DoorDash Senior Manager, Restaurant Growth: Job Overview, Location, and Employment Details

The main focus of the Senior Manager, Restaurant Growth role at DoorDash is to lead a key pillar of the company’s Restaurant Growth strategy, specifically by creating and scaling the 1P Affordable Selection, which includes high-quality and affordable food served out of Dashmart Kitchens. This role involves collaborating across multiple teams to retain customers by offering more affordable options for their everyday needs.

The Senior Manager is responsible for leading the creation of the 1P Affordable Selection, working with cross-functional teams such as operations, product, marketing, finance, and analytics. They will also analyze data to shape strategy, run experiments to test new ideas, and help scale a new business within the company.

The Senior Manager is expected to collaborate across various teams including Dashmart operations, product development, marketing, finance, and analytics to ensure the success of the growth initiatives. They will also work cross-functionally within the US Marketplace Organization to improve the user experience and secure investments.

Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in strategy and operations or consulting, with experience in high-growth startups being advantageous. Additionally, they need to have more than 3 years of people management experience to effectively lead teams and initiatives.

The Senior Manager will explore growth opportunities with partners in various departments, analyze data to inform strategy, execute plans to achieve goals, run experiments to test new ideas, and influence cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience and business performance.

The role emphasizes helping the business improve by at least 1% every day through ongoing analysis, experimentation, and strategic adjustments. This approach encourages incremental growth and continuous optimization of the company’s offerings.

The position offers opportunities to build and explore new growth avenues alongside partners in product, marketing, analytics, engineering, and operations. It also involves incubating new experiments and scaling successful initiatives to expand the business.

The Senior Manager is expected to lead cross-functional collaboration, influence organizational roadmaps, secure investment for growth initiatives, and manage teams to execute strategic plans effectively.

Scaling a new business within the company means that the Senior Manager will be responsible for developing and expanding the 1P Affordable Selection initiative from its initial stages to a broader market presence, which involves strategic planning, experimentation, and cross-team coordination.