Senior Customer Success Manager

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · Chicago, IL · 413 In-Store Marketing

Senior Customer Success Manager role at DoorDash focused on driving strategic partnerships, retention, and growth for high-value SMB customers. Responsibilities include managing a book of business, driving end-to-end customer outcomes, leading customer engagements, acting as a trusted advisor, partnering with account management, leveraging data for business impact, and influencing cross-functional strategy. Requires 5+ years of experience in customer success or account management, strong communication, data analysis skills, and organizational abilities. Prior experience in hospitality/restaurant industry is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own a High-Value Book of Business. Manage a tailored, high-value portfolio of customers in key strategic markets, delivering deep, high-touch engagement to drive strong customer health, retention, and expansion.
  2. Drive End-to-End Customer Outcomes. Own the full customer lifecycle—from onboarding and adoption through renewal and growth—ensuring customers realize measurable ROI and long-term value from our platform.
  3. Lead High-Impact Customer Engagement. Develop and execute tailored account strategies, including leading high-impact business reviews and planning sessions with senior and executive stakeholders.
  4. Act as a Trusted Advisor. Build deep relationships with key decision-makers, providing strategic guidance that influences customer business outcomes and long-term success.
  5. Partner Closely with Account Management. Collaborate in a highly integrated way with Account Managers to drive expansion opportunities, co-own growth strategy, and deliver a seamless customer experience.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience working in Customer Success, Account Management, or a similar customer-facing role
  • strong verbal and written communication skills
  • experience managing a portfolio of customers with varying levels of complexity
  • comfortable building relationships with stakeholders
  • influence outcomes through strong communication and business acumen
  • data-driven, with the ability to interpret performance metrics and translate insights into actionable strategies
  • highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and focus on strategic objectives
  • passionate about helping customers succeed
  • natural curiosity for understanding business challenges and solving problems

Nice to have

  • Prior experience working in the hospitality or restaurant industry