Account Executive, Emerging Markets

About the Team

The Emerging Markets team promotes growth in local economies by building meaningful partnerships with merchants across underdeveloped, high-opportunity markets. We focus on T4–T5 geographies—one of DoorDash’s highest company priorities, representing over 40% of remaining restaurant opportunities as we expand beyond core cities and suburbs. Our team creates first connections with SMB restaurants and retailers, helping them grow and monetize through on-demand delivery.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated Account Executive (EMAE)  to join our Emerging Markets org. As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for owning the full sales cycle and bringing high-potential SMB merchants in emerging markets onto the DoorDash platform. This role is fast-paced, highly outbound, and quota-carrying. You will manage a dedicated lead list of ~225 merchants, spend the majority of your day cold calling, and drive a structured, repeatable process to pitch, consult, and close new partners on our platform.

You will report to an Inside Sales Manager who is committed to your success, offering ongoing coaching, development, and pathways for growth. We expect this role to be flexible, with some time in office and some time remote. You will need the ability to travel as needed for in-person collaboration through training, offsites, team-building events, and other business-related necessities.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Transform how small and mid-size merchants in emerging markets grow using DoorDash’s platform
• Manage a high-volume, outbound-led workflow, including extensive daily cold calling
• Work a structured pipeline of ~225 assigned leads and own a quarterly sales quota
• Creatively engage merchants and build trusted relationships across lower-density geographies
• Master sales tools and outreach channels to drive lead conversion
• Operate in a fast-paced environment with clear daily and weekly activity expectations
• Participate in Prep Kitchen, DoorDash’s structured inside-sales training program
• Grow your sales career through continuous coaching and performance development

We’re excited about you because…

• You have at least 1+ years of outbound sales experience, ideally in a short-cycle environment
• You have proven experience running full sales cycles from prospecting → discovery → pitch → close
• You have demonstrated success in high-volume outreach and pipeline generation
• You have strong cold-calling skills and comfort working under pressure
• You have excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• You consistently hit or exceeded sales targets
• You embody DoorDash’s Core Values and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• You have a coachable mindset — you welcome feedback, learn fast, and adapt with ease

Nice-to-Have-Skills:  

• Experience in sales, customer service, hospitality, or restaurant environments 
• Prior outbound cold calling experience with activity-based KPIs 
• Exposure to the on-demand delivery, logistics, or restaurant-tech ecosystem
• Multilingual skills to support diverse merchant audiences

 

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Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location. 

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for sales commission. 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.

$19.37—$32.50 USD

The total on-target earnings (base + commissions) for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$34—$50 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.

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How it works:  Metaview assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision-making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Metaview or other AI-enabled tool  in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.

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