Strategy & Operations Team Member

Job Description

Associate, New Verticals – Flex Strategy & Operations | DoorDash

The Tone:
This is a full-time, hybrid role at DoorDash, located in New York or San Francisco. DoorDash is a technology and logistics company focused on building the future of local commerce by expanding product offerings on its marketplace platform across various verticals. This role is crucial for the New Verticals Strategy & Operations team, focusing on high-priority initiatives to drive significant, rapid impact across multiple new offerings from merchant strategy to consumer experience. You will gain breadth of experience and move daily metrics while working cross-functionally.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – San Francisco, CA or New York, NY
• Pay: $74800–$110000 yearly
• Team: New Verticals Strategy & Operations team; Individual Contributor
• Mission: Drive growth and operational improvements by tackling the highest priority initiatives across DoorDash’s new vertical offerings.
• Tech Stack: Excel, SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operate: Stand up 0→1 pilots, build dashboards, manage week-over-week KPIs and turn wins into scalable processes.
• Launch: You may launch net-new merchants, experiment new initiatives and run in market tests.
• Analyze: Build models using Excel and SQL to evaluate expansion opportunities and prioritize the next bets.
• Build: Translate consumer, merchant and dasher needs into product requirements, operational improvements and tangible outcomes.
• Collaborate and Influence: You’ll partner with and lead cross-functional teams across product, engineering, finance, marketing and other folks on strategy & operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or relevant field.
• Experience: 1-2+ years of experience in highly analytical and cross-functional cultures.
• Skills: Analytical data-driven decision-making, comfort pulling data in SQL and building models in Excel, adaptability to rapid change and ambiguity, creativity and scrappiness in a startup environment, project-based work, and readiness for a hybrid work environment.
• Bonus: Experience in banking or consulting preferred; knowledge of where, when and how to use AI; ability to start full-time by October 26th, 2026.