Manager, Strategy & Operations, DoorDash for Business

Manager, Strategy & Operations, DoorDash for Business

New York, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA

About the Team

DoorDash for Business provides meals solutions to companies, but we aren't stopping there. Our mission is to become a premier benefits partner for executives, employees and administrators across the globe, leveraging the DoorDash platform to deliver industry-leading selection, quality, and customer service to every business customer, for every business use case. We are building an entrepreneurial, customer-obsessed, and fast moving team to create the right products and services for the future of work.

About the Role

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building a high-growth business to join DoorDash for Business, DoorDash's corporate offering. In this role, you will proactively identify and solve the root causes of customer friction to reduce defects and improve the customer experience at scale. You will analyze customer support and operational data to uncover critical trends, determine the true scope and impact of issues, and design solutions that prevent problems before they occur. You will synthesize insights that highlight key pain points, advocate for the voice of the customer, and influence strategic decisions across Product, Operations, and Go-to-Market teams.

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated first-principles thinker with a deep sense of ownership who thrives in ambiguity and consistently delivers results through influence. You are relentless in solving complex business problems, willing to challenge assumptions, and think creatively beyond standard product solutions. You can seamlessly move between strategic planning and operational execution, using data to inform decisions while maintaining a strong bias for action. You are equally comfortable setting direction, driving cross-functional alignment, and rolling up your sleeves to execute. This is a true Strategy & Operations role with significant visibility and impact across the business.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Strategy and Operations, DoorDash for Business Client Success, you will work closely with product, engineering, operations and other teams to make your vision a reality.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will

• Strategize Understand the needs of our clients, prioritize those needs by impact on defect ratio and customer experience, and create solutions with cross-functional partners that proactively eliminate friction.
• Operate - Get to the lowest level of detail, and scale. You will work directly with internal and external partners to execute on your short & long-term plans; you are a cross functional success enabler and an excellent operator who can deliver both product-informed and operations-driven solutions.
• Build - Deploy a data-driven approach to identify emerging customer support trends, quantify their impact, and develop solutions that prevent defects and improve the overall customer experience.
• Collaborate - Work closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Operations, Marketing, and Engineering to ensure customer feedback is consistently integrated into product development and service enhancements, while also driving non-product solutions when needed.
• Construct - Navigate in an ambiguous environment and bring structure to undefined opportunities. There won't always be playbooks or templates; instead you will create them and independently drive problems from identification through resolution.
• Analyze Leverage data to inform hypotheses and align cross functional partners, while understanding when data is directionally sufficient to act and move forward quickly.

We're excited about you because

• You have 6+ years of experience in strategy and operations, commercial management, operations, or consulting; direct management experience, high-growth startup (scaling a business from 0 - 1) experience is preferred
• You have a proven track record of owning and leading complex cross-functional workstreams, setting strategy, driving alignment across stakeholders, and consistently delivering measurable business outcomes in fast-paced environments.
• You are a highly analytical and strategic thinker who can synthesize complex datasets into actionable recommendations, influence decision-making, and drive business results. Advanced SQL experience strongly preferred.
• You are deeply customer-centric and able to balance the needs of customers, merchants, Dashers, and the business while building strong relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable operating with limited direction. You proactively identify opportunities, challenge assumptions, develop strategic solutions, and drive execution from concept through implementation.
• You are AI-forward and leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies in novel ways to scale impact, improve team efficiency, accelerate decision-making, and solve business problems more effectively.

We expect this position to be filled by 8/18/26.

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).

$136,000 - $200,000 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 usersfrom 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