Manager, Merchant Strategy And Operations – Culinary Strategy

About The Team

The New Restaurant Models team on Merchant S&O innovates fast and capital-light ways to add new restaurant options for our consumers while providing meaningful new revenue streams for our merchant partners. We are testing and building a wide variety of new restaurant formats, from leveraging physical DoorDash kitchens to licensing brands to be prepared by other restaurants. The Culinary Strategy team plays a critical role in this work, partnering with merchants and cross-functional teams to develop the operating playbooks to build, test, and launch new brands through new channels.

About The Role

As a Culinary Strategy Manager, you’ll drive the development and launch of our newest licensed restaurant brands. You’ll help refine how we select brands, develop the processes to develop and launch brands, collect learnings, and establish the foundation for new ideas to scale. This will include building and executing playbooks to scale multiple licenses, while working with cross-functional teams to go-to market

We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated, highly process-oriented, data-driven, and has exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

You will report into the Director of Culinary Strategy on our New Restaurant Models team in our Merchant Strategy & Operations organization.

You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because...

• You’ll implement – Drive go-to-market planning & execution for new licenses to bring concepts to market
• You’ll experiment – Use data-driven decision making and sound business judgment to test new concepts using our various licensing models.
• You’ll strategize – Build the strategy for developing a license from which cuisine to target, what types of menus to develop and how to build the concept for rapid-iteration.
• You’ll analyze – Build models to define brand license success, outline new product KPIs, and support our cross-functional teams
• You’ll influence – Work cross-functionally with our Culinary Development & Sales teams to land key initiatives

We’re Excited About You Because…

• You’re gritty – You roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to make things successful
• You’re naturally curious – You always look for ways to innovate and improve
• You’re a self-starter – You have a bias towards action and thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment
• You’re a relationship-builder – You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of job functions
• You’re a problem solver – You can independently translate high-level goals into actionable plans

Qualifications

• Expert interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven track record of leading highly cross-functional initiatives, hitting goals, and succeeding in a complex and fast-moving environment
• 6+ years of experience in strategy / business development / operations / technology / consulting or related experience
• Excellent analytical thinker who can deliver actionable recommendations out of complex datasets

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Compensation

The location-specific base salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation in other geographies may vary.

Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, base salary is localized according to employee work location. Please discuss your intended work location with your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being, and that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package, for full-time employees, that includes healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.

In addition to base salary, the compensation package for this role also includes opportunities for equity grants.

Colorado Pay Range:

$129,000—$185,000 USD

California Pay Range:

$129,000—$206,000 USD

New York Pay Range:

$129,000—$206,000 USD