Associate Manager, AdTech, Marketing Technology

DoorDash; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in delivery services seeks an Associate Manager for AdTech within Marketing Technology. This role emphasizes optimizing digital marketing budgets, collaborating with teams to implement advertising tech, and pushing data strategies for effective growth initiatives. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in performance marketing and analytical proficiencies, with an eagerness to drive impactful results.

Benefits

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing technology, performance marketing, or analytics.
• Proficient in SQL; knowledge of Python preferred.
• Experience with adtech tools like Google Ads and Meta Ads Manager.

Responsibilities

• Optimize multi-million dollar digital marketing budgets.
• Develop data integrations with marketing partners.
• Lead improvements in targeting and measurement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical skills

Collaboration

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About The Team

The Marketing Technology Team is responsible for delivering best-in-class tools, data, and processes so teams at DoorDash can effectively acquire new customers, drive retention, and grow new business lines across all our audiences, including Consumers, Dashers, and Merchants. Our mission is to enable teams to deliver personalized, engaging, and relevant content across all our owned and paid channels. We partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics teams to translate Marketing’s technology needs into measurable business outcomes for our Growth and Performance Marketing teams.

About The Team

The Marketing Technology Team is responsible for delivering best-in-class tools, data, and processes so teams at DoorDash can effectively acquire new customers, drive retention, and grow new business lines across all our audiences, including Consumers, Dashers, and Merchants. Our mission is to enable teams to deliver personalized, engaging, and relevant content across all our owned and paid channels. We partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics teams to translate Marketing’s technology needs into measurable business outcomes for our Growth and Performance Marketing teams.

About The Role

We’re seeking a talented and driven technical marketer or program manager to support Ad Technology initiatives within the Marketing Technology team. In this role, you will be critical in advancing our data strategy and optimizing media investments by implementing and scaling advertising technology tools and integrations. You’ll partner closely with the Performance Marketing, Strategy, and Operations teams to drive high-impact growth initiatives and enable more effective, data-driven campaign execution.

You’ll lead cross-functional efforts to deploy partner data integrations, implement privacy-enhancing technologies like clean rooms, and drive improvements in targeting, measurement, and attribution. This role requires analytical expertise, technical fluency, and program leadership to translate strategic objectives into actionable solutions. Collaborating across teams—including Analytics, Data Engineering, and Product—you’ll also work with key partners like Google, Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok to test and implement innovative marketing technologies and integrations. This role reports to the Growth Marketing organization's Senior Manager of Ad Technology.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…

• Optimize multi-million dollar monthly digital budgets across all performance marketing channels—including Paid Search, Paid Social, Affiliate, Display, App Install, and Referral campaigns.
• Improve Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) efficiency by identifying optimization opportunities and reinvesting gains to meet aggressive growth goals.
• Lead the development of new data integrations with marketing partners (e.g., Meta, Google, TikTok) to unlock advanced targeting, measurement, and optimization use cases.
• Deploy privacy-enhancing measurement solutions, including experimentation with clean rooms and first-party data collaboration frameworks.
• Build and optimize dynamic feed-based advertising strategies (e.g., product catalogs, offers, inventory) with technical and creative partners.
• Act as a thought partner to cross-functional teams—translating high-level marketing objectives into tactical roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Embrace a bias towards action and thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment with an ownership mentality.
• Build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across Marketing, Product, Engineering, and external partners.
  
  

We’re Excited About You Because You Possess…

• 5+ years of experience in marketing technology, performance marketing, marketing analytics, or operations, with a proven track record of success
• Strong analytical and technical skills, with advanced proficiency in SQL and working knowledge of Python (or similar scripting languages) to support data processing, automation, and analysis.
• Ability to translate technical details into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders and communicate clearly across cross-functional teams.
• Experience collaborating with engineering, data, and product teams to implement scalable marketing solutions aligned with business goals.
• Experience with digital tracking and attribution across web and app environments, including hands-on experience with adtech tools (e.g., Mobile Measurement Partners, Customer Data Platforms, Data Clean Rooms).
• Demonstrated expertise in advertising platforms (e.g., Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager), including pixels, app attribution, optimization workflows, and API integrations.
• Deep understanding of key performance metrics (CPA, CPC, CPM, LTV) and experience managing and optimizing campaigns across paid marketing channels (Search, Social, Display, Affiliate, etc.)
• Experience building dashboards and visualizations using tools like Tableau, Mode, Sigma, Looker, or Data Studio to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Experience working in or supporting multi-sided marketplaces and/or app marketing environment (preferred).
  
  

We expect this position to be filled by 7/21/2025.

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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).
  
  

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within the United States.

$108,800—$160,000 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 users—from 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.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Software Development

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