Associate Manager, DashMart - Category Strategy & Operations

About The Team DoorDash’s New Verticals organization focuses on accelerating one of our strategic pillars – DashMart, our grocery and convenience delivery offering. We’re building and scaling new ways to delight our customers, leveraging the DoorDash platform. The DashMart Category Management team owns the selection strategy for DashMart and is responsible for offering customers a best‑in‑class assortment at the right price. About The Role As an Associate Manager on our DashMart Strategy & Operations team, within the category management pod, you will act as the general manager and own the end‑to‑end strategy and performance of the Produce category across the US. In this role, you will lead assortment decisions, vendor partnerships, pricing strategy and category analytics to accelerate growth and profitability across one of our most exciting Fresh businesses. You will partner closely with cross‑functional teams including Supply Chain, Finance, Pricing and Product to bring category strategies to life and continuously optimize performance. You will report into the Manager, Category Management within our New Verticals Strategy & Operations team. You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will… Own the Produce category as general manager, with end‑to‑end responsibility of category performance including selection productivity, profitability, affordability and availability. Strategize: define assortment architecture, SKU productivity targets, pricing tiers, vendor mix, and promotional approach to maximize growth and margin. Partner closely with operational teams to ensure high‑quality, fresh product reaches customers. Experiment: transform strategies into operational experiments that create measurable and actionable outcomes, informing larger initiative implementation plans. Analyze: assess operational and financial impacts of your decisions, and iterate based on data. Lead and collaborate: lead a team of two assortment specialists and partner with a cross‑functional team, including local operations, supply chain, and space planning teams. We’re Excited About You Because… You solve problems from first principles and resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking. You’re analytical, let data win arguments, and comfortable pulling your own data in SQL or modeling in Excel. You’re equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You don’t hesitate to get in the weeds and operate at the lowest level of detail, but you’re just as comfortable thinking long‑term and inspiring a team. No job is beneath you. You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments. You have 4–6+ years of professional experience. You’ve succeeded in high‑performance cultures (whether in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, manufacturing, automation, engineering, etc). Bonus points if you have 2+ years of experience with e‑commerce, physical retail, or startup environments. Experience in category management or retail buying is preferred. You have completed your BS/BA degree. Compensation The starting pay will fall within the range of $105,400–$155,000 USD, based on job‑related factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. In addition to base salary, the role includes opportunities for equity grants. DoorDash offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, including a 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws. Additional benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, disability insurance, and a mental‑health program. About DoorDash At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and iterate 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. 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. 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. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on protected categories, we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior from ever gaining a foothold in our office. We value a diverse workforce and encourage people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply. Accessibility & Accommodations If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection. 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