About this role
About the Team
DoorDash is looking for an analytical and entrepreneurial operator to join our US Marketplace Growth team that is responsible for accelerating new growth bets, most notably with College students and Gen Z. You will dive into data to explain performance at the lowest level of detail, use AI tools to drive reporting efficiency, work with cross-functional partners to report out and explain performance, and help manage a team of College Ambassadors and leads who support our on-the-ground presence at colleges around the country.
About the Role
The Senior Associate, Marketplace Audience Strategy & Operations role is for truth seekers who enjoy getting scrappy while also examining data, creatively problem-solving on a daily basis, driving insights on business performance trends, using AI to drive efficiency, and working across a cross-functional organization to bring strategies to life. You will directly support new Audience penetration for DoorDash’s largest business unit.
On a typical day, you will dive into data to explain performance at the lowest level of detail, broker and manage external ecosystem partnerships, think through how to solve blockers to performance at individual College campuses, work with cross functional teams to build reporting and performance updates for senior leadership, think up new ideas and translate them into an actionable test or new reporting mechanism, and drive the creating of strategic plans that drive execution throughout the business.
Our best Strategy & Operations Sr. Associates are motivated, analytical, creative, and have exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills. We are currently operating in a hybrid model, some time in-office and some time remote but it is quite flexible!
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
• Collaborate - Work cross-functionally with teams across DoorDash to understand, report, and drive business performance
• Strategize - Support the creation of critical strategic plans that are a roadmap for execution throughout the year
• Analyze - Assess the performance of the US Marketplace to understand performance trends and drive actions based on learnings
• Optimize – Work with other Strategy and Planning teams to deliver new tooling that will make our reporting and planning processes more efficient
• Influence – Partner with many teams, internal and external, to make your ideas come to life
We're excited about you because…
• You have 3+ years of work experience in strategy, operations, planning, or other related areas
• You're analytical – You enjoy getting deep into data and feel comfortable translating what you’re seeing into tangible insights. You use a variety of AI tools (e.g. Cursor) to improve analytics tooling
• You’re action-oriented – You have a bias towards action, are comfortable with ambiguity, and are able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment
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