Associate Manager, Retail Partnerships

Doordashusa
San Francisco +3 more
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Candidates with experience in strategic partnerships and a drive for operational problem-solving will find this role's emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and field engagement appealing.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in technology or high-growth startups and a passion for solving detailed operational challenges
    — “6+ years of account management, consulting, banking, or strategic partnerships in technology or high growth / early stage startups”
  • Individuals who excel in project management and can coordinate large-scale rollouts with minimal supervision
    — “Project managing the rolling out hundreds of stores across the country”
  • Professionals with a background in analytics and a proven ability to extract actionable insights from data
    — “Proficiency in analytics & visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Sigma, SQL)”

Things to consider

  • The role requires flexibility in work arrangement, including travel and in-office time
    — “We expect this role to be flexible in terms of time spent remote, in-office, and traveling to visit merchant partners”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work in a fast-evolving environment with a focus on e-commerce expansion
    — “eCommerce is expanding, and DoorDash is making meaningful strides to become a leader in this sector”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to analyze consumer behavior and design campaigns based on data-driven insights
    — “Gathering insights on consumer behavior and shopping patterns”
  • Showcase your hands-on experience with delivery or logistics processes, especially if you have done similar field work
    — “Getting into the field to do a test delivery”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Drive strategic growth initiatives for retail partnerships, manage large-scale rollouts, and design marketing campaigns
Typical background
6+ years of account management, consulting, banking, or strategic partnerships in technology or high growth / early stage startups

Skills & requirements

Required

Retail PartnershipsStrategic Growth InitiativesProduct ManagementMarketing CampaignsField TestingConsumer Behavior AnalysisOperational Efficiency

Preferred

Investment BankingConsulting

Stack & domain

Account ManagementConsultingBankingStrategic PartnershipsTechnologyHigh Growth StartupsAnalyticsPresentation ToolsProject ManagementMarketingPromotional CampaignsField TestingConsumer BehaviorOperational EfficiencyBusiness DevelopmentPartnershipsInvestment BankingAnalytics ToolsTableauSigmaSQLImpact MotivatedCuriousStrategicResourcefulCollaborativeOwnerMulti-taskingPrioritizingOrganizedCommunicationLeadershipProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingTeamworkAttention To DetailPositive AttitudeTime ManagementRetailE-commerce

About the role

Original posting from Doordashusa via Greenhouse

About the Team

The DoorDash Enterprise Retail team manages the strategic vision, acquisition, and development of the largest retail partnerships in North America. This team sits within the New Verticals Business Development organization. We support our merchant’s broader e-commerce strategy, helping them find new ways to acquire, engage with and retain customers. We also love to help our partners solve their operational issues at the lowest level of detail; no job is too big or too small.

About the Role

The Retail Partnerships Senior Associate will help steer the company's effort to adopt and partner with retailers and CPGs at all levels of the sector. eCommerce is expanding, and DoorDash is making meaningful strides to become a leader in this sector. You will report to a Sr. Manager, Retail Partnerships. We expect this role to be flexible in terms of time spent remote, in-office, and traveling to visit merchant partners. 

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

Driving and leading on strategic growth initiatives for your Mx portfolio

Working with internal product teams to ensure we’re prioritizing the right features for our merchants, dashers & customers

Project managing the rolling out hundreds of stores across the country

Designing marketing and promotional campaigns for new, returning or churned customers 

Getting into the field to do a test delivery 

Gathering insights on consumer behavior and shopping patterns

Leading special projects to drive operational efficiency for your partners

We’re excited about you because…

You’re Impact Motivated -- You have a natural desire to improve the overall business

You’re Curious -- You love digging into low levels of detail to extract insights

You’re Strategic -- You love to find the win-win in develop novel agreement structures to grow business with partners

You’re Resourceful -- You are happy juggling many priorities concurrently and being creative with solutions to move fast

You’re Collaborative - You enjoy working with lots of different people, both external and internal

You’re an Owner - You step up to drive projects forward with minimal supervision

Qualifications:

6+ years of account management, consulting, banking, or strategic partnerships in technology or high growth / early stage startups

Bachelor's degree required

Business Development and/or Partnerships experience

Experience with Analytics and Presentation tools

Prior investment banking, consulting experience (preferred, not required)

Proficiency in analytics & visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Sigma, SQL)

We expect this position to be filled by 12/19/2026

Compensation

Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location. 

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants and sales commission. 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.$127,840—$188,000 USDThe total on-target earnings (base + commissions) for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.$159,800—$235,000 USDAbout 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. 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.

Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only

We used Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provided Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023.  We resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024, and ceased using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 30, 2026.

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Source: Doordashusa careers (Greenhouse)

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