Merchant Success Manager

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

This role focuses on managing and growing a portfolio of SMB restaurant partners for DoorDash. The Merchant Success Manager will build relationships, guide merchants on platform optimization, product adoption, and revenue growth through data-driven conversations and outbound activity. The role is accountable for hitting KPIs related to merchant performance, revenue, and operational metrics.

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
  • Intermediate to proficient level in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel
  • Goal‑oriented and competitive

Nice to have

  • AI fluency

What the JD emphasized

  • high-volume outbound activity
  • data-driven conversations
  • Persist through slower periods or skeptical merchants — testing new approaches, refining talk tracks, and maintaining consistent activity even when results lag
  • You bring strong 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.