Director, Strategy & Operations – New Business

About The Team

The New Business Strategy & Operations team is on the frontlines of DoorDash’s growth, helping identify and accelerate new opportunities to scale. We are a team of owners, responsible for taking on and solving critical problems as they arise, and pushing the business forward into new frontiers.

About The Role

You will lead frontier efforts across some of our newest and most ambitious emerging business lines. In this role, you will own end-to-end strategy and operational execution, helping take ideas from our R&D and 0-to-1 teams and scale them across the DoorDash ecosystem. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role and no problem is too big or small to roll up your sleeves and jump into. You will work cross-functionally with R&D, product, finance, marketing, and business development teams to turn ambitious goals into high-impact results. You will report into the VP of New Business Strategy & Operations.

We're Excited About You Because...

• You invent the future of local commerce.
• You own new business opportunities from 0-to-1 and 1-to-100.
• You drive "visible from space" impact that takes DoorDash to new heights.
• You operate as a hands-on owner leveraging AI as a force multiplier.
• You work with a team of all-star operators.
• You partner closely with cross-functional teams and external partners to bring new businesses to market.
• You identify and solve the highest-leverage new problems to grow DoorDash.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience, ideally with startup and/or founder experience.
• AI-native problem solver – you’re an early, heavy adopter of AI tools and use them to create clarity and focus in complex and ambiguous problem spaces.
• Track record of impact – you’ve been in the trenches and have a proven track record of driving significant, company-wide impact.
• Bias to action and agility – you move quickly and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• No job is beneath you and you lead from the front.
• Clarity of thought – you can articulate a clear vision to cross-functional partners.
• Skilled executive management and communication, especially at managing up and across DoorDash and going toe to toe with our most senior leaders.
• Strong leadership and maturity to build (attract, hire, retain) and scale a world-class organization.

Pay

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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including 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).
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance.
• Family-forming assistance.
• Mental health program.

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