Associate Manager, Strategy and Operations - Fraud

DoorDash USA; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

DoorDash USA is seeking an Associate Manager for Strategy & Operations to reduce fraud, accelerate growth, and build solutions that protect our platform. You will work with Consumers, Dashers, and Merchants to balance user experience with risk controls.

You’ll analyze fraud vectors across the platform, lead cross-functional programs, and run experiments to drive improvement and scale. This role values data-driven decision making and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, BizOps, investment banking, analytics or related field.
• Experience leading large projects and delivering results in a team environment.
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel is required.
• Bachelor degree required.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement DoorDash’s strategy in new areas and deliver direct business impact.
• Analyze fraud vectors across the platform to identify bad actors and improve user experience.
• Partner with product, engineering, and analytics teams to set goals and build programs.
• Use data-driven testing to reduce fraud while accelerating growth.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About the Team

The Strategy & Operations team is looking for an Associate Manager to reduce the cost of fraud, accelerate growth, and build solutions to protect our platform from would-be fraudsters. You’ll specifically be focused on creating our strategy and executing against ambitious goals to prevent fraud and accelerate growth. You’ll grow familiar with our three audiences — Consumers, Dashers and Merchants. Most importantly, you’ll help promote the delicate balance between providing our users the best experience possible while keeping bad actors at bay.

About the Role

You are a data-driven, truth-seeking, and strategic operator. You combine business context and analytics to tackle complex problems and implement tailored solutions, while bringing others along in your thinking. Sounds like you? Read on…

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Have a chance to define and implement DoorDash’s strategy in new areas and be responsible for delivering direct business impact to DoorDash
• Analyze fraud vectors across DoorDash’s platform – complete end-to-end analysis that allows us to better identify the bad actors on our platform and improve the experience of good users
• Influence and engage across the company – partner with the product, engineering, and analytics, and cross‑functional teams to establish goals and build strategic programs
• Improve through experimentation – use data‑driven decision‑making to run tests on everything to reduce fraud while accelerating growth

We’re excited about you because you have…

• 4+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, bizops, investment banking, analytics or related experience; high‑growth tech experience preferred
• Experience leading large projects, hitting goals, and succeeding in a team environment
• Proven problem‑solving and analytical skills; proficiency in SQL and Excel are required
• Bachelor degree required

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 national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$105,400—$155,000 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 by enabling door‑to‑door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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.