About the Role

We're looking for a Director of Data Science to lead a broad and high-impact portfolio supporting Commerce Platform. In this role, you will shape how we measure success, guide product and commercial strategy, and build the data foundations that help teams move quickly and make better decisions across products at different stages of maturity. Success in this role means building a high-performing team, raising the quality and speed of decision-making, and helping DoorDash identify and scale the highest-ROI opportunities across the portfolio. You will report into a Senior Director on our Merchant Analytics team in our Analytics organization.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Lead and grow a team of data science and analytics leaders and practitioners across a portfolio that spans 01 products, products still being shaped and commercialized, and businesses already scaling quickly.
• Own the analytical direction for the portfolio, including experimentation, KPI design, forecasting, decision support, funnel analytics, and foundational measurement.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Strategy & Operations, and Go-to-Market leaders to influence roadmap, commercialization, and investment decisions.
• Build the operating system for decision-making by improving instrumentation, creating single sources of truth, and connecting short-term execution with long-term business outcomes.
• Operate with broad scope and high autonomy in a startup-like environment while benefiting from the support and talent density of a scaled analytics organization.

We're excited about you because...

• You have 10+ years of experience in Data Science, Analytics, or a related quantitative field, including significant experience leading senior teams and developing managers.
• You have strong product and business analytics judgment, with a track record of defining metrics, building decision frameworks, and influencing strategy in ambiguous environments.
• You have deep expertise in experimentation and causal inference, and you are comfortable making decisions in settings with imperfect data, evolving products, and small or noisy samples.
• You bring hands-on technical fluency in SQL and statistical analysis, and you can go deep enough to raise the technical bar for the team while operating effectively at a leadership level.
• You have experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and business leaders, and can translate complex analysis into clear recommendations that drive action

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.

$255,000-$375,000 USD