Associate Manager, DashMart - Network Strategy & Analytics
About The Position
The New Verticals Logistics team’s goal is to drive efficiency while improving the quality and speed of New Vertical’s deliveries. Together, we're building the world's most reliable same-day logistics platform to fulfill our vision of empowering all local businesses. The projects we work on are diverse and have the potential to impact each side of our marketplace - from Dashers, to Consumers, to Merchants. We are hiring a few Associate Managers that will focus on crafting and executing on how we win in some of our most strategic markets to how we strategize and plan to reach efficiency goals, all while ensuring sustainable yet strong growth for the business. You will report to a Senior Manager within our Central Strategy & Operations team. This is a non-technical role and sits under our Strategy & Operations job family, under the office of the COO. We operate in a hybrid model - you will spend some time in your home office, in person via offsites and testing products in the field - across DashMarts and third-party stores.
Requirements
- Strong analytical background, advanced SQL proficiency, and a deep understanding of AI tooling.
- Past experience building models from scratch, using data to forecast outcomes.
- Ability to operate at 10,000 feet and 1 foot; comfortable getting in the weeds with SQL and data analysis, and influencing roadmap discussions and strategic priorities.
- Strong business acumen and understanding of how forecast decisions impact cost, service levels, and network performance.
- 4-6+ years of professional experience. Ideally experience in product operations, financial services, logistics, consulting, engineering, launch operations, or business operations.
- Completed Bachelor’s Degree.
Nice To Haves
- Solve problems from first principles; excited to solve forecasting and operational problems in innovative ways, and resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking.
Responsibilities
- Understand the forecasting systems that power our business inside and out — serving as the DRI for forecast accuracy and continuously improving how we predict demand and labor needs.
- Identify forecast variance drivers, develop hypotheses, and test model and product changes in partnership with Product, Engineering, and Data Science — including leveraging AI-enabled forecasting tools.
- Transform analytical insights into operational experiments that create measurable and scalable improvements in forecast precision.
- Do whatever it takes to launch and maintain forecasting enhancements — from writing complex SQL queries to drafting product requirements and supporting GTM efforts.
- Assess the operational and financial impacts of forecast improvements, model tradeoffs, and iterate based on data.
- Influence a cross-functional team, including local operations, engineering, product, and data science, driving alignment on roadmap priorities.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability and basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
- Premium healthcare
- Wellness expense reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
