Sr. Manager, Sortation Cost & Strategy

DoorDash USA; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

16 weeks of paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off and paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

Disability and basic life insurance

Family-forming assistance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Senior Manager, Sort Network Cost & Capacity for the DoorDash Drive team. You will own capacity planning across the sort network, drive automation investments, lead real estate procurement, and negotiate 3PL contracts to diversify providers and reduce costs.

Reporting to the Director of Sort Operations & Network Strategy, you will partner with Finance, Real Estate, and Automation Engineering to align cost strategy with growth, while benefiting from a comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• Analytical and financially fluent; comfortable modeling cost-per-unit, capacity, and ROI trade-offs.
• Direct experience negotiating commercial contracts (3PL, real estate, or vendor).
• Led or influenced automation/capex decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own capacity planning across the sort network; forecast volume growth against facility and automation throughput.
• Drive automation strategy to reduce cost-per-unit while maintaining sort quality.
• Lead real estate procurement; site selection and lease negotiation for new sort facilities.
• Negotiate 3PL contracts to optimize cost, terms, and service levels.
• Diversify the 3PL network to reduce concentration risk and strengthen negotiating leverage.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Real Estate, Automation Engineering, and Sort Quality to align cost strategy with growth targets.

Skills

Financial modeling

Contract negotiation

Automation decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Network strategy

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash Drive is our company's hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. The Logistics team is responsible for driving the strategy, profitability, and operations across each vertical. In this fast-growing, high-energy environment, you'll drive innovation while maintaining a strong focus on quality and efficiency.

About the Role

This role owns the cost and capacity strategy of our sort network, partnering closely with the Sort Quality lead to balance efficiency and service. Reporting to the Director of Sort Operations & Network Strategy, this role is central to how we scale our sort footprint cost-effectively.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Own capacity planning — Build forward-looking capacity models across the sort network, forecasting volume growth against facility and automation throughput to prevent bottlenecks
• Drive automation strategy — Identify and lead automation investments that reduce cost-per-unit while maintaining sort quality
• Lead real estate procurement — Own site selection and lease negotiation for new sort facilities in partnership with Real Estate and Finance
• Negotiate 3PL contracts — Lead commercial negotiations with 3PL partners to optimize cost, terms, and service levels
• Diversify the 3PL network — Build a multi-provider strategy that reduces concentration risk and strengthens negotiating leverage
• Partner cross-functionally — Work with Finance, Real Estate, Automation Engineering, and the Sort Quality lead to align cost strategy with service and growth targets

We're excited about you because…

• You're analytical and financially fluent — comfortable modeling cost-per-unit, capacity, and ROI trade-offs
• You have direct experience negotiating commercial contracts (3PL, real estate, or vendor)
• You've led or influenced automation/capex decisions
• You operate well cross-functionally and can influence without direct authority
• You have 6+ years in network strategy, logistics, procurement, or operations

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.

• 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)
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• disability and basic life insurance
• family-forming assistance
• 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 Illinois and Colorado.

$170,000 - $250,000 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.