Associate Manager, In-Store, Strategy & Operations

About the Team Going Out is an exciting new vector for DoorDash. We’re driving DoorDash customers into our partners’ physical stores, boosting sales and building long-term loyalty across every channel. We’re crafting a seamless, exciting dining experience—from discovery to dessert. Right now, Going Out lives in the DoorDash app, featuring top restaurant recommendations and exclusive in-store discounts. But we’re just getting started—VIP experiences, loyalty perks, reservations, payments, and more are on the way. We’re a scrappy, fast-moving team building a startup within a big company. We take risks, move fast, and roll up our sleeves to make things happen. About the Role As a Strategy & Operations Associate Manager focused on the customer side of our Going Out product you’ll own critical pieces of the customer go to market strategy. You will report to our Director of In-Store and work on some of the most urgent projects as the team prepares to scale our product Nationwide. You’ll own and collaborate on critical components of our business including the Going Out customer journey, the Going Out interaction with DashPass, our in-app conversion (from DoorDash visitor to in-store visitor), monthly retention and order frequency for the product and more. You’ll even design and execute experiments to learn about new products we may bring into the Going Out tab. This role will also include regular customer research, and tons of collaboration with product, marketing, and sales. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Build – help launch an exciting new product at DoorDash Strategize – Set the strategy for customer experience on Going Out Experiment – Scope tests and experiments on everything from activation to optimization Implement – Execute new marketing and comms plans to help our customer base grow Analyze - Build models to evaluate success and set new goals Influence – Work with our Product, Engineering, Operations and Sales teams to scale Going Out We’re excited about you because… You have 4+ years of experience in management consulting / tech / design / investment banking / corporate strategy / business development / business operations or related experience; high-growth or early-stage startup experience strongly preferred You have an established track record of achieving tangible outcomes and moving needles You have experience leading projects, working in a team, and motivating people at all levels across a variety of job responsibilities You can translate high-level goals into applicable plans & action items You have excellent Excel skills (can perform complex functions); SQL knowledge a bonus We expect this position to be filled by 8/7/2026. Compensation The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future. In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information. DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others. To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here . See below for paid time off details: For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year. For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week). The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado. $105,400 — $155,000 USD 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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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. 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