Associate Manager, Commerce Platform Logistics - Strategy and Operations

DoorDash USA•Los Angeles, NY

About The Position

DoorDash’s Commerce Platform powers merchants with the tools they grow and operate their businesses—both in-store and online. Drive On-Demand is a key component of this platform, providing white-label fulfillment solutions for merchants across verticals such as restaurants, grocers, and retailers. As part of the Commerce Platform Logistics team, we own cost and quality for the Restaurant (Rx) business—ensuring that DoorDash Commerce Platform is the most reliable way for merchants to reach their customers through their first-party channels. This means improving fulfillment quality, reducing operating costs, and building scalable solutions to enhance customer, merchant, and dasher experiences. At DoorDash, we believe that the reliability and quality of our service is our competitive advantage, and we are looking for a leader who is passionate about building a seamless delivery experience for consumers, merchants, and dashers. As an Associate Manager, Commerce Platform Logistics, you will play a key role in analyzing, tracking, and improving delivery quality, partnering with cross-functional teams to identify trends, scope impactful initiatives, and support the execution of quality and unit economic improvement strategies. Your work will be both strategic and deeply operational. One day, you might be sizing the impact of key product initiatives to support long-term quality improvements. The next day, you could be deep-diving into customer satisfaction (CSAT) data to uncover the root causes of customer pain points and leading an experiment to drive real-world improvements.

Requirements

Strong analytical skills and can use data to identify trends, uncover root causes, and drive informed decision-making.
Strong problem solver and can break down complex problems into actionable steps.
Thrive in a cross-functional environment and are comfortable working with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Operations teams.
Highly detail-oriented and have a strong ability to organize, track, and analyze performance data.
Bias for action and can operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Comfortable working with data —SQL experience is a plus but not required.
3-5 years of relevant experience in high-growth environments required
Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Track and analyze cost and quality metrics across strategic merchants, conducting deep-dives to identify key drivers of quality defects and savings opportunities.
Own logistics for high-growth business lines in Catering and Health
Assist in structuring and executing operational tests to identify solutions for reducing defects like lateness or in-store wait times.
Partner with Logistics, Analytics, and Product teams to scope and assess initiatives that can improve the efficiency and quality of the logistics system
Engage with cross-functional teams to support initiatives that enhance merchant and customer experience.