Manager, Local Markets Growth

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · Austin, TX · 614 Strategy & Operations

Manager for DoorDash's US Local Markets team, focusing on accelerating growth in the Southeast & Texas regions. Responsibilities include owning business outcomes, building and leading a team, influencing cross-functional partners, and experimenting to drive growth and profitability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own business outcomes — Set and drive towards regional targets for growth and profitability
  2. Build the team — Recruit, lead, and develop high-performing candidates on the US Local Markets team
  3. Influence – Work cross-functionally with Ops, Product, Finance, Analytics, Sales, Marketing, & Dasher & Logistics partners to support strategic projects and unlock opportunities to grow region
  4. Operate – Figure out how to get from A to B–then actually make it happen.
  5. Experiment - Run tests and scale insights. Embrace the challenge of having multiple paths forward and no right answer. Building a business in a competitive market is not easy.

Skills

Required

  • Experience blending analytics and creativity to scope and implement solutions
  • Manage multiple workstreams at a low level of detail
  • 6+ years of experience
  • Led and motivated a team
  • Summarize complex problems
  • Translate high-level goals into relevant plans
  • Bias towards action
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • Willing to get your hands dirty
  • Open to feedback
  • Crave responsibility
  • Experience in a complex or high-growth environment
  • Bachelor’s degree required

Nice to have

  • Early stage startup experience
  • MBA or Masters Degree
  • Logistics experience
  • Product Management experience
  • Business Operations experience
  • Partnerships experience

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of experience
  • led and motivated a team before
  • complex problems
  • high-performance cultures
  • fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • bias towards action
  • complex or high-growth environment