Sr. Associate, Dasher & Logistics - Regional Operations (Parcel) Strategy & Operations

DoorDash, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

401(k) with employer matching

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Paid time off & sick leave

Job summary

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking a Senior Associate for Regional Operations - Parcel on the Drive team. You will manage day-to-day operations and site performance in a U.S.

region, building procedures to drive compliance, quality, and efficiency. Expect travel up to 25% and collaboration with cross-functional teams to standardize best practices across the logistics network. The role requires data-driven problem-solving, SQL/Excel analysis, and 3+ years of on-the-ground warehousing or logistics

Qualifications

• 3+ years of warehousing or logistics experience
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset
• Ability to synthesize data in SQL/Excel and drive improvements

Responsibilities

• Analyze performance and identify high-impact operational challenges to improve service quality and efficiency
• Scale processes by partnering with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Business Development
• Drive 3P performance across 15–20 locations with site leadership to ensure safe, smooth operations

Skills

SQL

Excel

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Logistics experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash is looking for you to join our team as a Senior Associate, Regional Operations - Parcel on the Drive team. DoorDash Drive is our company's hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. We operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and quality - obsessing over performance, efficiency, and scalable processes as we expand our footprint. This team partners cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Business Development, and external partners to launch new capabilities, improve performance, and standardize best-in-class operational practices across our logistics network.

We are looking for someone to drive quality improvements, unblock complex logistical challenges, and build scalable, standardized systems to ensure on time delivery. Our regional operations team focuses on delivery quality, loss prevention, operational efficiency, and merchant experience.

About the Role

You will play an integral role in managing day-to-day operations and site performance in a specific region within the U.S. You will work with both internal and external stakeholders to build and implement key operating procedures to drive compliance and improve quality. This role reports directly to the Regional Operations Manager. We expect this role to be up to 25% travel.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Analyze performance and unlock opportunity - Identify high-impact operational challenges, uncover root causes through quantitative and qualitative insights, and implement scalable solutions that improve service quality, efficiency, and reliability of the network
• Scale processes and operations - Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Business Development to standardize operating procedures and build systems that support sustainable growth
• Drive success metrics - Support 3P performance across 15-20 locations-partnering with site leadership to keep operations running smoothly, efficiently, and safely while continuously raising the performance bar.

We're excited about you because...

• You solve problems from first principles. You're excited to solve problems in innovative ways and you resist "this is how it's always been done" thinking
• You're unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in fast-paced startup environments
• You're analytical. You let data win arguments. You are a data-driven problem solver able to analyze and synthesize data in SQL/excel independently
• You go high and you go low. You're able to take insights from time spent on the floor and distill them into actionable and scalable initiatives for the business
• You have 3+ years' experience in on-the-ground warehousing or logistics, preferably in the 3PL space.
• You have a Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• If internal, you qualify for internal mobility guidelines

Bonus Points

• You have experience scaling operations in a successful start-up
• You have a demonstrated interest in logistics, on-demand services, and marketplaces
• You have multi-unit management experience
• You have experience working with 3PLs

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.

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.

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 Illinoi