Marketplace Operations Lead

Wheely
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in marketplace operations at a ride-hailing or logistics scale-up and advanced SQL skills.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in marketplace operations at scale-ups like Uber or Deliveroo
    — “Direct experience working within the marketplace, pricing, or driver operations teams at a major mobility, on-demand, or location-based services platform”
  • Professionals with a track record in data-driven decision-making and execution
    — “Proven track record of moving rapidly from data-driven hypotheses to hands-on execution and operational implementation”

Things to consider

  • Requires in-office presence in West London four days a week with limited remote flexibility
    — “Office-based role in West London four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice”
  • Highly analytical role with a focus on quantitative problem-solving
    — “Advanced proficiency in SQL is strictly required.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your hands-on experience with dynamic pricing and supply-demand balancing
    — “Develop, test, and optimize localized pricing structures, dynamic pricing (surge) algorithms”
  • Showcase your ability to design and implement operational frameworks independently
    — “Experience building and scaling operational processes, automated workflows, or analytics frameworks from scratch”
  • Highlight your collaboration with cross-functional teams like Product and Data Science
    — “Partner closely with global Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work in fast-paced environments with real-time problem-solving
    — “We are looking for analytically exceptional, entrepreneurial operators who thrive on ownership”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • optimized marketplace liquidity
  • designed pricing strategies
  • improved service reliability
Typical background
marketplace operationsmanagement consultinginvestment banking

Skills & requirements

Required

Marketplace OperationsPricing StrategyData AnalysisSQL

Preferred

Dynamic Pricing AlgorithmsChauffeur Operations

Stack & domain

SQLLeadershipProblem-solvingTransportationChauffeuring

About the role

Original posting from Wheely via Greenhouse

About Wheely

Wheely is redefining premium transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. We blend cutting-edge technology with the craft of five-star chauffeuring to deliver an experience trusted by more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts.

We’re a profitable, fast-growing scale-up with $43M raised and over $100M in annual revenue. Having recently launched in New York City, we’re expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA. If you take pride in your craft and want to help shape the next chapter of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

As the Marketplace Operations Lead UK, you will own the economic engine of Wheely’s London business . You will balance supply and demand to ensure flawless service reliability for our clients while maximizing utilization and earnings for our chauffeurs. This is a highly analytical, high-impact role where you will design pricing strategies, optimize marketplace liquidity, and build the frameworks that scale our luxury ride-hailing product.

Responsibilities

Marketplace Health & Liquidity: Own core marketplace metrics including fulfillment rates, Estimated Times of Arrival (ETAs), chauffeur utilization, and cancellation rates across the market.

Pricing & Incentives Strategy: Develop, test, and optimize localized pricing structures, dynamic pricing (surge) algorithms, and chauffeur incentive programs to stabilize the marketplace during peak hours and high-demand events.

Product & Algorithm Collaboration: Partner closely with global Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to improve matching algorithms, dispatch logic, and internal operational tooling.

Requirements

We are looking for analytically exceptional, entrepreneurial operators who thrive on ownership and are comfortable solving complex, open-ended problems in real-time operating environments.

Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced, highly analytical environment (e.g., Marketplace/Platform Operations at a ride-hailing or logistics scale-up, Management Consulting, Investment Banking, or Tech Corporate Strategy).

Technical Analytics: Advanced proficiency in SQL is strictly required. You must be comfortable querying large datasets, building your own dashboards, and conducting independent quantitative analysis.

Execution Mindset: Proven track record of moving rapidly from data-driven hypotheses to hands-on execution and operational implementation.

Nice To Have

Direct experience working within the marketplace, pricing, or driver operations teams at a major mobility, on-demand, or location-based services platform (e.g., Uber, Lyft, Bolt, Deliveroo).

Experience building and scaling operational processes, automated workflows, or analytics frameworks from scratch.

What We Offer 

Office-based role in West London four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice

Base salary of £65,000 to £90,000 p.a.

Employee stock options plan

Private medical and dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

Best-in-class equipment

Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys

Cycle to Work scheme

Professional development stipend

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Source: Wheely careers (Greenhouse)

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