Senior Operations Associate, Robot - DoorDash Dot

DoorDash, Inc.; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking a Senior Operations Associate to lead an operations team driving autonomy testing. You will manage a PM shift (2:30-12:30AM MST) on our robotics team in Mesa, AZ with some duties in Chandler and Tempe.

Report to an Associate Operations Manager or Operations Manager and be 100% on-site at the Mesa Operations Hub. You will balance business needs and safety, track autonomous tech changes, and communicate status to stakeholders while pushing metrics and delivering actionable

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in autonomous industry or strong interest.
• Proven track record leading an operationally efficient team through multiple product phases.
• Experience working in cross-functional initiatives within a complex, fast-moving environment.
• Analytical mindset with ability to deliver actionable recommendations; proficiency in GSuite, JIRA and SQL preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a component of our operations.
• Communicate status updates to stakeholders and escalate issues.
• Serve as escalation path for on-site incidents, with presence as needed.
• Balance business needs, costs, and safety with an “and not either or” approach.
• Be an expert in our autonomous technology and track changes to it.
• Push and contribute to key metrics.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

SQL

Tools

JIRA

GSuite

SQL

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We're hiring a Senior Operations Associate to lead a team of operators to execute against autonomy goals. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions to a service loved by millions of people, then we want to talk to you!

About the Role

We are looking for a driven Senior Operations Associate who is excited about managing a dynamic operations team leading the forefront of delivery technology. You will manage a PM shift (2:30-12:30AM MST) of our operations team supporting autonomous testing, bringing autonomous technology from ideation to commercialization. You will report to an Associate Operations Manager or Operations Manager on our robotics team in our DoorDash Labs organization. This job is 100% onsite at our Operations Hub in Mesa, AZ with some duties in Chandler and Tempe, AZ.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Manage a component of our operations
• Effectively communicate status updates to key stakeholders, including timely identification and escalation/resolution of issues
• Serve as an escalation path for issues in the field, to include incidents and onsite presence depending on severity
• Maintain an “and not either or” attitude when it comes to balancing business needs, costs, and safety
• Be an expert in our autonomous technology and help track and convey changes to it
• Strive to push metrics and add to them personally

We’re excited about you because you have…

• 4+ years of experience (preferably in the autonomous industry or with strong interest)
• Managed an operationally efficient team through multiple product phases
• A proven track record of operating in cross-functional initiatives and succeeding in a complex and fast moving environment
• An analytical mindset and can deliver actionable recommendations out of complex situations; Proficiency in gSuite, JIRA and SQL is preferred but not essential

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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.
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