Head of Network Planning & Warehouse, Dasher & Logistics Strategy & Operations

DoorDash USA•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

The Head of Network Planning & Warehouse, Dasher & Logistics Strategy & Operations will own the design and expansion of DashLink’s network footprint. You’ll be responsible for building strategies that improve coverage, service quality, and cost efficiency while enabling DoorDash to compete at scale. Reporting to the Director of Strategy & Operations, this role is highly strategic, highly analytical, and central to shaping how we grow our logistics network. This role can be based near a major logistics hub and requires 15–20% travel.

Requirements

You’re strategic and systems-oriented – You can design networks that balance coverage, cost, and service while anticipating second- and third-order effects.
You’re highly analytical – You are fluent in data and modeling (Excel, SQL, Python, or network modeling tools) and use it to ground your decisions.
You thrive in scaling environments – You’re comfortable operating with ambiguity and building solutions in uncharted territory.
You’re cross-functional – You’ve led initiatives that align operations, product, and finance around a shared strategy.
You have deep logistics experience – 8+ years in transportation, supply chain strategy, consulting, or operations roles, with experience in carrier selection, SLA design, or network optimization.
You deliver results – You’ve driven measurable improvements in cost, service, or coverage at scale.

Responsibilities

Design network expansion – Build and execute coverage strategies to support DoorDash’s nationwide growth. Develop market entry plans, prioritize regions, and inform site selection with external partners.
Optimize first-mile and middle-mile – Create induction and routing strategies that align with merchant expectations, improve reliability, and reduce transportation costs.
Benchmark against industry leaders – Shape service standards that are competitive with national carriers, improving speed and consistency for our customers and merchants.
Shape long-term architecture – Identify opportunities for regional nodes, hub-to-hub transfers, and consolidation strategies that enable cost-efficient scaling.
Drive analytical rigor – Build and own models that project coverage, cost per unit, and service levels, ensuring strategy is grounded in data.
Partner cross-functionally – Collaborate with Transportation, LiveOps, Product, and Finance to execute launches, measure success, and ensure the network design scales with business growth.
Lead execution at scale – Translate strategy into clear roadmaps, manage timelines for market launches, and deliver against milestones.

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
flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year
vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week)