**About the Role** As a  Strategy & Planning Associate, you will support the ongoing strategic business planning process and governance. You will  provide data-based recommendations for decision making on key strategic initiatives that will transform our Central Europe \[CE\] business. The Strategy & Planning Associate plays an integral role in driving business performance, strategic direction and insights/intelligence. **What the Candidate Will Need** **What the Candidate Will Do** - Support the evolution of the Central Europe strategy, monitoring performance and progress against current plan, and provide insight and intelligence to inform changes and developments through the planning processes. - Support key governance cadences (all hands, OKR performance and calibration, MBR and other periodic review sessions etc) - Serve as a strategic consultant to the business through trusted partner relationships with the leadership team, and as a thought partner on key strategic initiatives with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. - Build, manage and operate business dashboards to track KPIs and ensure we have full visibility and context of performance. - Actively support all business intelligence, strategic planning and analytical activity for senior management of the country. - Identify internal operational opportunities and help improve or innovate people programs to keep them as effective and efficient as possible (i.e., org design, talent strategies, recruiting efficiencies, hc management) **Basic Qualifications** - 3+ years of work experience -  consulting, investment banking, strategy & planning, operations, or other specialty roles with proven record in quantitative fields - Excellent commercial and business acumen - ability to assess business performance, identify trends, opportunities and risks and provide thought partnership and insight to the CE Leadership team. - Data-driven decision making ability - sound business judgment through deep analytical thinking, ability to take ambiguous problems and questions and build data-driven insights and solutions. - SQL experience is vital - you have a proven track record on deep diving into a variety of data sets and building scripts from scratch. - Communication - you produce high impact material. Clear, concise and error-free - Navigating ambiguity - at ease with uncertainty and adapting swiftly to changing priorities. **Preferred qualifications** - Quantitative Bachelor's degree (engineering, mathematics, finance, economics, physics, etc.) - First experience in leveraging python to build small applications (e.g. automation), explore large data sets or modeling (Machine Learning) We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together. Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role. \*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to [accommodations@uber.com](mailto:accommodations@uber.com).