Associate Manager, Emerging Partnerships

About the Team

The New Verticals Business Development team is a small, fast-paced, high-performing group responsible for establishing, managing and scaling new lines of business at DoorDash in the retail and logistics space.

About the Role

As an Associate Manager, Emerging Retail Partnerships, you will take ownership of a portfolio of third party logistics (3PL) and enterprise retail partners, including some of the top shippers in the US. This role gets you in at the ground floor of one of DoorDash's fastest-growing new bets, focused on parcel logistics, and lets you operate at a startup pace with regular access to senior leadership and the backing of an established public company. You will report to the Manager of Retail Partnerships in our Merchant Business Development organization.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Manage and cultivate a book of business spanning third-party logistics and enterprise retail partners, managing relationships with some of the top shippers in the US to drive step-change growth for DoorDash

• Serve as the day-to-day lead for a portfolio of strategic partners, developing a deep understanding of their business goals and challenges and building solutions to meet them

• Lead contract renewals, upsells and cross-sells with minimal oversight, negotiating outcomes that benefit both partners and DoorDash

• Proactively identify growth opportunities across your portfolio that drive revenue, delivery volume and new strategic opportunities

• Shape the product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for the Parcel business, drawing on partner feedback, industry trends and your market knowledge

• Partner with senior stakeholders across Operations, Legal, Finance, Marketing and Product to align on strategy and negotiate complex enterprise partnerships

• Inform growth and revenue goals and advise on the resources needed to hit them, with regular visibility to DoorDash's senior leadership

We're excited about you because…

• You have 6-8 years experience in early stage business development, account management, client success, or strategic partnerships in technology or high growth / early stage startups

• You have a Bachelor's degree

• You have experience negotiating/building commercial deals and partnerships

• You have retail, ecommerce, or logistics industry experience

• You are entrepreneurially minded with a nose for opportunity and risk

• You are comfortable making decisions based on imperfect data

• You are a collaborator, and consensus builder

• You set and communicate clear visions and strategies for your teams

• You are naturally optimistic, but not blinded by conviction

• You cultivate mutually beneficial relationships

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.

$110,600—$162,800 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. 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.

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