About the RoleWe're hiring a Manager, Strategy & Operations to lead Dasher pay and incentive strategy. This role sits at the intersection of financial discipline and marketplace behavior, and is accountable for designing and optimizing the pay and incentive systems that motivate Dashers while delivering strong business outcomes at efficient spend.
You will translate company and regional goals into clear pay strategies, balancing Dasher earnings, platform competitiveness, and cost efficiency. You will serve as a key decision-maker across critical pay levers, including base pay structures, incentive programs, and regional pay optimization. Your work will require a sharp intuition for behavioral economics: understanding how Dashers respond to different pay constructs and driving the right actions at the right cost.
Success in this role means building and managing pay and incentive frameworks that reliably attract and retain a high-quality Dasher supply, while navigating the complexity of regional market dynamics and an evolving regulatory landscape. You will lead structured analyses to identify inefficiencies, model the impact of pay changes, and drive durable improvements in spend effectiveness across geographies.
You will report into a Sr. Manager of Strategy & Operations. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...- Own Dasher pay and incentive strategy end-to-end, designing programs that drive the right Dasher behaviors while delivering business outcomes at efficient spend
- Optimize pay structures across regions, balancing market competitiveness, Dasher earnings, and cost discipline to maintain a healthy and reliable supply base
- Apply behavioral economics thinking to how pay constructs and incentives are designed, tested, and refined. Understand what motivates Dashers and how small changes in structure drive meaningful shifts in behavior
- Navigate a complex and evolving regulatory environment, ensuring pay programs remain compliant across geographies while preserving strategic flexibility
- Lead rigorous, data-driven analyses to diagnose spend inefficiencies, model the impact of pay changes, and surface actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Finance, Analytics, Legal, and Operations to align on pay strategy and deliver shared outcomes
- Make thoughtful tradeoff decisions between Dasher earnings, platform cost, and supply reliability to protect long-term marketplace health
We're excited about you because...- You have 6+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, technology, finance, or a related field
- You have owned complex business areas with accountability for financial and operational results
- You are highly analytical and comfortable using data and AI tools to diagnose issues, prioritize actions, and measure impact
- You have experience operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with multiple competing priorities
- You are comfortable influencing cross-functional partners and aligning stakeholders around clear decisions
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.
$136,000-$200,000 USD
