Associate Manager, Marketplace - Strategy & Operations (JD)

Summary

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company that enables delivery and supports local economies. The Associate Manager will own strategy and operations projects to grow the US Marketplace, including strategic market growth, new growth bets, 0-1 experiments, and roadmap execution. The role partners with product, marketing, finance, analytics, and sales teams to analyze results and scale initiatives.

Responsibilities

• You’ll have your fingerprints all over DoorDash’s next wave of growth. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new, from high-level strategy down to the nitty-gritty operational details
• You’ll take bets that don’t have an owner yet, scope them, test them, and either graduate them into funded programs or kill them with a clear, well-argued recommendation
• From first principles, you’ll develop the optimal strategy for growing segments and launching bets that no existing playbook covers
• You’ll turn strategies into operational experiments that create measurable, actionable outcomes, then use those results to shape the larger implementation plan
• You’ll pull your own data, assess the operational and financial impact of your decisions, and iterate based on what you find
• You’ll work with cross-functional partners across product, analytics, marketing, sales, and finance to get your initiatives resourced and shipped

Skills

• * **You have 4+ years of experience** in a problem-solving role: consulting, tech, banking, or similar
• * **You're highly analytical.** You're a data-driven problem solver who is comfortable running your own analysis in Excel or Google Sheets; SQL experience is strongly preferred
• * **You're comfortable in white space.** You like being handed an undefined problem with no template, and you resist “this is how it's always been done” thinking
• * **You're collaborative.** You have experience partnering cross-functionally to drive results, and you can influence and motivate people you don't manage
• * **You're able to think at the lowest level of detail while seeing the big picture.** You get into the weeds, but you're equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and thinking long-term
• **You have a completed Bachelor's Degree.**
• Experience taking something from 0 to 1 is strongly preferred
• SQL experience is strongly preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * **You have 4+ years of experience** in a problem-solving role: consulting, tech, banking, or similar
• * **You're highly analytical.** You're a data-driven problem solver who is comfortable running your own analysis in Excel or Google Sheets; SQL experience is strongly preferred
• * **You're comfortable in white space.** You like being handed an undefined problem with no template, and you resist “this is how it's always been done” thinking
• * **You're collaborative.** You have experience partnering cross-functionally to drive results, and you can influence and motivate people you don't manage
• * **You're able to think at the lowest level of detail while seeing the big picture.** You get into the weeds, but you're equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and thinking long-term
• **You have a completed Bachelor's Degree.**

Nice to Haves

• Experience taking something from 0 to 1 is strongly preferred
• SQL experience is strongly preferred

Benefits

• Opportunities for equity grants
• A 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• A mental health program
• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year
• Premium healthcare
• Wellness expense reimbursement