Customer Success Manager

About The Team DoorDash Commerce Platform is DoorDash’s first restaurant software-as-a-service business unit – offering a suite of products and services across online ordering, branded mobile apps, loyalty solutions, and more that enable merchants to reach customers through their own first-party channels. Our newly launched Commerce Platform Merchant Success Operations pod focuses on ensuring merchants have a seamless experience not only during onboarding and launch, but throughout their lifecycle with our platform. Our team strives to drive long-term success by helping merchants adopt our products, grow their business, and realize ongoing value. Within this pod, the Customer Success team plays a critical role in retention, adoption, and merchant growth. This team owns the post-launch experience, proactively working to ensure merchants are successful, engaged, and continuing to see value from our platform. About The Role The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is responsible for owning and driving the ongoing success of our small-to-medium-sized (SMB) merchants using DoorDash Commerce Platform products. This role is the primary point of contact post-launch, ensuring merchants adopt our products, achieve their goals, and continue to grow their business over time. The CSM acts as the merchants’ “quarterback” post-launch — proactively managing relationships, identifying risks, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving outcomes that improve retention, adoption, and overall merchant satisfaction. On a Day-to-day Basis, This Means Working Closely With Onboarding, Sales, Support, And Product Teams To Ensure Merchants Continue To Succeed After Launch. Responsibilities Managing a portfolio of merchants and serving as the primary owner of the post-launch customer experience Driving ongoing engagement through check-ins, performance reviews, and proactive outreach Monitoring account health, identifying churn risks early, and building action plans to address them Coordinating with internal teams (Support, Product, Operations, Sales) to resolve issues and unblock merchant progress Ensuring merchants are fully utilizing our suite of products, including Online Ordering, mobile apps, loyalty, and CRM tools Managing escalations and high-risk situations with a solutions-oriented mindset Tracking action items and ensuring consistent follow-through so nothing falls through the cracks Gathering and synthesizing merchant feedback to inform product improvements and operational processes What You’ll Excited About Own a portfolio of merchants and directly impact retention, growth, and customer satisfaction Build strong relationships with merchants and become a trusted advisor to their business Proactively identify risks and drive solutions before they escalate into churn Lead customer conversations, including performance reviews, escalation calls, and strategic check-ins Partner cross-functionally with Product, Support, Sales, and Operations to resolve issues and improve the merchant experience Become a subject matter expert on DoorDash Commerce Platform products and how merchants use them to grow Use data (orders, revenue, engagement) to inform decisions and guide customer conversations Help define and build Customer Success processes, playbooks, and best practices from the ground up Operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment where you can take ownership and drive meaningful impact Identify opportunities to improve workflows, product adoption, and merchant outcomes We’re Excited About You Because… Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience 3–5 years of experience in customer success, account management, onboarding, or other customer-facing roles within a technology, SaaS, or marketplace environment Proven ability to manage a portfolio of accounts and drive outcomes with strong ownership and accountability Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle challenging or high-emotion conversations Experience identifying customer risk, managing escalations, and driving retention Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose root causes and develop actionable solutions Ability to manage multiple priorities and track follow-through with strong attention to detail Experience working cross-functionally with internal teams to resolve issues and drive results Bias for action and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments Tech-savvy and comfortable understanding product functionality and troubleshooting issues at a high level Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis. Compensation & Benefits 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, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws. DoorDash also 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. Paid Time Off Details For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/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, and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked. The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$79,600—$117,000 USD

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 grow from a company known for food delivery to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We’re committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 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. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel. 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. We strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply and strive to prevent subtler forms of inappropriate behavior from gaining a foothold in our office. Pursuant to local hiring regulations, 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. Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only: We used Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. Details are provided for transparency and compliance. The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: #J-18808-Ljbffr DoorDash