Sobre esta vaga de Senior Associate, Strategy & Operations (New Verticals) na DoorDash Australia
About the Team
The New Verticals team is building the future of local commerce by expanding DoorDash’s product offerings across Australia and New Zealand. This role sits within Drive, one of DoorDash’s fastest-growing businesses and a key strategic pillar for the company.
The Drive team is responsible for the operations, development, and growth of Drive’s product suite which is our white-label solution that enables merchants to offer on-demand delivery directly through their own channels, powered by DoorDash’s logistics network.
We’re looking for someone excited to thrive in a dynamic environment and contribute to our global mission of empowering and growing local economies.
About the Role
As a Senior Associate on the ANZ International New Verticals S&O team, you’ll focus on supporting key functions within our Drive business across our Grocery, Convenience, Alcohol, Health and Retail verticals. In this role, you’ll plan and execute strategic and operational initiatives for our largest Enterprise accounts, working with a wide array of cross-functional teams like partnerships, product, engineering, finance, and analytics.
You will report into Associate Manager - Drive Lead, ANZ New Verticals.
This is a hybrid role, with three days a week in the office and two days remote.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Strategise – From first principles, you’ll design vertical and account strategy for the ANZ New Verticals business—balancing growth with sustainable cost structures.
- Operate – Own tracking dashboards and manage week-over-week metrics for the various accounts you’ve been assigned to. You'll identify drivers of trends and develop plans to improve results.
- Analyse – Build models using Google Sheets and SQL to evaluate the economic, operational, and strategic impact of different initiatives—helping shape data-driven decisions that balance business costs with merchant delivery quality.
- Experiment and Execute – Turn strategy into action by designing and running operational experiments that test growth, cost and quality levers—delivering measurable outcomes.
- Build – Be a foundational part of DoorDash’s next big business. You’ll help launch new products and processes that drive down costs, optimize efficiency, raise quality standards, and scale something completely new—from vision to execution.
- Influence – Work cross-functionally with teams across platform operations, finance, partnerships, product and engineering to build and scale our New Verticals business—shaping how we deliver exceptional quality for our Merchants’ owned channels.
We’re excited about you because…
- You have 3+ years of experience — You’ve succeeded in similar cultures that are highly analytical and cross-functional (whether in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, or a related experience).
- You are a self-starter – You have a bias for action and are able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
- You are a problem solver – You have a talent for synthesising complex problems, can translate high-level goals into actionable plans, and enjoy implementing a process
- You are analytical – You're strong with data and you use data to inform tough decisions, and are comfortable operating at both the 10,000 foot level and at the 10 inch level.
- You are an owner – You're always looking for opportunities to better your work product and own the outcome – both the good and the bad
- You’re unafraid of ambiguity – Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, dynamic environment.
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.
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.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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