Associate Manager, Strategy & Operations

Job Description:

DoorDash Drive is looking for you to join our team as an Associate Manager for our fulfillment strategy and operations supporting new verticals.

DoorDash Drive is our company's hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. The Fulfillment team is responsible for driving the strategy, profitability, and operations across each vertical. The business line you’ll be supporting is fast-growing, fast-paced, and is obsessed with efficiency.

The Associate Manager, Network Strategy, will work on the end to end fulfillment strategy, profitability and operations for one of our most nascent verticals. Drive’s growth only accelerates when we are the most cost efficient and best-in-class operational platform in the industry. This role reports directly to the Manager, Network Strategy. We expect this role to be based out of NYC with up to 5-10% travel.

• Own business outcomes — be directly responsible for our cost and efficiency metrics and develop plans to improve performance
• Influence – Work cross-functionally with our Finance, Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Business Development teams to improve our profitability, enable growth, and influence the progression of one of DoorDash’s biggest bets
• Implement – Drive the strategy, build, and rollout of new product capabilities and operational initiatives to improve our dispatch throughput and fulfillment efficiency

• You are a pro at modeling messy, real-world ideas into clear, black-and-white frameworks.
• You bring structure to ambiguity.You’re excited to solve big hairy problems and are able to navigate the unknown. 
• You act with urgency. Speed excites you. You prefer an accomplishment today to an accomplishment tomorrow. 
• You are a builder. You enjoy building from the ground up and excel in creating structure and process.
• You have 3+ years of experience. You’ve succeeded in a competitive and fast moving environment in finance / consulting / strategy / business development / operations / technology / banking / analytics; high-growth or early-stage startup experience as well as experience in a customer-facing or relationship management role is advantageous. 
• You have experience working in technology, finance, or consulting; product operations experience is a plus. 
• You are proficient in SQL or are willing to teach yourself within the first month.

We expect this position to be filled by 6/22/25

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 to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act) (for salaried roles: flexible vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year; for hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), 16 weeks of paid parental leave, a wellness benefit, and a commuter benefit match.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, 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 the United States.

$98,600 - $145,000 USD