Associate, Strategic Initiatives at DoorDash

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

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic Execution Excellence – Own and optimize the Merchant organization's ongoing execution cadences and reporting across core operations and financial investments, building templates and systems that enable our teams to execute effectively
• Build Scalable Operations – Transform manual processes into automated solutions, creating repeatable frameworks that scale across our Merchant business
• Enable Executive Decision-Making – Partner with Director+ level stakeholders across Merchant Product, Finance, and Sales to synthesize insights, track progress, and drive accountability on strategic initiatives
• Pioneer Automation & Efficiency Resources – Implement productivity tools and automation to 10x our organization's operational capacity while maintaining quality

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a top university
• 1-3 years of experience in a consulting, tech, strategic operations or finance organization where you've demonstrated excellence in process optimization and stakeholder management

Key Skills

• Exceptional operator with excellence in process optimization and stakeholder management
• Think in systems – see manual processes and envision scalable solutions, built models, templates, or frameworks
• Thrive in complexity – juggle multiple workstreams, coordinate diverse stakeholders, maintain attention to detail
• Communicate with impact – synthesize complex information for executive audiences, clear, concise, and action-oriented written communication
• Technically proficient – advanced in Excel/Google Sheets, eager to adopt new tools

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL knowledge or willingness to learn

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
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

Salary Range

$56,500 - $95,000 USD annually

Job Summary

About the Team

Today, DoorDash empowers over 500,000 local businesses (“merchants”) by connecting them to customers. On the Merchant Team, we’re building the easiest, most profitable way for merchants to grow. We aim to sign up every merchant, onboard them instantly, represent their brand and products fully, ensure every interaction with DoorDash is seamless, and drive them consistent profitable growth.  

About the Role

We're looking for an exceptional operator to drive strategic execution and operational excellence across DoorDash's Merchant organization. You'll be the connective tissue between strategy and execution - building the systems, templates, and coordination mechanisms that power high-quality decision-making across our Merchant teams...

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