Senior Technical Program Manager, New Verticals

DoorDash; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off & sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager for New Verticals to lead complex, high-impact programs across Grocery, Convenience, Retail, and Merchant Services. You will connect strategy to execution, collaborating with engineering, product, and operations to scale new fulfillment models and merchant-facing products.

You’ll navigate interdependent systems, translate ambiguous requirements into concrete plans, and drive programs from strategy through launch and scale, reporting to the

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and both client-side and platform teams.
• Strong leadership to collaborate across organizations and influence without authority.
• Ownership, urgency, and drive to dive into details and push programs forward.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for audiences from experts to non-experts.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambitious business bets into executable technical programs across New Verticals.
• Drive cross-organizational execution with clear milestones, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Develop deep understanding of architecture, data flows, and operational systems behind New Verticals.
• Frame problems, define success, assess risks, and create actionable execution paths for teams.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Leadership

Ownership

Communication skills

Product & platform development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Software Engineering or related discipline

Job description

DoorDash is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager for New Verticals to lead complex, high-impact programs across Grocery, Convenience, Retail, and Merchant Services. You will connect strategy to execution, collaborating with engineering, product, and operations to scale new fulfillment models and merchant-facing products.

You’ll navigate interdependent systems, translate ambiguous requirements into concrete plans, and drive programs from strategy through launch and scale, reporting to the