Associate, New Verticals - Logistics Strategy & Operations

DoorDash; New York (NY); On-site; USD 56,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative logistics company is seeking motivated Associates to join their dynamic New Verticals team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in shaping and scaling new business initiatives, focusing on strategic and operational excellence. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency and quality improvements across the marketplace. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy problem-solving, and are eager to make a tangible impact, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to empowering local economies and transforming the delivery landscape.

Benefits

401(k) with employer matching

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid parental leave

Wellness benefit

Commuter benefit match

Flexible vacation

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years in strategy & operations, consulting, or tech.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic initiatives impacting Dashers, Consumers, and Merchants.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build new business lines.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Cross-functional Collaboration

SQL

Excel Modeling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

Associate, New Verticals - Logistics Strategy & Operations

New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Washington D.C.; Phoenix, AZ

About the Team

New Verticals is an exciting team at DoorDash that is building and scaling new ways to delight our customers, leveraging the DoorDash platform. New Verticals include the DashMart, Convenience, Alcohol, Grocery, and Retail businesses. These categories bring about new challenges and opportunities to build something at DoorDash from the ground up. Our Catalog, Fulfillment and Logistics pod focuses on enabling the operations behind each delivery and we are looking to expand our Logistics function!

About the Role

We are looking to build out our team with a few Associates who will focus on a variety of strategic and operational initiatives on the New Verticals Logistics pod. The Logistics pod is focused on driving cost & efficiency savings, as well as quality improvements to empower operational leverage and growth. The projects we work on are diverse and impact all sides of our marketplace - Dashers, Consumers, and Merchants. In this role you might focus on building a best-in-class Shopper fleet working to acquire, educate, and retain high quality Shoppers and assign them to orders that best suit each Shopper’s unique abilities. You might also support our big bet around building a fulfillment network capable of providing customers with high fidelity deliveries for any items they want across their city.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Build. You’ll have your fingerprints all over DoorDash’s next big business. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new. This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details.
• Strategize. From first principles, you will support strategic initiatives that impact all three sides of our marketplace, requiring high-level strategy and operational details; this can vary from building a fulfillment network to building high-quality Shopper fleet.
• Experiment. You’ll transform strategies into operational experiments that create measurable and actionable outcomes.
• Analyze. You’ll assess the operational and financial impacts of your decisions, and iterate quickly based on data.
• Collaborate. You’ll work with a cross-functional team, including marketing, finance, legal, support, design, product, data science, engineering, and operations to build this new line of business for DoorDash.

We're excited about you because…

• You are a self-starter – You have a bias towards action and are able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment
• You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous startup environments
• You are a problem solver – You can independently translate high-level goals into actionable plans
• You are gritty – You roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to make things successful
• You are analytical – You let data win arguments, and you’re comfortable pulling your own data in SQL and modeling in Excel.
• You are relentless and hungry to learn – You do what it takes to win, no matter what.
• You work well cross-functionally – You have experience managing multiple different stakeholders and business partners.
• You have 1-3+ years of experience - preferably in strategy & operations, consulting, investment banking, tech, etc.
• You have a completed Bachelor’s Degree.

Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only

We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023, and resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024.

The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: Covey

Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.

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, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act) (for salaried roles: flexible 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), 16 weeks of paid parental leave, a wellness benefit, and a commuter benefit match.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash 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 pagehere .

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

$56,500 - $95,000 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.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone *

Location (City) *

Resume/CV *

Enter manually

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Enter manually

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Education

School Select...

Degree Select...

LinkedIn Profile *

Are you currently authorized to work lawfully in the U.S.? * Select...

Will you now or in the future require employment-based visa sponsorship? * Select...

Have you worked at DoorDash? * Select...

Please Note: Previous corporate employees should select "I am a previous employee" and previous DoorDash Dashers should select "I am a previous DoorDash Dasher".

Applicant Privacy Acknowledgement * Select...

We would like to provide you with an overview of how we process your personal information. Please take the time to read theApplicant Privacy Notice and confirm that you have read and understand the content.

Would you like to receive communications via SMS and/or WhatsApp to the number provided [above or during the application process] about your application process?Message & data rates may apply and message frequency may vary. If you select no, we will only communicate with you via email and/or telephone calls. If you select yes and change your mind, you can always reply STOP to opt out. * Select...

USA - Self-Identification Survey

Voluntary Self-Identification

As described in our Applicant Privacy Notice, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in DoorDash’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...

Do you identify as transgender? * Select...

Are you Hispanic or Latinx? * Select...

Race (*Please select one option that best describes how you identify*) * Select...