Senior Associate of Strategy & Operations, DoorDash

• You solve problems from first principles. You’re excited to solve problems in innovative ways, and you resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking
• You’re equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You don’t hesitate to get in the weeds and operate at the lowest level of detail, but you’re just as comfortable thinking long-term and inspiring a team. No job is beneath you
• You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments
• You’re analytical. You let data win arguments, and you’re comfortable pulling your own data in SQL or modeling in Excel
• You’re relentless. You do what it takes to win, no matter what
• You have 3+ years of experience. You’ve succeeded in high-performance cultures (whether in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, or a related experience)

Desirable

• We’re hiring a Senior Associate to help us build and scale brand new retail businesses. You will cover key functions such as defining the strategy, testing hypotheses, developing the go-to-market playbook, and scaling selection acquisition that will take our retail categories to the next level
• Build. You’ll have your fingerprints all over DoorDash’s next big business. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new. This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details
• Strategize. From first principles, you’ll develop the optimal strategy for best serving our customers
• Experiment. You’ll transform strategies into operational experiments that create measurable and actionable outcomes
• Analyze. You’ll assess the operational and financial impacts of your decisions, and iterate based on data
• Lead and collaborate. You’ll work with a cross-functional team, including marketing, design, product, and operations to build this new line of business for DoorDash