About the RoleWe're hiring a Head of Program Management for DoorDash Air, our in-house drone delivery program. DoorDash Air is an FAA Part 135 certified air carrier, flying aircraft we design and build ourselves. In this role, you'll run the program end to end: launching and scaling our commercial drone delivery service while we build the next generation of aircraft. You'll report to the Head of DoorDash Air and sit on the Air leadership team as a peer to every functional lead, across hardware, autonomy, software, systems, reliability, flight operations, supply chain and product. This role is in person at our San Francisco office, with regular time at our test sites.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...- Play an integral role on a small and focused team
- Own the integrated plan for DoorDash Air across aircraft, autonomy, software, ground infrastructure, flight operations, safety and merchant integration
- Run two programs at once: scale commercial service on today's aircraft and build the next-generation aircraft
- Set and run the gates that decide when we launch, when we scale, and when a design is ready for production
- Find the critical path across hardware, software and operations, and clear it with the leads who own each piece
- Shape how program management operates across Air, partnering with our TPMs and functional leads as engineering grows
- Bring program status, risks and decisions to DoorDash's executive leadership
- Help evaluate external aircraft partners and suppliers
We're excited about you because...- You have 10+ years building aircraft, robots or autonomous vehicles, and you've led a hardware and software program through commercial launch or regulatory approval
- You're technical enough to challenge a schedule and work a design trade with the engineers who own it
- You've set launch, safety or reliability gates and held them under pressure
- You've led complex programs through TPMs and functional leaders, including teams outside your reporting line
- You write plans and decisions that executives and engineers both act on
- You do your best work on small, senior teams where everyone wears more than one hat
- You're driven by a passion for delivering outstanding customer experiences
- BS/MS/PhD in an engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience
- Nice to have experience includes:
- Drone delivery, eVTOL or other aviation programs, including flight test
- FAA operations or certification (Part 107, Part 135, BVLOS)
- Reliability growth programs for safety-critical hardware
- New product introduction and contract manufacturing
- Technical diligence of external partners or suppliers
- Running a program office through a fast headcount ramp
CompensationThe 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.
$193,800-$285,000 USD
