Senior Manager, Restaurant Ads & Promotions

About the Team Our Advertising & Promotions team operates at the intersection of e-commerce and advertising, surfacing and monetizing relevant content that benefits our core audiences. We provide digital solutions to help advertisers reach DoorDash audiences. This role will be directly responsible for managing the monetization strategy for our ads & promotions products. About the Role As Senior Manager, Restaurant Ads & Promotions, you will be our team's senior subject-matter expert and commercial advocate for DoorDash's largest Enterprise restaurant advertisers. You will know our biggest brands inside out, build the account-level strategies that move their advertising investment with us, and shape the product roadmap that unlocks the next wave of Enterprise demand. You will be the person in the room when DoorDash negotiates long-term contracts with these brands, protecting and growing the ads business within those deals. You will work cross-functionally every day with Product, Data Science, Sales and Account Management, Finance, Legal, and the US Marketplace team. Own deep account-level Ads & Promotions strategy for our top Enterprise merchants, building high-confidence, merchant-specific plans across product, measurement, and relationships that move their advertising investment rates Serve as the Ads & Promotions DRI for MSA and other long-term contractual negotiations, sizing the impact of any advertising components, setting the guardrails, and ensuring these commitments set us up for continued success Model out complex cross-functional tradeoffs and bring a strong, defensible point of view to senior leadership Stand up the processes and tools that raise our merchant business intelligence, turning call notes, feedback, and data into a living corpus that informs strategy and a regularly reviewed, stack-ranked input to the product roadmap Represent the needs of Enterprise merchants and account teams to influence the Product roadmap for high-value, complex use cases across advertiser experience, measurement, credits, and franchise Bring new advertising and promotions capabilities to market for Enterprise clients, enabling successful adoption both internally and externally You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Own: Be the credible, go-to expert on our largest advertisers and the strategies that grow them Advocate: Represent Ads & Promotions in high-stakes commercial negotiations and protect the long-term health of the business Model: Frame ambiguous, cross-functional tradeoffs with data and carry a strong point of view to executives Shape: Influence the Enterprise product roadmap by translating merchant needs into clear, prioritized requirements Influence: Drive alignment and outcomes across Product, Data Science, Sales, Finance, and US Marketplace without direct authority We’re excited about you because… You have 8+ years of experience in strategy & operations, commercial strategy, management consulting, investmebusiness development, or a closely related field, with a track record of owning ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end You have owned the strategy for large, sophisticated customers or partners and can build a credible, account-specific point of view You are comfortable in or adjacent to commercial negotiations (MSAs, up front agreements, pricing, partnerships) and can hold your ground against counterparts with competing incentives You have strong quantitative and structured problem-solving skills, can self-serve data (intermediate+ SQL/Excel), and can defend your conclusions to skeptical executives You communicate complex ideas clearly across technical, commercial, and executive audiences Advertising, ad-tech, retail-media, or restaurant/marketplace experience is preferred 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. 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 (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). 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. See below for 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 (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week). The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$170,000—$250,000 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 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. 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. 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. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the 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. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provided Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023. We resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024, and ceased using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 30, 2026. The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: