Associate Manager, Strategy & Operations, New Verticals
DoorDash
About the Team
New Verticals is a lean organization at DoorDash, building the future of local commerce by bringing new ways to delight our customers to market - beyond restaurants. We are looking for top talent to play a pivotal role in growing our International New Verticals business! We are looking for someone who is excited about joining a fast-paced environment and driving our next wave of growth.
About the Role
As an Associate Manager on the ANZ International New Verticals S&O team, you will own growth for a portion of our New Verticals businesses in Australia. You will lead short term execution and long term strategy, grow our topline volume, ideate on our promotion strategy, and lead our go-to-market for new merchants, as well as so much more. You will work cross-functionally with marketing, account managers, analytics, and finance. This role is equal parts strategy development and individual execution.
You will report into the Senior Manager, New Verticals - International Growth.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Strategise. From first principles, you’ll support in developing the optimal strategy for best serving our customers and helping our merchant partners grow their businesses.
- Analyse. You’ll analyze the customer and use that data to inform strategy. You’ll assess the operational and financial impacts of your decisions, and iterate based on data.
- Experiment. You’ll validate potential new business strategies through rigorous testing you run. You’ll ensure we can derive measurable and actionable insights from our key initiatives and share those learnings with the broader team.
- Build. 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.
We’re excited about you because…
- You have 5+ years experience in strategy consulting, strategy and operations, retail, or fast-moving technology companies
- You are a self-starter – You have a bias for action and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- You are a problem solver – You have a talent for synthesising complex problems, can translate high-level goals into actionable plans, and enjoy implementing a process.
- Proven analytical skills – You have a working knowledge of SQL, are proficient at quickly understanding a problem and developing action oriented hypotheses, and conduct deep-dive analyses into specific issues to bottom out root cause analysis
- You work to get 1% better every day – You're always looking for opportunities to better your work product and own the outcome, both the good and the bad
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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.
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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.
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