Dispatcher - Via
Fort Worth, TX
About the Job
Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person's daily commute to reducing humanity's collective environmental footprint — we've got huge goals.
As an Dispatcher, you will manage key aspects of our day-to-day transit operations. You - along with your teammates - will be the go-to person for live troubleshooting decisions and will collaborate with operations, support, and product optimization teams to help plan and improve our services. You will also help with many other types of tickets and tasks based on business needs.
**This is an in-person position. You will be working from our office in Fort Worth, TX. Shifts could be either early mornings, daytime, nights, or weekends. Flexibility to work either late nights, early mornings or weekends is required **
What You'll Do:
- Proactively adjust daily operating plans based on real-time inputs from drivers, riders, and colleagues
- Prioritize operational issues as a real-time point of contact and provide creative solutions for overseeing a live operation
- Build strong cross-functional relationships across various Via teams and offices and external partners
- Leverage your operating and troubleshooting expertise to support other business areas. This may include other live operations, phone and email.
- Effectively prioritize live operational issues and take action based on the information received
- Leverage knowledge of Via products and services to make ad hoc decisions with little guidance
Who You Are:
- Thrive in fast-paced environments: able to make sound decisions on the fly, oversee multiple tasks simultaneously, and prioritize effectively
- Ownership mentality: take full responsibility for delivering great service to driver-partners
- Proactive: able to think ahead and anticipate to prevent problems before they start
- An empathetic and effective communicator: you excel at active listening and collaboration
- Comfortable with ambiguity: make thoughtful choices between imperfect options
- Maintain a solution-oriented mindset: persistent, creative, and cool under pressure
- Observant and keen to improve: if something's not working, you come up with a better way
- An exceptional team player: people love working with you, and you can quickly contribute to cross-functional teams
Compensation and Benefits:
- Final salary will be determined by the candidate's experience, knowledge, and skills. Salary reflected does not include equity or variable pay, where applicable.
- Salary Range: $16.00-$17.50/hour
- We are proud to offer a generous and comprehensive benefits package, including medical plans and 401K matching.
- Successful completion of a drug test is necessary for employment
We're Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We pioneered the TransitTech category to ensure that the future of transportation is shared, dynamic public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across congested cities, minimizes reliance on private cars, and provides everyone with accessible, efficient, and affordable ways of getting around.
We created the first end-to-end TransitTech solution for cities and transit agencies, offering world-class software, service design, and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves.
Via was founded with the guiding principle that we go further when we go together. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.
Ready to join the ride?
Via is an equal opportunity employer.
