Associate, Marketplace - Strategy & Operations

DoorDash USA

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About The Position

As an Associate on the US Local Markets team focused on fast growing, strategic markets, you will be at the helm of a diverse portfolio of some of our most unique and high growth markets in the US. Your job will require understanding and solving the puzzle of how we can optimize our three-sided marketplace across a variety of unique competitive landscapes. You will dive into the data to understand hyperlocal nuances, launch high-impact experiments, and build new playbooks that define how DoorDash can continue to grow and empower local economies everywhere. This role offers a unique seat at the table, working on one of the company’s highest-priority growth engines. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Conduct business-critical analyses--and act on them. You have a natural curiosity to leverage data to solve problems and identify opportunities. Most importantly, you are able to translate these insights into your own actionable experiments and initiatives. Partner with cross-functional teams to stand-up and implement new initiatives. In a large and fast-growing business, it takes a village to build needle-moving campaigns. You’re keen to build relationships and mobilize teams across the business--from Sales to Marketing to Product to Analytics. Build for the long-term. You’re a strategic thinker who is able to see the big picture, set key business goals and milestones, and then work relentlessly to realize the vision.

Requirements

• You have 1-3+ years of experience. You’ve successfully managed initiatives and driven results in high-performance cultures (whether in tech, strategy, operations, consulting, banking or a related experience); High-growth startup experience is a plus.
• You solve problems from first principles. You like being presented with a problem and coming up with a strategic and tactical plan in innovative ways—and you resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking.
• You’re equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You don’t hesitate to get in the weeds and operate at the lowest level of detail, but you’re just as comfortable thinking long-term and inspiring a team. No job is beneath you.
• You’re action-oriented. You have a bias towards action and driving results
• You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments
• You’re analytical. You let data win arguments, and you’re an expert at pulling your own data and modeling in Excel/Google Sheets.
• You’re a relationship-builder. You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of functions
• You have a completed Bachelor’s Degree.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business-critical analyses--and act on them.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to stand-up and implement new initiatives.
• Build for the long-term.

Benefits

• 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)
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• disability and basic life insurance
• family-forming assistance
• a mental health program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level