Director, Merchant Acquisition & Success - Strategy & Operations

DoorDash, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 197,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Paid parental leave

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

DoorDash’s Merchant Strategy & Operations Director will own both the strategy and execution for acquiring and onboarding merchants, partnering with product, engineering, sales and operations to drive merchant growth and success.

You will translate customer empathy into actionable experiments, analyze data to inform roadmaps, and lead a cross-functional team to deliver measurable outcomes across the merchant lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required.
• 10+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, operations, banking or technology.
• Experience leading large, cross-functional transformations.
• Ability to create clarity in complex problems and articulate vision to partners.
• Ownership mindset and drive to shape company direction.
• Exceptional written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Strong business acumen with risk/opportunity assessment.
• Curiosity to innovate and improve.
• Strong problem-solving mindset leveraging data.
• Persuasive relationship-building across teams and levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop the optimal strategy for serving customers from first principles.
• Transform strategies into operational experiments with measurable outcomes.
• Assess operational and financial impacts and iterate based on data.
• Lead and collaborate with marketing, design, product, engineering, analytics, sales, and operations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Communication skills

SQL/Excel modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

About the Team

Today, DoorDash empowers over 500,000 local businesses (“merchants”) by connecting them to customers. On the Merchant Team, we’re building the easiest, most profitable way for merchants to grow. We aim to sign up every merchant, onboard them instantly, represent their brand and products fully, ensure every interaction with DoorDash is seamless, and drive them consistent profitable growth.

About the Role

As a Merchant Strategy & Operations Director at DoorDash, you will lead the acquisition, onboarding and early success for our merchants, owning both the strategy & execution. In this role, you’ll help acquire merchants by diversifying our go-to-market approach, ensure merchants onboard seamlessly to the DoorDash marketplace and help set them up for success. You’ll match deep customer empathy with analytical rigor to uncover insights, reduce friction, and design strategies to up-level the merchant experience. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive impact across product, engineering, sales, and operations.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Strategize – From first principles, you’ll develop the optimal strategy for best serving our customers.
• Experiment. You’ll transform strategies into operational experiments that create measurable and actionable outcomes, informing the broader product and experience roadmap
• Analyze. You’ll assess the operational and financial impacts of your decisions, and iterate based on data.
• Lead and collaborate. You’ll work with a cross-functional team, including marketing, design, product, engineering, analytics, sales, and operations to build this experience.

We're excited about you because…

• You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher
• You bring 10+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, operations, banking, technology, with time spent leading transformation in fast-paced or complex environments
• You have experience managing large teams and driving large-scale, cross-functional initiatives
• Proven ability to create clarity and focus in complex and ambiguous problem spaces, and you can articulate that vision to cross-functional partners
• You are an owner, meaning you take responsibility for outcomes, have experience being in the driver’s seat, and want to shape the vision and direction of the company
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives—written, verbal, and visual
• Strong business acumen—assessing risks, opportunities, and trade-offs to support short-term needs and long-term goals
• You’re naturally curious – You always look for ways to innovate and improve
• You’re a problem solver – You approach problems from first principles and thoughtfully challenge the status quo
• You’re analytical – You rely on data to guide decisions, and are comfortable pulling your own data in SQL or modeling in Excel.
• You’re persuasive and a relationship‑builder – You communicate clearly and effectively, adapting your style to collaborate and build alignment across teams and levels.

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.

$197,200 — $290,000 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.

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

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