Director, Design for Brands
About The Position
DoorDash is seeking a Design Director for its Brands business. This role is strategically positioned at the intersection of DoorDash's multisided marketplace, connecting the needs of Brands, retailers, and consumers to drive discovery, growth, and personalization across the platform. The position is responsible for the end-to-end experience that Brands have on DoorDash, including enabling them to understand their business through sales data and operational metrics, manage their business by updating catalogs and maintaining their platform presence, and grow through ads and promotions. This role will also design across New Vertical (NV) Growth Products, expanding the customer base and incubating new product surfaces. The ultimate goal is to establish DoorDash as the trusted growth partner for brands and deliver more relevant, personalized experiences to consumers. This role reports to the Head of Design for Ads & Promotions and will lead a significant part of the organization.
Requirements
- Thrive in a fast-paced product environment
- Exhibit a strong bias toward action
- Can think and scale at 10x
- Proactive problem solver, not just a problem identifier
- Curious, and willing to go above and beyond the job description
- Respected people manager with high EQ; knows how to motivate a team even in the most challenging times
- Attracts top talents and hires people who will raise the bar
- Able to stand up for shipping the quality product for customers
- Makes a great thought partner with cross-functional teams
- Excellent storyteller and effective communicator
- Exudes a can-do attitude and enthusiasm
- Self-aware and humble
- Strong portfolio showcasing problem-solving skill at large scale and high design caliber
- 15+ years of experience in design, with minimum 7 years in team building and management
- Have managed and scaled a team of 20+
Responsibilities
- Set the vision for Brands design and define the pragmatic milestones to achieve that vision with your cross-functional team
- Deeply immerse yourself into the complexity of the merchant and advertiser design problems, drive meaningful solutions, and make a measurable impact on business
- Actively practice and evangelize customer-centric thinking organizationally
- Play a strong partner to cross-functional teams like Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Operations to realize the company’s mission
- Partner with the design leaders in consumer and driver experiences to build a holistic journey in a three-sided marketplace
- Hire the best talents who will raise the bar at DoorDash
- Coach and mentor designers on both soft and hard skills and help them develop and achieve career goals
- Build a culture that elevates the team, in terms of both performance and morale
- Establish the operation model that increases the team’s effectiveness
- Align the team’s priorities and deliverables to the company’s overarching strategy and goals
- Be an inspirational leader through your creativity, vision, commitment, and persistence
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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