Associate, New Verticals - Retail Strategy & Operations

Doordash•Los Angeles, CA

61d•Hybrid

About The Position

As we continue to scale our Retail business, we're looking to hire a few Associates onto our Retail Strategy & Operations to support key strategic initiatives including merchandising & selection. You'll expand our retail offering via selection expansion and make it seamlessly shoppable for customers. You'll own our end-to-end merchandising lifecycle from trend identification through on-platform placement. You'll collaborate closely with Marketing, Product, Shopex, Growth, and Analytics to test, measure, and scale retail initiatives that increase traffic and GOV. You'll be an individual contributor. We operate in a hybrid and spend a few days a month in person together! Since we are hiring a few retail team members, you will be considered for multiple roles at once throughout the interview process. We align you with the best role fit after a completed interview process. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Strategize. From first principles, by mapping selection whitespace by retailer type, geo, and category to unlock product availability for our customers Operate. Stand up 0→1 pilots, build dashboards, manage week-over-week KPIs and turn wins into scalable processes. Analyze. Build models using Excel and SQL to evaluate expansion opportunities and prioritize the next bets. Build. Translate sales-cycles and GTM needs into requirements and co-lead product feature development Lead, collaborate and Influence. You'll work with cross-functional teams and external vendors to unlock partnerships, growth and quality to scale retail presence across the country.

Requirements

You have 1-3+ years of experience. You've succeeded in similar cultures that are highly analytical and cross-functional (whether in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, or a related experience).
You are an owner. You're always looking for opportunities to better your work and own the outcome and scale learnings through playbooks and SOPs
You're entrepreneurial. You have a bias for action and are able to build things from the ground up.
You're analytical. You let data win arguments, and you're comfortable pulling your own data in SQL and building models in excel.
You're adaptable. You are constantly chasing new tools and ways to become more efficient and know where, when and how to use AI.
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.
You're unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments where you can be creative and scrappy
You have a completed Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, etc.

Responsibilities

Strategize. From first principles, by mapping selection whitespace by retailer type, geo, and category to unlock product availability for our customers
Operate. Stand up 0→1 pilots, build dashboards, manage week-over-week KPIs and turn wins into scalable processes.
Analyze. Build models using Excel and SQL to evaluate expansion opportunities and prioritize the next bets.
Build. Translate sales-cycles and GTM needs into requirements and co-lead product feature development
Lead, collaborate and Influence. You'll work with cross-functional teams and external vendors to unlock partnerships, growth and quality to scale retail presence across the country.

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