Bus Strategy Analyst

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading long-distance carpooling platform – a global, trusted community of 70 million drivers and passengers in 22 countries.

The platform connects people looking to travel long distances with drivers heading the same way, so they can travel together and share the cost.

With the recent integration of a coach network and a commuter carpooling service, BlaBlaCar aims to become the go-to for shared road mobility.

Affordable, convenient and user-friendly, wherever there’s a road, there’s a BlaBlaCar.

Job Description

Why you would want to join us 

BlaBlaCar has launched a new business line that is set to fuel tremendous growth for the company.

As part of the Bus Strategy team, you will work directly with BlaBlaCar’s executives to support their strategic decision-making for bus activities. This means you will impact the direction BlaBlaCar is taking for the years to come !

What you will directly contribute to:  

  • Provide actionable insights and reports to BlaBlaCar’s executives  to support their strategic decision-making on our bus markets.
  • Identify, analyze and monitor issues that affect our network dynamics and top line growth at the market level
  • Build a strong understanding of our bus network dynamics and its evolution over time
  • Build problem-solving framework to break down and structure complex issues
  • Evaluate the performance of current business operations and recommend strategies and tactics to achieve business goals
  • Build positive and trustful relationship while working with management and local teams to identify business needs, challenges and opportunities

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful: 

  • Degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, or Operations Research
  • 3-5 years of professional experience in strategy or business analysis acquired in top tier strategy consulting firms, PE firms, Investment Banking/M&A or strategy department of a large organization
  • Excellent communication skills: experience in synthesizing and communicating data clearly
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to think strategically and “outside the box”
  • Experience in working in an international environment
  • Strong attention to details and the ability to step back to see the bigger picture
  • High level of autonomy and proactivity
  • Proficiency in data visualization tools (Tableau) and SQL would be a plus 
  • Fluent in English
  • You identify with the BlaBlaCar mindset: a structured and humble doer with the ability to prioritize, who thrives on collaboration and teamwork.

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role 

  • Start: As soon as you are ready!
  • Location: Paris HQ
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Salary: Competitive package based on experience

What we offer all of our employees

  • A start-up spirit that fosters agility, teamwork and impact
  • Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment
  • An inspiring working environment including state-of-the-art office spaces
  • Free carpooling to live our value “Think it. Build it. Use it.”
  • Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend
  • Top health insurance (“mutuelle”)
  • And many more benefits - check them out on BlaBlaCar.com/dreamjobs

What is next 

If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and answer our questions in English. 

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 fits our requirements, we will invite you to take a short analytical online test. This step is followed by an analytical test, several face to face interviews and a case study