Senior Associate, Strategy

Overview

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About The Team

Strategy & Operations is the engine that drives the DoorDash business forward, leading priority areas for the company, developing strategies, and driving business outcomes. DoorDash embraces and invests in this function because of our belief in an ownership mentality — our employees can develop the strategy and execute it.

DoorDash is looking for a hands-on builder and leader to play a pivotal role in building differentiated experiences for all sides of the DoorDash Marketplace: customer, dasher and merchant, as part of the Strategy & Operations team.

About The Role

The Strategy & Operations Senior Associate role is for self-motivated, ownership-minded individuals who thrive on solving complex problems using both data and empathy, collaborate across the organisation, and execute to bring strategies to life.

You will report to the Strategy & Operations Manager, within one of our Strategy & Operations teams, which include Merchant, Dasher and Consumer. This is a hybrid role with 3 days spent in-office (Sydney / Melbourne).

You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Curious Mind - You have a curious mind for seeking out problems and thrive on solving complex problems. You love to learn how things work and how to make them work more efficiently. In this role you will unpack ambiguous problems and discover new ways to improve the DoorDash business.
• Own & build - You will be responsible for a key component of the customer experience, whether that experience is for customers that order on DoorDash, Dashers who earn and deliver or Merchants who sell through DoorDash. You will own an integral part of the experience for that customer type. One example in the customer team could include being responsible for developing and executing the overall operational strategy for DoorDash homepage, where you will focus on increasing customer conversion through improving in-app merchandising and customer experience
• Experiment - Use a data-driven approach and deep market knowledge to identify improvement opportunities, run tests and make our business 1% better everyday
• Influence – Work cross-functionally with our Australia and International teams, such as Strategy & Operations, Marketing, Sales, Product, and Engineering
• Grow professionally - there is room for professional development and to own additional scope and special projects related to consumer and marketplace side of the business

We'brve Excited About You Because…

• You have 4+ years experience - in operations / project management / strategy consulting / product / technology
• You are able to lead cross-functionally - you will build and lead cross-functional processes across the business' strategic areas to improve homepage customer experience
• Proven analytical skills - you have a working knowledge of SQL, are proficient at quickly understanding a problem and developing action oriented hypotheses, can build financial models and dashboards to track key metrics, and conduct deep-dive analyses into specific issues to drive continuous improvement
• You are a self starter who is biased towards action and excels in a fast-paced environment and evolving business

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About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees' happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Business Development and Sales
• Industries
• Software Development

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