Customer Success Manager

DoorDash

$102K — $150K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 3-5 years in customer success, account management, or customer-facing roles in technology or SaaS
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple accounts while driving outcomes
  • Exceptional communication skills for handling high-stress conversations
  • Experience with risk identification and retention strategies
  • Strong problem-solving skills for diagnosing and resolving issues
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to track multiple priorities
  • Tech-savvy with familiarity in product functionality and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of SMB merchants post-launch
  • Drive ongoing engagement through check-ins and performance reviews
  • Monitor account health and proactively address churn risks
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve merchant issues
  • Ensure full utilization of DoorDash products by merchants
  • Handle escalations with a solutions-oriented approach
  • Track follow-through on action items and merchant feedback

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Wellness benefits and commuter benefits match
  • Paid time off and paid sick leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Disability and basic life insurance
  • Family-forming assistance
  • Mental health program support
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is responsible for owning and driving the ongoing success of our small-to-medium-sized (SMB) merchants using DoorDash Commerce Platform products. This role is the primary point of contact post-launch, ensuring merchants adopt our products, achieve their goals, and continue to grow their business over time.

The CSM acts as the merchants' "quarterback" post-launch - proactively managing relationships, identifying risks, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving outcomes that improve retention, adoption, and overall merchant satisfaction.

On a day-to-day basis, this means working closely with onboarding, sales, support, and product teams to ensure merchants continue to succeed after launch:
  • Managing a portfolio of merchants and serving as the primary owner of the post-launch customer experience
  • Driving ongoing engagement through check-ins, performance reviews, and proactive outreach
  • Monitoring account health, identifying churn risks early, and building action plans to address them
  • Coordinating with internal teams (Support, Product, Operations, Sales) to resolve issues and unblock merchant progress
  • Ensuring merchants are fully utilizing our suite of products, including Online Ordering, mobile apps, loyalty, and CRM tools
  • Managing escalations and high-risk situations with a solutions-oriented mindset
  • Tracking action items and ensuring consistent follow-through so nothing falls through the cracks
  • Gathering and synthesizing merchant feedback to inform product improvements and operational processes

As the first Customer Success Manager in this organization, this role will also help define and build the foundation of the Customer Success function, including playbooks, processes, and account health frameworks.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...
  • Own a portfolio of merchants and directly impact retention, growth, and customer satisfaction
  • Build strong relationships with merchants and become a trusted advisor to their business
  • Proactively identify risks and drive solutions before they escalate into churn
  • Lead customer conversations, including performance reviews, escalation calls, and strategic check-ins
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Support, Sales, and Operations to resolve issues and improve the merchant experience
    Become a subject matter expert on DoorDash Commerce Platform products and how merchants use them to grow
  • Use data (orders, revenue, engagement) to inform decisions and guide customer conversations
  • Help define and build Customer Success processes, playbooks, and best practices from the ground up
  • Operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment where you can take ownership and drive meaningful impact
  • Identify opportunities to improve workflows, product adoption, and merchant outcomes
We're excited about you because...
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 3-5 years of experience in customer success, account management, onboarding, or other customer-facing roles within a technology, SaaS, or marketplace environment
  • Proven ability to manage a portfolio of accounts and drive outcomes with strong ownership and accountability
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle challenging or high-emotion conversations
  • Experience identifying customer risk, managing escalations, and driving retention
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose root causes and develop actionable solutions
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and track follow-through with strong attention to detail
  • Experience working cross-functionally with internal teams to resolve issues and drive results
  • Bias for action and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
  • Tech-savvy and comfortable understanding product functionality and troubleshooting issues at a high level

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee's work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

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.

$102,000-$150,000 USD

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