Associate, Marketplace - Strategy & Operations
doordashusa
New York, New York, United States · New York · United States
Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Full-time
- Remote
- 614 Strategy & Operations
doordashusa
New York, New York, United States · New York · United States
Posted Aug 20, 2026
DoorDash is looking for an analytical and entrepreneurial operator to join our US Local Markets team that is responsible for accelerating growth across diverse market archetypes at a local level. You will dive into data to explain performance at the lowest level of detail, create and execute on high-impact strategies, and work alongside internal and external stakeholders to grow our business while solving core problems for our consumer, merchant, and dasher audiences.
As an Associate on the US Local Markets team, you'll help drive growth across the New York Region. Your job will require understanding and solving the puzzle of how we can optimize our three-sided marketplace across a one of our largest and most dynamic markets
You will dive into the data to understand hyperlocal nuances, launch high-impact experiments, and build new playbooks that define how DoorDash can continue to grow and empower local economies
We are hiring for an Associate to join our team to be based in New York.
Conduct business-critical analyses--and act on them. You have a natural curiosity to leverage data to solve problems and identify opportunities. Most importantly, you are able to translate these insights into your own actionable experiments and initiatives.Partner with cross-functional teams to stand-up and implement new initiatives. In a large and fast-growing business, it takes a village to build needle-moving campaigns. You’re keen to build relationships and mobilize teams across the business--from Sales to Marketing to Product to Analytics. Build for the long-term. You’re a strategic thinker who is able to see the big picture, set key business goals and milestones, and then work relentlessly to realize the vision.
You have 1-3+ years of experience. You’ve successfully managed initiatives and driven results in high-performance cultures (whether in tech, strategy, operations, consulting, banking or a related experience); High-growth startup experience is a plus.You solve problems from first principles. You like being presented with a problem and coming up with a strategic and tactical plan 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 action-oriented. You have a bias towards action and driving resultsYou’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environmentsYou’re analytical. You let data win arguments, and you’re an expert at pulling your own data and modeling in Excel/Google Sheets.You’re a relationship-builder. You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of functionsYou put AI to work. You actively use AI tools to accelerate your analysis and execution — and you have the judgment to know when to trust the output and when to pressure-test it.You have a completed Bachelor’s Degree.
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:
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. 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.
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