About the RoleOur team is looking for a Manager to lead our growing Technical Program Management Team. You will work closely with our Product & Platforms Engineering Teams to drive important engineering-wide initiatives.
You will report to a Director of TPM within our Engineering Operations organization. This is a flexible hybrid role, requiring accessibility to a DoorDash Engineering office location.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...- Lead, mentor, coach and grow a team of Technical Program Managers who drive planning and execution of high impact, complex programs throughout the company
- Own team building strategy, performance reviews, continuous feedback, and career growth feedback for your team
- Develop partnerships with leaders across the company to understand their strategic goals and be a sounding board on how to achieve those goals
- Provide hands-on support on programs that require leadership involvement to meet key milestones or deliverables
- Be an escalation point for high risk issues requiring leadership support and guidance
We're excited about you because you have... - Hands-on experience owning and driving high impact programs with multiple cross-functional teams inside and outside of Engineering - you can build consensus while dealing with ambiguity
- Willingness to lean in and course-correct a faltering program or bootstrap a new project
- Coaching best practices that are derived from your own experiences from diving into program details and working closely with team members to solve hard problems
- Strong partnerships with Product teams in defining strategy and requirements
- Experience designing, scoping, shepherding features, creating roadmaps, and driving technical specs with Engineering teams - you operate at the lowest level of detail and understand the complexity and interdependencies of technologies and teams
- An empathetic leadership style, providing timely feedback to team members and seeking feedback to grow as a leader
- Adaptability, resiliency, and ability to thrive in ambiguity - things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve
Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years as a TPM, Engineering leader, or Product Manager in a relevant technical domain
- At least 2 years of experience managing a TPM or Engineering-related team in a relevant technical domain
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills - able to convey concepts and considerations to non-experts and experts alike
- Experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related disciplines desired
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
