What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Associate, Strategy & Operations position at DoorDash USA?
About the Team
DoorDash Drive is looking for you to join our team as a Senior Associate for our fulfillment strategy and operations supporting new verticals.
DoorDash Drive is our company's hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. The Fulfillment team is responsible for driving the strategy, profitability, and operations across each vertical. The business line you’ll be supporting is fast-growing, fast-paced, and is obsessed with efficiency.
About the Role
The Senior Associate, Network Strategy, will work on the end to end fulfillment strategy, profitability and operations for one of our most nascent verticals. Drive’s growth only accelerates when we are the most cost efficient and best-in-class operational platform in the industry. This role reports directly to the Manager, Network Strategy. We expect this role to be based out of NYC with up to 5-10% travel.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Own business outcomes — be directly responsible for our cost and efficiency metrics and develop plans to improve performance
- Influence – Work cross-functionally with our Finance, Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Business Development teams to improve our profitability, enable growth, and influence the progression of one of DoorDash’s biggest bets
- Implement – Drive the strategy, build, and rollout of new product capabilities and operational initiatives to improve our dispatch throughput and fulfillment efficiency
We’re excited about you because…
- You are a pro at modeling messy, real-world ideas into clear, black-and-white frameworks.
- You bring structure to ambiguity.You’re excited to solve big hairy problems and are able to navigate the unknown.
- You act with urgency. Speed excites you. You prefer an accomplishment today to an accomplishment tomorrow.
- You are a builder. You enjoy building from the ground up and excel in creating structure and process.
- You have 3 years of experience. You’ve succeeded in a competitive and fast moving environment in finance / consulting / strategy / business development / operations / technology / banking / analytics; high-growth or early-stage startup experience as well as experience in a customer-facing or relationship management role is advantageous.
- You have experience working in technology, finance, or consulting; product operations experience is a plus.
- You are proficient in SQL or are willing to teach yourself within the first month.
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