, negotiate, and secure partnerships, and serve as main contact with executives, including CEOs, at partner organizations
- Analyze data sets on mobility needs, demand profiles, and trip characteristics in cities
- Conduct industry market research to support strategic decisions
- Build relationships with external organizations and experts
- Present key strategic decisions and business issues to senior leadership
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver projects aligned with strategic objectives
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 15+ years of experience in strategy, business development, and partnerships
- Ability to act as both dealmaker and strategist
- 7+ years of people management experience, including coaching, performance management, and team development
- Experience leading complex, end-to-end partnership negotiations with measurable business impact
- Track record of engaging directly with C-suite executives, including CEOs, at partner companies
- Proven experience leading and developing teams
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional organizations
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, including evaluating trade-offs and developing business cases
- Experience operating independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Passion for autonomous vehicles, mobility, and next-generation transportation
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills
Nice to have
- MBA
- Experience working closely with product, engineering, and technical leadership teams
- Strong financial modeling and deal analysis experience
- Experience supporting city launches, marketplace operations, mobility platforms, or large-scale operational partnerships
About the company
Zoox is working to reinvent personal transportation. The posting describes the company as a group of inventors, builders, and doers.