Associate Operations Manager, Service Operations, Labs

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · Phoenix, AZ · 631 Autonomy Operations

This role is for an Associate Operations Manager in DoorDash Labs, focusing on robotics and automation for last-mile logistics. The primary responsibility is leading a team of technicians to maximize the uptime and utilization of operations assets, ensuring adherence to service SOPs, and tracking KPIs. While the team explores robotics, the role itself is focused on operational management and technician leadership, not direct AI/ML model development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Foster a safety-first approach to all things Service
  2. Lead a team of new and experienced technicians to maximize uptime of all Operations assets
  3. Work with Service Engineering on identified tooling/jig needs with field deployments of new platforms
  4. Track technician productivity to ensure we are good stewards maximizing our limited resources
  5. Ensure adherence to Service SOPs, including Work Order and Parts flow and management at local level

Skills

Required

  • service operations
  • field service
  • technical operations
  • leading service technicians
  • leading field teams
  • work order systems
  • operational KPIs
  • MTTR
  • MTBF
  • throughput
  • SLA
  • scaling operations
  • launching new markets
  • supporting infrastructure buildouts
  • Valid U.S. drivers license
  • successful completion of MVR

Nice to have

  • robotics
  • autonomous systems
  • electric vehicles
  • aircraft
  • complex systems
  • Mobile/field service background
  • MaintainX
  • JIRA
  • diagnostics
  • APIs
  • scripting
  • Python
  • GitHub

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years in service operations, field service, or technical operations
  • 2+ years leading service technicians or field teams, with ownership of performance and execution