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Job: Growth Development Manager – Ride Report

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Job Title

Growth Development Manager

Company / Organization

Ride Report

Job Description

Based in Portland, Ride Report is a small software company accelerating the transition to a sustainable and efficient transportation system.

Over 50 cities around the world are using Ride Report to help manage the emergence of new and innovative forms of transportation – particularly shared micromobility, such as electric scooters and bikes. We’ve shown that with the right tools, cities can harness the power of micromobility to rapidly transform their transportation systems for the better.

Learn more about our mission and values in our open source handbook. If anything about our company resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you!

As a Growth Development Manager, you will be responsible for:
— Cultivating new leads
— Working closely with Marketing to discover and develop new leads
— Executing trial agreements with new customers
— Working closely with sales to follow up on promising leads with larger cities
— Owning deals with smaller cities end-to-end

Within one month, you will:
— Understand Ride Report, what we do and how we do it differently
— Begin tracking your tasks and activity in Hubspot
— Working with your manager, create your first sales lead
— Participate in your first sales call

Within 3 months, you will:
— Nurture SQLs and move them through the sales pipeline
— Master our pipeline process on Hubspot
— Create your 50th sales lead
— Lead your first sales call and driven a product demo

Within 6 months, you will:
— Own our outreach efforts to new cities
— Lead all initial sales calls and demoes with smaller cities
— Become an expert on demoing our tools and talking about our company
— Working with marketing, identify and execute on new opportunities to improve our lead generation strategy
— Identify and execute on ways to make our early sales process more efficient

Required Skills and Experience:
— 1-2 years prior experience in a sales role
— Impeccable writing skills
— Attention to detail and consistent follow-through
— Skilled at active listening
— Not afraid to receive a “no”
— Can independently research and build an understanding of a lead
— Brings persistence and creativity to outreach efforts
— Capable of methodically reaching out to every lead
— Enjoys forging and maintaining new relationships
— Seeks to constantly learn and improve
— Experience using .ppt and google suite
— A passion for making cities better and greener

Nice-to-have:
— Prior B2G selling experience
— Prior SaaS selling experience
— Prior transit experience

Compensation & Benefits
— The on target earnings for this role will be $120,000. Ride Report uses market data to transparently set the salary of every employee in a fair and standardized way. Learn why we don’t negotiate our salaries and publish them instead. More experienced candidates may be considered for a senior position with a higher salary.
— Generous equity incentives. We also offer new candidates the option to trade some salary for additional equity.
— Unlimited vacation and sick leave
— Competitive health insurance plans via Regence (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
— A 401k program that matches 50% of employee contributions up to the 10% of their salary
— Vision and dental plans (Employee-funded)
— Flexible Spending Accounts for both health care and dependent care (Employee-funded)
— Yearly professional development stipend
— An eBike Enablement Benefit

We will begin reviewing applications for this posting the week of June 14th.

If you’re not sure if this position is right for you, but you’re interested, please apply! We do review every application, and are interested in building relationships with people who have a strong sense that Ride Report is a place where they feel like they could thrive.

We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. We welcome applications from women, people of color, and other groups that are underrepresented in tech and transportation.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Ride Report will not sponsor applicants for work visas. As part of our security protocols, offers are contingent on completion of a background check. You can read more about how and why we use background checks in our Open Source Employee Guide.

How to Apply

Apply here: https://jobs.lever.co/ridereport/49ffbf27-ebba-4e05-9d96-6bf8f674fa9c

Portland’s bike advisory committee will apologize to Commissioner Hardesty for conduct ‘endemic of systemic racism’

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“We want to apologize for our conduct at that meeting. It was unprofessional, endemic of systemic racism, and unacceptable. We will be holding ourselves accountable.”
— PBOT Bicycle Advisory Committee letter

Two months after a heated meeting with Bureau of Transportation Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, members of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee have penned an apology letter.

The meeting on May 11th was Hardesty’s first visit to the BAC since she was named PBOT Commissioner in December 2020. During a Q & A session following remarks to the committee, Hardesty, the first Black woman on Portland City Council, made some statements that left many veteran bike advocates shocked and frustrated. One BAC member, Clint Culpepper, become animated in his pushback against some of Hardesty’s comments — especially when she appeared to dismiss bike advocates’ demands because she doesn’t feel “the bike community” is an effective lobby group.

