About the Role

The Manager, Network Strategy & Operations will support the design and execution of DashLink's network strategy. You'll be responsible for building analytical frameworks, executing coverage strategies, and driving operational improvements that improve service quality and cost efficiency. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategy & Operations, this role is analytical, cross-functional, and central to how we grow our logistics network.

This role can be based near a major logistics hub and requires 15-20% travel.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Support network expansion - Execute coverage strategies that support DoorDash's growth. Contribute to market entry analysis, regional prioritization, and site selection inputs for external partners.
• Optimize first-mile and middle-mile - Analyze and refine induction and routing strategies that align with merchant expectations, improve reliability, and reduce transportation costs.
• Benchmark against industry leaders - Research and synthesize competitive service standards to inform recommendations that improve speed and consistency for customers and merchants.
• Contribute to long-term architecture - Identify and model opportunities for regional nodes, hub-to-hub transfers, and consolidation strategies, with recommendations that support cost-efficient scaling.
• Drive analytical rigor - Build and own models that project coverage, cost per unit, and service levels, ensuring strategy is grounded in data.
• Partner cross-functionally - Collaborate with Transportation, LiveOps, Product, and Finance to execute launches, measure success, and ensure the network design scales with business growth.
• Drive execution - Translate strategy into actionable workplans, track progress against milestones, and surface issues proactively to senior stakeholders.

We're excited about you because...

• You're structured and analytical - You can synthesize complex data into clear recommendations, and you understand how network design decisions affect cost, coverage, and service outcomes.
• You're highly analytical - You are fluent in data and modeling (Excel, SQL, Python, or network modeling tools) and use it to ground your decisions.
• You thrive in scaling environments - You're comfortable operating with ambiguity and building solutions in uncharted territory.
• You're cross-functional - You've partnered with operations, product, and finance teams to move work forward and drive shared outcomes.
• You have relevant logistics experience - 4-6 years in transportation, supply chain, consulting, or operations roles, with exposure to carrier management, SLA frameworks, or network analysis.
• You deliver results - You have a track record of moving projects to completion, with measurable improvements in cost, service, or operational efficiency.

We expect this position to be filled by 29/11/2026

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.

$136,000-$200,000 USD