Senior Manager, Ads & Promotions Analytics

DoorDash USA; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

16 weeks paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off & paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

Disability and life insurance

Family-forming assistance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Senior Manager, Ads & Promotions Analytics to lead a large analytics team and drive insights across a multi-sided marketplace. You will align cross-functional partners to set priorities, craft the analytical vision for sustainable growth, and balance advertiser ROI with consumer experience and platform health.

In this role, you will report to the Senior Director of Analytics within the Ads team and contribute to the scope and impact of DoorDash Ads for Restaurants.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or a related field with executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to translate data into business impact at an executive level.
• Experience leading and developing a high-performing analytics team.
• Deep expertise in SQL, A/B testing, and statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing analytics team with mentorship and career development.
• Define and drive the analytical and product roadmap with measurable goals.
• Partner with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to uncover insights and optimize funnels.
• Apply cohort analysis, regression modeling, and experimentation to guide strategy.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, solving complex problems with limited resources.

Skills

SQL

AB testing

Statistics

Funnel optimization

User segmentation

Time-series analysis

Executive communication

Job description

Senior Manager, Ads & Promotions Analytics

About the Team

DoorDash Ads will become the most transparent and effective advertising channel for merchants, brands, and ad buyers/agencies of all sizes to market their offerings to engaged local audiences. We build a variety of products that are easy to use and confidently generate incremental value for advertisers, while also helping consumers discover and engage with brands they love and save money. As the analytics team our goal is to advance product development, understanding of the business, and identify opportunities for the team to drive towards our north stars.

About the Role

As the leader of a large, high-performing team of data scientists, you’ll own the analytics strategy for DoorDash Ads for Restaurants—one of the company’s fastest-growing and most dynamic businesses. You’ll guide a team spanning multiple levels of seniority to drive insights and decisions across a multi-sided marketplace, optimizing across consumer and merchant outcomes. In your first few months, you’ll establish clear priorities, align cross-functional partners in product, engineering, sales, and strategy, and set the analytical vision for sustainable growth. Success in this role means delivering measurable business impact, elevating the quality of analytics across the organization, and building systems that balance advertiser ROI, consumer experience, and platform health. You will report into the Senior Director of Analytics on our Ads team in our Ads & Promos organization.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Lead and develop a high-performing analytics team, providing mentorship, feedback, and clear career development pathways.


• Define and drive the analytical and product roadmap by setting measurable goals and aligning cross-functional teams around success metrics.


• Partner closely with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to uncover insights, optimize funnels, and inform high-impact decisions.


• Apply advanced analytical methods—such as cohort analysis, regression modeling, and experimentation—to identify growth opportunities and guide strategy.


• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, staying creative and resourceful in solving complex problems with limited resources.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 8+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or a related field, with the executive communication skills required to translate data into business impact.


• You’re an empathetic and effective people manager who prioritizes coaching, development, and team alignment.


• You bring deep expertise in SQL, A/B testing, and statistical analysis (e.g. hypothesis testing, regression modeling, experimentation).


• You have hands‑on experience with funnel optimization, user segmentation, and time‑series analysis, and can guide others in applying these techniques.


• You’re scrappy and strategic, able to navigate ambiguity, influence executive stakeholders, and deliver results under pressure.

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.

$219,700 - $323,000 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 “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.