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Portland City Council to consider carfree South Park Blocks plan

Riding the South Park Blocks.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

At their weekly meeting this Thursday, Portland City Council will consider adoption of the South Parks Blocks Master Plan. Like myriad other planning documents, this plan is an unfunded mandate that identifies a vision for how the South Park Blocks could grow in the years to come.

These plans are usually passed without much drama because they’re the result of years of painstaking public outreach and don’t come with specific, required actions and timelines. But this plan might be different: Tucked into Appendix B of the plan is a joint proposal from Portland Parks and Recreation (PP&R) and the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) that would create a carfree space on several blocks of Park Avenue West. The “Connected Cultural District” concept would expand the existing pedestrian plaza of Portland State University by six blocks near the Portland Art Museum and create a world-class segment of the Green Loop — a central city greenway corridor that was adopted by council in 2018.

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U.S. House-approved ‘INVEST in America Act’ includes $18 million for Portland road projects

U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer on 82nd Avenue, Friday July 9th, 2021.
(Photo: City of Portland)

U.S. Congressman and former Portland city commissioner Earl Blumenauer took a walk on Southeast 82nd Avenue on Friday to highlight a $5 million federal investment into the beleaguered road. The visit came a week after Blumenauer and his colleagues in the House of Representatives voted 221 to 201 to pass the INVEST in America Act, a bill that would inject $715 billion into transportation infrastructure nationwide.

The $5 million earmarked for 82nd comes amid unprecedented momentum for the state highway (OR 213) to finally be transferred into local hands after years of advocacy from safe streets activists and elected officials who are fed up with the State of Oregon’s management style. After years of pushing for the transfer, two more deaths on the street back in April pushed the issue to the front-burner. State lawmakers then teamed up with the City of Portland and Oregon Department of Transportation to hammer out a “historic” agreement that would allow the transfer to take place — but only if all the parties cough up the requisite funds — totalling nearly $200 million — to bring the road up to a state of good repair.

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Job: FT + PT Mechanic + Customer service – Everybody’s Bike Rentals

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Job Title

FT + PT Mechanic + Customer service

Company / Organization

Everybody’s Bike Rentals

Job Description

EBR is approaching it’s tenth year in business and we’re the only shop in Portland renting high end mountain and gravel bikes. We have several other categories to fit most needs with nearly 100 bikes in the fleet excluding tandems and trikes. The majority of our customers leave happy and stay in touch with us sending photos and stories of their adventures and we strive to keep it that way while not compromising our own happiness and wellbeing. This balance is essential to EBR.
The shop is under new ownership and getting a makeover but the overflow of business has been prioritized over renovations and repairs. I need more hands on deck so I can stay focussed to recreate the website and shop space and maintain the integrity of the bikes.
Our 2021 mission is to reconnect people to their natural sense of wonder and adventure! We are committed to maintaining a healthy and vitalized workplace by frequently evaluating our systems in search of opportunities for growth and innovation.
Our team will thrive by having a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and problem solving skills. An ideal candidate will have mechanical aptitude ( shop experience is prioritized but not required ). Must have or actively strive for excellent communication skills. Honesty and authenticity a must.
A typical workday involves responding to rental requests online, on the phone and in person, preparing specific needs for each reservation and maintaining the fleet. At times it will be a very busy environment and being able to navigate between customers, phone calls and quick repairs can be challenging. If you have a strong inner compass, know your boundaries while feel genuinely aligned with the mission of EBR then we want you on board.
While this is a seasonal business, we are currently developing positions to maintain staff in the winter.
Full time customer service position and bike mechanic position. Part time hours can be accommodated. Positions are available now.
Weekend days a must with few exceptions. Pay is competitive. Benefits pending. Let’s ride!

How to Apply

Email resume with cover letter and references to Ryan Smith pdxbikerentals@gmail.com. Visit 305 NE Wygant st. Call 503-358-0152