Regional Operations Manager - Drive (Parcel)

Doordashusa
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to logistics professionals with 3PL experience working in fast-growing on-demand delivery environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3PL logistics experience and a track record in operations leadership
    — “You have 4-6+ years’ experience in on-the-ground warehousing or logistics, preferably in the 3PL space.”
  • Individuals who can balance operational execution with strategic innovation
    — “You’re able to flex between day-to-day operational details and strategic planning.”
  • Professionals comfortable with data analysis and process optimization
    — “You are a data-driven problem solver with excellent Excel / Google Sheets / data analysis skills.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires up to 40% travel, which may impact work-life balance
    — “We expect this role to be up to 40% travel.”
  • The candidate must be able to manage 15-20 locations simultaneously
    — “You will oversee the day-to-day operations of 15-20 locations.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in starting or scaling a business in your resume and interview responses
    — “Bonus Points: You have experience starting or scaling a successful start-up.”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate on-the-ground insights into scalable strategies
    — “You’re able to take insights from time spent on the floor and distill them into actionable and scalable initiatives for the business.”
  • Showcase your leadership in operations-heavy environments with specific examples
    — “You have 5+ years of leadership experience and have managed leaders in an operations heavy environment.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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

What success looks like

  • efficient operations
  • service quality improvement
  • team development
Typical background
operations managementlogistics

Skills & requirements

Required

Site OperationsProcess ImprovementCross-functional CollaborationData AnalysisLeadership

Preferred

Startup Experience3PL ExperienceSQL

Stack & domain

Operations ManagementProcess ImprovementSite OperationsData AnalysisTeam LeadershipProblem SolvingStrategic PlanningCross-functional CollaborationInitiativeOwnershipLogistics3PL

About the role

Original posting from Doordashusa via Greenhouse

About the Team

DoorDash Drive is looking for you to join our team as a Regional Operations Manager, Parcel on our New Verticals team. DoorDash Drive is our company's hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. The business line you’ll be supporting is fast-growing, fast-paced, and is obsessed with efficiency. We are looking for someone to manage daily site regional operations via our 3P relationships.

About the Role

The Regional Operations Manager, Drive (Parcel) will own the day-to-day operations in a specific region within the U.S. They will work with both internal and external stakeholders to manage site operations. This role reports directly to the Senior Manager, Parcel. We expect this role to be up to 40% travel.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

Own: From first principles, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of 15-20 locations, ensuring all site processes run smoothly, efficiently and safely.

Strategize: Design, build, and execute process improvement projects to drive operational efficiencies and improve service quality and reliability.

Delight customers: Work cross-functionally with central teams to ensure your portfolio of sites offer customers the best experience on each and every order and your team is equipped with the tools, resources and support needed to achieve these goals. 

We’re excited about you because…

You solve problems from first principles. You’re excited to solve problems in innovative ways and you resist “this is how it’s always been done” thinking.

You’re unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous startup environments.

You’re analytical. You let data win arguments. You are a data-driven problem solver with excellent Excel / Google Sheets / data analysis skills.

You’re a proven leader. You have 5+ years of leadership experience and have managed leaders in an operations heavy environment.

You go high and you go low. You’re able to flex between day-to-day operational details and strategic planning. You’re able to take insights from time spent on the floor and distill them into actionable and scalable initiatives for the business.

You act like an owner. You take initiative to drive incremental improvement to the operation and manage the business as if it were your own.

You have 4-6+ years’ experience in on-the-ground warehousing or logistics, preferably in the 3PL space.

You have familiarity with SQL.

You have a Bachelor’s Degree.

If internal, you qualify for internal mobility guidelines.

Bonus Points:

You have experience starting or scaling a successful start-up.

You have a demonstrated interest in logistics, on-demand services, and marketplaces.

You have multi-unit management experience

You have experience working with 3PLs

You have built and trained high performing teams.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis

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 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

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Source: Doordashusa careers (Greenhouse)

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