Associate, Dasher Tasks, Strategy & Operations

DoorDash

$74K — $110K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of experience in strategy & operations, consulting, investment banking, or analytics in a dynamic environment.
  • Proficient in SQL and Excel/Sheets for data analysis and decision making.
  • Experience in end-to-end project ownership and execution.
  • Strong analytical mindset with ability to turn complex data into actionable insights.
  • Familiarity with AI tools to enhance analytical processes and operational execution.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end workstreams for Dasher Tasks, from hypothesis to launch and scaling.
  • Analyze real-world data to drive decisions and define key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Collaborate with teams across Product, Engineering, and Analytics.
  • Develop playbooks and processes to transition pilots into sustainable operations.
  • Adapt to shifting business needs, handling ambiguity and making strategic decisions.

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off and paid sick leave
  • Wellness and mental health benefits
  • Family-forming assistance
  • Disability and basic life insurance
Full Job Description
About the Role
  • As an Associate you'll own a slice of Dasher Tasks end to end; sizing the opportunity, designing the operation, launching pilots, and scaling what works. Your focus will flex to wherever the business needs it most: new task types, commercial pilots or international market expansion opportunities,
  • First 30 days: learn the business, our metrics, and tooling, and shadow live operations. By 60 days: own a workstream or pilot and ship your first improvements. By 90 days: independently run a pilot or market and move a core metric.
  • Expect ambiguity, shifting priorities, and few established playbooks. With these complications come outsized ownership, direct exposure to senior leaders, and the chance to shape a multi-billion-dollar new business from the ground up. It's a rare moment to get in early.
  • You'll report direction to the Manager on the Dasher Tasks with the Dasher and Logistics Organization
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...
  • Own end-to-end workstreams across Dasher Tasks, from the first hypothesis and analysis all the way through launching and scaling the operation.
  • Turn messy, real-world data into decisions: pull your own data in SQL, model in Excel/Sheets, define the KPIs that matter, and lean on AI tools to move faster.
  • Partner broadly with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and S&O leadership.
  • Build the playbooks, SOPs, and processes that turn a scrappy pilot into a durable business, and see your work in Dashers' and customers' hands within weeks, not quarters.
We're excited about you because...
  • You have 1-3 years of experience in strategy & operations, consulting, investment banking, analytics, program management, or a high-growth startup/ops environment, and you've owned projects end to end.
  • You're data-fluent and analytical: comfortable pulling data in SQL and modeling in Excel/Sheets to drive decisions, or able to ramp there quickly.
  • You operate with an ownership mentality in ambiguity: structured, resourceful, biased to action, and willing to get into the weeds with a high bar for operational quality.
  • You put AI to work to accelerate your analysis and execution.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis

Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes 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). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:
  • For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
  • For hourly roles: 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).


The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$74,800-$110,000 USD

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