About the team

The Platform team is DoorDash’s hyper-growth business segment that aims to revolutionize the first-party experience for Merchants and their Customers. The DoorDash Platform encompasses the full suite of DoorDash’s first-party products, including digital ordering, delivery fulfillment, and voice ordering. Our Platform empowers Merchants to reach and retain their Customers while maintaining their unique brand identity.

By leveraging DoorDash’s scale, we help Restaurants that adopt our Custom Website and Native App offerings by providing products that increase traffic and conversion rates. You’ll tackle complex operational challenges, define strategic initiatives, and collaborate closely with our largest and most strategic clients to enhance their digital experiences and drive exponential growth for the Platform business.

About the role

As a Senior Associate on the DoorDash Commerce Platform Strategy & Operations team, you will play a critical role in driving growth across our various products and services. You will be aligned to specific products or partnerships, and you will own all work streams related to building and executing strategies to drive growth, increase adoption, make operations more efficient, and collaborate cross-functionally to bring solutions to life.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Operate: Dive into the lowest level of detail to ensure successful execution. You will meticulously anticipate and address potential challenges as we rapidly scale. You will work directly with internal and external partners to implement strategies and scale processes while maintaining operational excellence. Strategize: Develop comprehensive strategies to support and scale the Enterprise Digital Ordering business, considering both immediate and long-term success. You will tailor strategies to leverage DoorDash’s technology and maximize impact & growth for our Restaurant partners. Build & Own: Establish and own the infrastructure needed for massive growth in the business. From there, you will lead 0 to 1 opportunities, creating roadmaps for future growth vectors and owning key outcomes. Collaborate: Value and build strong partnerships across DoorDash, including Services, Product, Engineering, Account Management, Finance, and counterparts in the business. You will work together to bring your strategies to life. Analyze: Leverage complex datasets and qualitative inputs to generate insights and recommendations. You will use data and experimentation to refine processes and drive measurable improvements for internal and external stakeholders. Communicate & Advocate: Represent the DoorDash brand with humility and a customer-first mindset. You will navigate ambiguous environments and provide structure for undefined opportunities by creating playbooks and templates. You will precisely communicate your plans to align your team and cross-functional partners with your goals. We’re excited about you because… You have an extreme sense of ownership. You take full responsibility for your scope of work. You are proactive in solving ambiguous problems and inspire your teammates to excel. You’re detail-oriented. You have meticulous attention to detail, ensuring no small element is overlooked. Your thoroughness helps you anticipate issues and plan beyond immediate tasks. You solve problems from first principles. You’re excited to tackle problems in innovative ways, eschewing “this is how it’s always been done” thinking. You thrive with a diverse set of responsibilities. You enjoy working across various disciplines and teams, skillfully prioritizing and managing an array of tasks. You’re an analytical thinker. Data drives your decisions. You’re comfortable working with complex datasets, pulling out insights to inform your strategies. You’re even-keeled. You perform well under pressure and maintain a sense of calm when facing challenging and time-sensitive obstacles. You’re persuasive. You’re an effective communicator who speaks with conviction and listens with an open mind, meeting people on their level.You act with urgency. Speed excites you. You prefer to achieve results today rather than waiting for tomorrow. You’re a builder. You thrive on building from the ground up. You excel at creating structure and process, and you’re resourceful in figuring out answers to complex questions with minimal oversight. You oscillate between strategic and tactical. You’re equally comfortable with high-level strategic planning and getting into the weeds to execute. You have a passion for continuous improvement. You’re engaged by complex problems and have a growth mindset. You’re motivated to find creative, effective solutions that drive long-term success. You have relevant experience. You have 3+ years of experience in growth, consulting, strategy, or operations, ideally in a fast-paced environment focused on outcomes. Why you’ll love working at DoorDash We are leaders: Leadership is not limited to our management team. Everyone at DoorDash embraces and embodies leadership. We are doers: We believe the only way to predict the future is to build it. Creating solutions that lead our company and industry is what we do. We are learners: Continual learning is part of our culture. Whether you’ve been in a role for one year or one minute, we are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our audiences. We are customer-obsessed: Our mission is to grow and empower local economies. We are dedicated to all our audiences - Customers, Merchants, Dashers - to bring that mission to life. We are one team: The magic of DoorDash lies in our people. Our people make inspiring goals achievable and drive DoorDash to greater heights. We offer excellent compensation packages and comprehensive health benefits

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Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.  Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others. 

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington. $79,900—$117,500 USDAbout DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

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