Group Product Manager, Ads Marketplace

Group Product Manager, Ads Marketplace

The Ads Marketplace team is responsible for optimizing the delivery and performance of ads across the DoorDash platform. Our mission is to balance advertiser outcomes and consumer experience, driving efficient, scalable, and high-performing ad placements. This team operates across four core areas: Inventory, which determines where ads appear throughout the consumer journey; Economics, which drives pricing and auction mechanics for maximum efficiency; Quality, which ensures the right ad is shown at the right moment; and Formats, which focuses on innovating ad formats and merchandising to maximize impact. As the world's fastest growing retail media network, DoorDash Ads has surpassed a $1B run rate, and the Ads Marketplace team is leading the charge.

About the Role

As the Ads Marketplace GPM, you will manage a team of Product Managers to scale the Ads business rapidly and responsibly. You'll define and execute the strategy for sustainable growth, with a focus on improving iROAS (incremental Return on Ad Spend) and delivering long-term value to advertisers. Your work will unlock new growth levers through pricing innovation, ad quality improvements, and personalized delivery systems. You'll also establish and monitor the core marketplace metrics and principles that balance advertiser performance with a high-quality user experience. This is a highly cross-functional role that operates at the intersection of product, engineering, data science, sales, and marketing, requiring a strong blend of strategic thinking, technical depth, and execution excellence.

You'll report directly to Mayur Chaudhari, Director of Merchant Ads, and work in a hybrid model that blends remote flexibility with in-person collaboration.

You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will

• Lead the core product and economics strategy of DoorDash's ads business
• Scale the platform by improving auction dynamics and launching new ad formats
• Own ad relevance and quality, making sure users see the right ad at the right time
• Build personalization systems that dynamically determine ad load and placement across surfaces
• Partner with teams across the company to define how ads and promotions coexist, delivering maximum value for merchants
• Work on high-impact products that directly influence ads revenue, merchant ROI, and user engagement

We're Excited About You Because

• You have 8+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 2 years leading PM teams.
• You have experience with Ads, Promotions, or Merchandising on consumer platforms and/or in high-scale marketplaces.
• You combine strong, strategic thinking and operational execution, with a track record of shipping high-impact features.
• You excel at cross-functional collaboration, and can influence and align stakeholders across a complex organization.
• You are a clear communicator with strong analytical skills and experience leading executive-level reviews.
• You have deep empathy for users and a passion for solving complex, real-world problems.
• You are energized by DoorDash's mission and the opportunity to help local economies thrive.

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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).

$231,200 - $340,000 USD

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 usersfrom 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 including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

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.

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