Associate Manager, New Verticals - Retail Merchandising Strategy & Operations
About The Position
The Associate Manager will join DoorDash’s Retail Strategy & Operations team, focusing on merchandising across retail verticals. The role helps build the retail shopping experience by analyzing customer shopping behavior, developing merchandising strategies for store pages, and increasing visibility across retail verticals in the app. The Associate Manager will run iterative tests to optimize the customer site experience and work cross-functionally to translate business priorities into in-app merchandising or product strategies. This position reports to a Manager on the Retail Strategy & Operations team and manages a team of one.
Requirements
- 4–6+ years of experience in retail, e-commerce, or site merchandising.
- Analytical skills and comfort working with large data sets in Excel and Google Sheets, and with basic SQL.
- Experience leveraging LLMs and AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Gemini to automate merchandising workflows, accelerate test-and-learn cycles, and deliver measurable impact.
- Completed bachelor’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute merchandising strategies across retail categories, including apparel, home, beauty, occasions, electronics, sporting goods, and office.
- Analyze sales data, search trends, and seasonal priorities to create a best-in-class customer shopping experience.
- Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify merchandising tools and develop product roadmap strategy.
- Merchandise and maintain product assortment by monitoring business trends, customer demand, historical trends, and seasonal variations to identify future growth opportunities.
- Anticipate consumer demands, analyze customer behavior, and determine what customers may next seek on the DoorDash platform.
- Iteratively test and optimize the in-app customer experience.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- Paid parental leave (16 weeks)
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off and paid sick leave
- Flexible paid time off/vacation for salaried roles
- Paid sick time for salaried roles (80 hours per year)
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
- Equity grant opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
