Associate, Dasher & Logistics - Strategy & Operations

About the Team

The Dasher & Logistics team is responsible for ensuring every delivery is completed with speed, accuracy and a positive Consumer, Merchant and Dasher experience. Dasher & Logistics owns initiatives that touch all parts of the Dasher life cycle ranging from supply & demand, to cost & quality, to Dasher pay, to Dasher retention, to order batching and beyond. We care about metrics like delivery times, cost per order, delivery quality, dasher compensation, and many more!

About the Role

You will play an integral role in building our business strategy in different areas across the Dasher & Logistics pillar. Your primary goal will vary based on the team you join but will focus on different opportunities to improve and optimize the Dasher experience or delivery quality by getting into the weeds and really understanding what's happening on the ground, developing and testing hypotheses, and scaling that impact through working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Engineering, and Analytics! You will report directly into a Manager or Senior Manager on the Dasher & Logistics team.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Build analysis to create data-driven decisions to improve the experience for our Users

• Operate at the lowest level of detail to become an expert of this problem space

• Learn how to develop strategies and act on them

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to drive impact for DoorDash

We're excited about you because…

• You have 1-2+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, financial services, operations, technology, or related experience

• You are able to analyze and synthesize data, make informed decisions and balance quantitative measurement with an empathetic, intuition-based mindset. You can crunch data in SQL/excel independently.

• You love thinking about problems from a first principles approach, and you aren't afraid to take action and try new things in order to create the future.

• You are able to communicate complex topics in a clear, concise, and thorough way to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• You focus on getting stuff done and aren't afraid to get into the details. No job is beneath you and you lead from the front and with optimism.

Compensation

The location-specific base salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation in other geographies may vary.

Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, base salary is localized according to employee work location. Please discuss your intended work location with your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being, and that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package, for full-time employees, that includes healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.

In addition to base salary, the compensation package for this role also includes opportunities for equity grants.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis

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