What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Finance & Strategy - Autonomy position at DoorDash USA?
About the Team
Joining F&S at DoorDash is more than a career choice—it’s an accelerated path to leadership. You’ll tackle real-world, high-impact challenges in a dynamic marketplace, working with some of the smartest minds in the industry. Whether your aspiration is to be a CFO, COO, CEO, or strategic business leader, there’s no place where you’ll learn faster or make a bigger impact.
At DoorDash F&S, we value:
Speed – We move fast and prioritize action.
Growth Mindset – We grow faster than the complexity of the business.
Bias for Action – We take ownership and drive results.
About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team in a high-visibility role focused on some of the largest investments across technology at DoorDash. As a key member of the Product Finance team, you will analyze our investments across autonomy and partner closely with the Labs team whose mission is to build and implement automation and robotics solutions to shape the future of last mile logistics.
As a Finance Manager, you will lead cross-functional collaboration with partners in finance, strategy, engineering, product, operations, accounting and procurement to manage new and existing initiatives across autonomy investments. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional analytical, technical, and communication skills to influence data-driven business decisions and navigate trade-offs.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:
- Lead full P&L management for the Labs organization
- Conduct reviews with Labs leadership to assess budget performance and identify necessary trade-offs when expenses exceed projections
- Evaluate new and existing investment opportunities for products with autonomous technologies as well as partnerships with third party organizations
- Build unit economic models with a path to profitability for newer products being developed, along with market opportunity at scale
- Work closely with the Labs product and operations teams to understand progress being made on operational targets and/or any roadblocks being faced
- Partner with accounting on implementing capex policies for new assets
We’re excited about you because...
- 6 years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in the autonomous vehicle industry
- Experience managing forecasting & reporting for major departments within an organization
- Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs to identify trends and assess both current and future risks and opportunities
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
- Ability to influence cross functional partners at all levels
- Basic SQL proficiency (or willingness to learn)
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