Senior Associate, Marketplace - Texas Strategy & Operations

Senior Associate, Marketplace - Texas Strategy & Operations

DoorDash is looking for an analytical and entrepreneurial operator to join our US Local Markets team that is responsible for bringing a localized approach to each metropolitan market across the country! This team is where our on-the-ground operators sit to bring a local flare to our national brand! Given the local focus - this team and role is based in Texas and we will be targeting candidates in all of the metro areas.

About the Role

As a Senior Associate on the US Local Markets team focused bringing a localized strategy to different markets! You will look at everything ranging from but not limited to local market share, order volume, quality and so much more! You will work on operational experiments to help grow these markets and drive success across all the services we offer here. You will contribute to DoorDash's growth strategy by shaping regional expansion strategies, developing innovative solutions to complex challenges, and driving impactful execution. This role requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and a passion for delivering results, as well as exceptional relationship-building abilities to collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders.

You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will

• Conduct business-critical analyses--and act on them. You have a natural curiosity to leverage data to solve problems and identify opportunities. Most importantly, you are able to translate these insights into your own actionable experiments and initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to stand-up and implement new initiatives. In a large and fast-growing business, it takes a village to build needle-moving campaigns. You're keen to build relationships and mobilize teams across the business--from Sales to Marketing to Product to Analytics.
• Build for the long-term. You're a strategic thinker who is able to see the big picture, set key business goals and milestones, and then work relentlessly to realize the vision.

We're Excited About You Because

• You have 3 years of experience. You've successfully managed initiatives and driven results in high-performance cultures (whether in tech, strategy, operations, consulting, banking or a related experience); High-growth startup experience is a plus.
• You solve problems from first principles. You like being presented with a problem and coming up with a strategic and tactical plan in innovative waysand you resist "this is how it's always been done" thinking.
• You're equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You don't hesitate to get in the weeds and operate at the lowest level of detail, but you're just as comfortable thinking long-term and inspiring a team. No job is beneath you.
• You're action-oriented. You have a bias towards action and driving results
• You're unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments
• You're analytical. You let data win arguments, and you're an expert at pulling your own data and modeling in Excel/Google Sheets.
• You're a relationship-builder. You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of functions

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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.

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