Account Manager, Restaurants

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · 512 Inside Account Management

Account Manager for Restaurants at DoorDash, focused on retention, satisfaction, and growth of SMB restaurant partners. The role involves managing a book of ~75 merchants, building relationships, and guiding them on platform optimization, product adoption, and revenue growth through outbound calls, emails, and data-driven conversations. Key responsibilities include hitting KPIs, advising on pricing and promotions, delivering QBRs, reducing churn, and collaborating with internal teams. Requires 1+ years of client-facing sales/account management experience, CRM proficiency, and comfort with activity and outcome-based metrics. Mentions AI fluency as a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Make high‑volume outbound dials to existing merchants in your book of business (approximately 75 SMB restaurants), using a clear prioritization framework to decide where to focus your time and energy
  2. Establish goals and key performance indicators for your restaurant partners, and regularly review performance against those targets.
  3. Advise business owners on pricing, promotions, and product adoption (e.g., DashPass, Ads, promos) to achieve their revenue and margin goals, clearly explaining trade‑offs.
  4. Communicate with merchants by phone and email on an ongoing basis to monitor performance, surface risks, and proactively support progress toward their goals.
  5. Deliver and present quarterly business reviews ("QBR") that review a brand’s partnership with DoorDash, pinpointing success, highlighting areas for revenue optimizations, and planning for areas of opportunity and growth

Skills

Required

  • 1+ years of experience in client-facing sales roles
  • 1+ years of experience in Outbound Sales being held to DTT minimums
  • 1+ years of experience in business operations or related setting
  • Experience in outbound sales and/or account management where you directly owned a book of accounts, managed prioritization, and were accountable for retention and growth
  • Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM tools
  • Experience using Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), on an intermediate to proficient level
  • Demonstrate empathy with customer needs and adapt to meet their unique goals
  • Goal‑oriented and competitive in a healthy way

Nice to have

  • AI fluency, or a clear eagerness to build it

What the JD emphasized

  • AI fluency, or a clear eagerness to build it, and use new tools to improve efficiency, output, and impact—while knowing when human judgment and connection matter most.