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Overview Senior Manager, Dasher & Logistics - Drive Network Strategy at DoorDash. The role focuses on designing and expanding DashLink’s network footprint, improving coverage, service quality, and cost efficiency at scale. This position reports to the Director of Strategy & Operations and is highly strategic and analytical. About The Team DoorDash Drive is our hyper-growth platform team serving restaurants, grocers and retailers across the United States, Canada and Australia. The Fulfillment team drives strategy, profitability, and operations across each vertical, with a focus on quality and efficiency in a fast-paced environment. About The Role The Senior Manager, Dasher & Logistics - Drive Network Strategy will own the design and expansion of DashLink’s network footprint. You’ll build strategies to improve coverage, service quality, and cost efficiency while enabling DoorDash to compete at scale. Reporting to the Director of Strategy & Operations, this role is highly strategic and analytical and central to shaping how we grow our logistics network. This role can be based near a major logistics hub and requires 15–20% travel. You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will… Design network expansion – Build and execute coverage strategies to support DoorDash’s nationwide growth. Develop market entry plans, prioritize regions, and inform site selection with external partners. Optimize first-mile and middle-mile – Create induction and routing strategies that align with merchant expectations, improve reliability, and reduce transportation costs. Benchmark against industry leaders – Shape service standards that are competitive with national carriers, improving speed and consistency for our customers and merchants. Shape long-term architecture – Identify opportunities for regional nodes, hub-to-hub transfers, and consolidation strategies that enable cost-efficient scaling. Drive analytical rigor – Build and own models that project coverage, cost per unit, and service levels, ensuring strategy is grounded in data. Partner cross-functionally – Collaborate with Transportation, LiveOps, Product, and Finance to execute launches, measure success, and ensure the network design scales with business growth. Lead execution at scale – Translate strategy into clear roadmaps, manage timelines for market launches, and deliver against milestones. We’re Excited About You Because… You’re strategic and systems-oriented – You can design networks that balance coverage, cost, and service while anticipating second- and third-order effects. You’re highly analytical – You are fluent in data and modeling (Excel, SQL, Python, or network modeling tools) and use it to ground your decisions. You thrive in scaling environments – You’re comfortable operating with ambiguity and building solutions in uncharted territory. You’re cross-functional – You’ve led initiatives that align operations, product, and finance around a shared strategy. You have deep logistics experience – 8+ years in transportation, supply chain strategy, consulting, or operations roles, with experience in carrier selection, SLA design, or network optimization. You deliver results – You’ve driven measurable improvements in cost, service, or coverage at scale. We expect to fill this position by 11/14/2025. Compensation and Benefits The national base pay range for this position within the United States is $170,000—$250,000 USD. Compensation includes opportunities for equity grants. Base salary is localized by work location and ranges may be modified in the future. In addition to base salary, the role includes comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k) with employer matching, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, PTO and paid sick leave, medical/dental/vision benefits, holidays, disability and life insurance, family-forming assistance, and mental health programs. For more details about benefits, visit our careers page. 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 and sick time accrual details vary with hours worked. About DoorDash DoorDash empowers local economies and is a technology and logistics company focused on serving Dashers, merchants, and consumers. We believe in diversity, inclusion, and opportunity, and are committed to supporting employee well-being through comprehensive benefits and programs. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We hire and cultivate diverse teams and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can excel. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with applicable laws. If you need accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact. Notice to Applicants We comply with applicable fair chance hiring regulations and local ordinances. The information above is subject to change, and eligibility for roles may depend on location and other factors. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Management and Manufacturing Industries: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr DoorDash

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