Associate Manager, New Verticals - Retail Strategy & Operations at DoorDash

DoorDash is revolutionizing food delivery and local commerce. Join our mission to grow and connect communities!

Key Responsibilities

• Strategize from first principles by mapping selection whitespace by retailer type, geo, and category to unlock product availability for customers
• Operate by standing up 0→1 pilots, building dashboards, managing week-over-week KPIs, and turning wins into scalable processes
• Analyze by building models using Excel and SQL to evaluate expansion opportunities and prioritize next bets
• Build by translating sales-cycles and GTM needs into requirements and co-leading product feature development
• Lead, collaborate, and influence by working with cross-functional teams and external vendors to unlock partnerships, growth, and quality to scale retail presence across the country
• Shape DoorDash’s retail strategy and drive growth across key categories such as pets, beauty, flowers, office supplies, home improvement and more
• Own category performance by expanding assortment, launching merchandising initiatives, and leading campaigns that deliver results
• Help bring top retail partners to the platform, managing launches from start to finish through enterprise partner launch playbook
• Work closely with Business Development, Product, and Operations teams to turn strategy into seamless execution

Required Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of experience in highly analytical and cross-functional cultures (tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, or related)
• Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, etc.
• Comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities

Key Skills

• Analytical skills with comfort in SQL and Excel modeling
• Entrepreneurial mindset with bias for action and ability to build from the ground up
• Ownership mindset, always looking to improve work and scale learnings through playbooks and SOPs
• Comfort operating at both strategic (10,000 feet) and tactical (1 foot) levels
• Thriving in ambiguous, startup environments with rapid change and learning
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence skills
• Data-driven decision making (let data win arguments)

DoorDash Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

Salary Range

$98,600 - $1,45,000 USD annually

Job Summary

About the Team

The New Verticals team is building the future of local commerce through expanding our product offerings on our marketplace platform. We launched in 2020 and have since then built world-class operations to delight our customers with access to Grocery, Convenience, Alcohol, and Retail delivery through our marketplace. The Retail Strategy & Operations team has expanded into industries like pets, beauty, flowers, office supplies, home improvement, apparel and so much more. 

About the Role

As we continue to scale our Retail business, we’re looking to hire a few Associate Managers to support key strategic growth initiatives and expand our retail presence in the US across multiple categories such as pets, beauty, flowers, office supplies, h...

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