At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead marketplace growth and collaborate across teams to drive local market success.
- Company: Join DoorDash, a fast-growing tech company transforming local economies.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, equity grants, flexible time off, and comprehensive health benefits.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to inclusion and employee well-being.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping strategies and driving innovation in local markets.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in strategy & operations, with strong leadership and analytical skills.
About the Team
Our US Marketplace team is responsible for growing the DoorDash business in the US, helping customers to discover & order what's best in their city, merchants to grow their sales, and dashers to find flexible work.
About the Role
The US Marketplace team is looking for a motivated and hands-on operator to be the Director of Local Markets. As a Strategy & Operations Director, you'll be responsible for driving marketplace growth in every U.S. market, across a variety of market types. You will report into the Growth and Markets team, leading cross-functional collaboration between DoorDash’s marketing, sales, product, finance, and analytics teams to deliver new products and service level improvements to drive local market growth. You'll have the opportunity to help define new ways to grow locally, incubate 0-1 experiments, scope partnership opportunities, foster relationships with external partners, and execute on a roadmap to grow the marketplace at the local level.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Lead - From day one you'll lead a team, helping the team to further develop the muscle of lowest level of detail analyses and execution rigor.
- Business development - Develop relationships with new growth partners and top merchants.
- Influence - Work cross-functionally across the US Marketplace Organization to help craft roadmaps, secure investment, and partner with other organizations to improve the user experience at local level.
- Build - Explore growth opportunities alongside our partners in Product, Marketing, Analytics, Engineering, and Operations teams.
- Analyze - Shape and define our strategy based on quantitative and qualitative data, querying data directly and empowering yourself with AI tooling.
- Operate - Figure out how to get from A to B-then actually make it happen.
- Grow - Help the business get 1% better every day.
We're excited about you because…
- You have 10+ years of experience in strategy & operations or other operating roles; high-growth startup experience is advantageous.
- You have 5+ years of people management experience.
- You have experience leading cross-functional projects and hitting goals.
- You are comfortable running analysis and manipulating datasets; SQL is required and experience using AI tools is preferred.
- You always look for ways to improve and want to shape the direction of the company.
- You can motivate people at all levels across the organization.
- You can translate high-level goals into relevant plans.
- You love getting to a low level of detail.
Compensation
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.
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, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page.
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, 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.
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