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10 Lyft product leaders
These ten people lead or have led product at Lyft, from a former chief product officer and product vice presidents to heads of product and product directors. A reader can learn how Lyft builds products for riders and drivers across pricing, mapping, safety, micromobility and autonomous vehicles.
Professionals to explore
01—10Danyal Anik
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product, Safety & Customer Care · Lyft
Director of Product, Safety & Customer Care at Lyft since October 2022, leading product, design, UX research and VoC teams for Lyft's Safety & Customer Care org, which supports millions of monthly interactions. At Lyft Danyal Anik was also Group Product Manager (2019–2020) and Product Lead (2017–2019).
Dave Riege
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product, Engineering, and Data Science Head of Pricing · Lyft
Director of Product, Engineering, and Data Science Head of Pricing at Lyft since December 2024, leading pricing, a 60+ person group of software engineers, data scientists, analysts and product managers. At Lyft Dave Riege was also Director of Product, Driver Earnings Growth (2018–2024) and Head of Lyft Line Operations (2016–2018).
David Lu
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product · Lyft
Former Director of Product at Lyft (2018–2021), in Palo Alto with Level 5, which the profile describes as Lyft's self-driving division with a mission to build the leading self-driving system for ridesharing. David Lu was later Sr. Director, Head of Product Management and Technical Program Management for AD ADAS at Woven by Toyota (2021–2024).
Deanna Alwafai
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management, Lyft Business & Media Ads · Lyft
Former Director of Product Management, Lyft Business & Media Ads at Lyft (2023–2025), product leader for Lyft's Partners Org, overseeing Lyft Business. At Lyft Deanna Alwafai was also Head of Fleet Core Systems & Rentals Product (2021–2023) and Group Product Manager, Express Drive Rentals (2019–2021).
Dylan Lorimer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Product Officer & Vice President of Product Management · Lyft
Former Chief Product Officer & Vice President of Product Management at Lyft (2022–2023), where the profile says Dylan Lorimer led product strategy and execution for Lyft after a 3.5-year record of increasing product leadership across Rider, Mapping and Core/ML Platforms. Dylan Lorimer was also Vice President of Product Management (Experiences and Platforms) at Lyft (2022).
Hannah Fishman
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Rider Product · Lyft
Former Director, Head of Rider Product at Lyft (2023–2025), a director-level product role based in Seattle. Hannah Fishman was also Group Product Manager at Lyft (2022–2023), has been Director of Product Management at Uber since September 2025 and was a Product Strategy MBA Intern - Google Maps at Google (2019).
Kieran Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Product Director, Lyft Mapping · Lyft
Product Director, Lyft Mapping at Lyft since February 2026, building mapping experiences for riders, drivers, AV partners and ads partners. At Lyft Kieran Gupta was also Group PM II Head of Product, Mapping (2024–2026) and Group Product Manager (2022–2024), and was Group Product Manager at Mapbox (2020–2022).
Michael Frumin
LinkedInExperience: VP, Product & Technology, Lyft Urban Solutions (Micromobility) · Lyft
Former VP, Product & Technology, Lyft Urban Solutions (Micromobility) at Lyft (2024–2025), and VP Head of Lyft Urban Solutions (Micromobility) since September 2026, described as organizational and P&L owner of the bikeshare/micromobility business unit. At Lyft Michael Frumin was also Director of Product and Data Science for Transit, Bikes, and Scooters (2020–2023).
Rajiv Bhatia
LinkedInExperience: VP of Product Head of Driver and Rider Product Growth · Lyft
VP of Product Head of Driver and Rider Product Growth at Lyft since January 2021, and VP of Product Head of Driver Experience and Growth Products at Lyft (2019–2021). The profile also lists General Manager & Director of Product at Zynga, with no start date shown, and Advisor at Learner-Centered Collaborative (2017–2019).
Yue Wu
LinkedInExperience: Head of Driver and Autonomous Products · Lyft
Former Head of Driver and Autonomous Products at Lyft (2021–2025). Yue Wu has been VP Product for Treatment, Growth, and Platform at hims & hers since December 2025, and was previously Head of Product, Home & Local Services at Yelp (2017–2020) and a Product Leader at Dropbox (2020–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the product area behind your question, since rider, driver, pricing, mapping, safety and micromobility products are owned by different teams at Lyft. Check each person's dates, especially for anyone who has left Lyft, before asking about current roadmap choices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Lyft balance rider prices against driver earnings when making pricing product decisions?
- 02How does Lyft decide which capabilities to build in-house, such as mapping, versus buy from partners?
- 03How are safety and customer care products prioritized against growth work at Lyft?
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