Associate Manager, Sales Planning & Strategy, Doordash for Business

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · New York, NY · 635 DDfB

This role is focused on sales planning and strategy for DoorDash for Business, involving the design and implementation of sales incentive structures, cross-functional collaboration, data analysis, sales performance optimization, and forecasting. While the role mentions using AI tooling and architecting AI-driven solutions, its core function is product strategy and sales operations, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the development, implementation and administration of new and existing sales incentive structures for our DoorDash for Business Sales team.
  2. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Legal, HR and Product to drive alignment and support decision-making.
  3. Analyze large datasets to derive actionable insights, identify trends, and provide recommendations to improve sales performance and efficiency.
  4. Collaborate with Sales leadership to develop and implement strategies to optimize sales performance including incentive redesigns, SPIFFs and pilot testing.
  5. Develop and maintain sales forecasting models, track key performance metrics, and prepare regular reports for executive leadership and Sales teams.

Skills

Required

  • SQL
  • Salesforce
  • Excel
  • Sales Operations
  • Sales Planning
  • Consulting
  • Investment Banking
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Communication
  • Presentation
  • Problem-solving
  • Strategic mindset
  • Analytical thinker

Nice to have

  • AI tooling
  • automation
  • AI-driven solutions

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven user and explorer of AI tooling to drive efficiency and improved processes
  • Experience mapping complex operational workflows, diagnosing data gaps, and architecting AI-driven solutions end-to-end—from process discovery through prototype to production deployment.
  • Experience building in AI tooling (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) and ship real automation that eliminates manual work, closes visibility gaps, and accelerates decision-making across the business.
  • This is not an AI-curious role; this is an AI-native operating environment where you are expected to build, test, and iterate continuously.