Senior Associate, New Verticals - Central Strategy & Operations
DoorDash USA · Austin, TX, US
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About the Role
We are seeking Senior Associates for our Central Strategy & Operations team to shape our delivery efficiency strategy. This role involves leveraging operational and product levers to build logistics systems and frameworks, sitting at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and execution. You will have end-to-end ownership of key efficiency drivers, partnering cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Finance to translate data into actionable insights that improve efficiency, elevate customer experience, and strengthen the bottom line. You will play a critical role in designing new systems, optimizing existing operations, and ensuring continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Build DoorDash’s next big business, from high-level strategy to operational details.
- Identify operational gaps and product features, then test and scale product builds in partnership with product & engineering.
- Transform strategies into operational experiments with measurable outcomes to inform implementation plans.
- Assess the operational and financial impacts of decisions and iterate based on data.
- Own and deliver on improving key selection metrics.
- Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including local operations, engineering, and product.
Requirements
- Solve problems from first principles with innovative approaches.
- Be a self-starter, innately curious, and take initiative to investigate opportunities.
- Operate effectively at both high-level strategic thinking and detailed operational execution.
- Thrive in ambiguous, startup environments with rapid change and learning.
- Be analytical, using data to drive decisions.
- Comfortable pulling data in SQL or modeling in Excel.
- 2-4+ years of professional experience, ideally in strategy, product operations, or business operations roles.
- Completed BS/BA Degree, preferably in Analytics, Economics, Business, or a related field.
Skills
- Strategy
- Analytics
- Execution
- Product Management
- Engineering Collaboration
- Finance Collaboration
- Data Analysis
- SQL
- Excel Modeling
Location
- Remote
- On-site
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 2-4+ years of professional experience
Education Level
- BS/BA Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $87,000—$128,000 USD
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
- Flexible paid time off/vacation for salaried roles
- 80 hours of paid sick time per year for salaried roles
About the Company
- Our mission is to empower local economies.
- We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery.
- We are growing rapidly and changing constantly.
- We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities.
- We hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
- 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.
- 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.
- We will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with applicable regulation.
- If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.