DoorDash
Manager, Finance & Strategy - New Verticals
DoorDash, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Manager, Finance & Strategy – New Verticals
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Job Details
Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type:
Full-time
Job function:
Finance and Sales
Industry:
Software Development
Position Expected to be Filled by 2/5/26.
About The Team The Finance & Strategy team is responsible for accelerating the growth of our business by identifying and implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability, and defensibility of our business model. We’re looking to hire strategic thinkers who can model the future, solve complex problems, and collaborate effectively to help carry projects from conception through execution. In this role you will be responsible for working across all line items of the P&L and being a key thought‑leader alongside our vertical GMs and Product leads.
About The Role We are looking for a Manager who will play an integral role in building our business strategy and ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions for New Verticals, the fastest growing segment on DoorDash. This role will partner cross‑functionally with teams across the business to support strategic business and financial decisions.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision‑making frameworks
Drive strategic decision making in a fast‑paced constantly changing environment
Work to optimize our approach to balancing growth vs. profitability
Support key initiatives through custom modeling exercises
Support special projects to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities
Operate in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment that is constantly evolving
Qualifications
6+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience at a high‑growth technology startup or well‑established company
Ability to influence cross‑functional partners at all levels within an organization
Experience managing forecasts for major departments within an organization
Advanced Excel, Google Sheets and financial modeling skills. Ability to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company, and to size opportunities and build business cases for pursuing new initiatives
Basic SQL proficiency. Ability to manipulate large data sets, uncover hidden insights in our data, and meaningfully improve our understanding of our business through this process
Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities
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. In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
U.S. pay range:
$134,000—$197,000 USD
Benefits 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.
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).
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 with door‑to‑door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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.
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.
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.
Accommodations 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 use 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 provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023, and resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024.
The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: Covey
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Job Details
Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type:
Full-time
Job function:
Finance and Sales
Industry:
Software Development
Position Expected to be Filled by 2/5/26.
About The Team The Finance & Strategy team is responsible for accelerating the growth of our business by identifying and implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability, and defensibility of our business model. We’re looking to hire strategic thinkers who can model the future, solve complex problems, and collaborate effectively to help carry projects from conception through execution. In this role you will be responsible for working across all line items of the P&L and being a key thought‑leader alongside our vertical GMs and Product leads.
About The Role We are looking for a Manager who will play an integral role in building our business strategy and ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions for New Verticals, the fastest growing segment on DoorDash. This role will partner cross‑functionally with teams across the business to support strategic business and financial decisions.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision‑making frameworks
Drive strategic decision making in a fast‑paced constantly changing environment
Work to optimize our approach to balancing growth vs. profitability
Support key initiatives through custom modeling exercises
Support special projects to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities
Operate in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment that is constantly evolving
Qualifications
6+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience at a high‑growth technology startup or well‑established company
Ability to influence cross‑functional partners at all levels within an organization
Experience managing forecasts for major departments within an organization
Advanced Excel, Google Sheets and financial modeling skills. Ability to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company, and to size opportunities and build business cases for pursuing new initiatives
Basic SQL proficiency. Ability to manipulate large data sets, uncover hidden insights in our data, and meaningfully improve our understanding of our business through this process
Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities
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. In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
U.S. pay range:
$134,000—$197,000 USD
Benefits 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.
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).
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 with door‑to‑door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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.
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.
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.
Accommodations 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 use 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 provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023, and resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024.
The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: Covey
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