About the Role

DoorDash is looking for a hands-on, ownership-minded Strategy & Operations Associate to drive growth on our DoorDash Reservations Marketplace. In this role, you will be responsible for defining and operationalizing how merchants grow their reservations on DoorDash.

This role sits at the intersection of Strategy & Operations, Merchant Success, Marketing, and Product. You will turn ambiguous problems into clear playbooks, design repeatable growth motions, and ensure our internal teams are enabled to execute consistently and effectively.

You will report to a Strategy & Operations Director within the In-Store team.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Invent the future of local commerce.
• Own new business opportunities from 0-to-1 and 1-to-100 across GO and card-linking.
• Drive "visible from space" impact that takes DoorDash's in-store business to new heights.
• Operate as a hands-on owner, leveraging AI as a force multiplier.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams and external partners to bring new use cases to market.
• Identify and solve the highest-leverage new problems to grow DoorDash's in-store presence.

We're excited about you because...

• 7+ years of relevant experience in strategy, operations, consulting, banking, or a high-growth tech environment - ideally with 0-to-1 and 1-to-100 experience building a new product, program, or business line.
• Bias to action and agility - you move quickly and thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment. No job is beneath you and you lead from the front.
• "Breakthrough walls" mentality - you push the envelope of what's possible and can figure out a way to make almost anything happen. You're a playmaker.
• Clarity of thought and executive communication - you create clarity and focus in complex, ambiguous problem spaces, articulate a clear vision to cross-functional partners, and can manage up and across DoorDash, going toe to toe with our most senior leaders.
• Team leadership - you have a track record of building, leading, and developing high-performing teams, and the maturity to attract, hire, and retain top talent as you scale.
• Customer and experience orientation - you think like a consumer and operate like a merchant, balancing customer-first thinking with what makes the economics work for our partners.
• AI-native problem solver - you're an early, heavy adopter of AI tools and use them as a force multiplier to create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces.

We expect this position to be filled by 10/10/26.

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.

$170,000-$250,000 USD