Senior Manager, Business Development Cpg

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · 531 Enterprise Outside Sales

This role is responsible for the marketing vision, development, and growth of DoorDash's largest CPG partners. The Senior Manager will lead go-to-market efforts for emerging offerings, shape commercial opportunities, and drive cross-functional alignment to launch and scale new products. The role sits at the intersection of partnerships, product, strategy, and operations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead go-to-market efforts for new partner-facing products and services, from early concept through launch and expansion.
  2. Build and manage senior relationships with strategic enterprise partners, serving as a trusted point of contact throughout the partnership lifecycle.
  3. Shape pilot opportunities, commercial frameworks, and statements of work in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
  4. Act as the single-threaded owner across product, operations, strategy, legal, finance, and sales teams to move initiatives forward.
  5. Drive internal decision-making on pricing, packaging, approvals, and execution readiness before external launch.

Skills

Required

  • business development
  • enterprise partnerships
  • strategy and operations
  • general management
  • commercial judgment
  • influencing stakeholders
  • driving alignment
  • product launch
  • scaling businesses

Nice to have

  • external facing business leader
  • shaping commercial opportunities
  • driving cross-functional alignment
  • navigating complex, cross-functional organizations
  • operating in ambiguity
  • 0-to-1 or early-stage environments
  • dealmaker
  • operator
  • strategist

What the JD emphasized

  • Lead go-to-market efforts for new partner-facing products and services, from early concept through launch and expansion
  • Shape pilot opportunities, commercial frameworks, and statements of work
  • Act as the single-threaded owner across product, operations, strategy, legal, finance, and sales teams
  • Translate partner needs and market feedback into clear product, business, and operational recommendations
  • Identify opportunities to scale early-stage offerings into repeatable, durable commercial motions
  • Proven ability to lead sophisticated external conversations while navigating complex, cross-functional organizations
  • Strong commercial judgment and comfort operating in ambiguity, especially in 0-to-1 or early-stage environments
  • Track record of influencing stakeholders across multiple teams and driving alignment on high-priority initiatives
  • Experience taking new ideas or products from concept through pilot, launch, and scale
  • dealmaker, operator, and strategist