Associate Manager, New Verticals - Retail Strategy & Operations
Company: DoorDash
Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Full-time
Level: mid
Posted: 2026-02-20
About this role
About The Team
The New Verticals team is building the future of local commerce through expanding our product offerings on our marketplace platform. We launched in 2020 and have since then built world-class operations to delight our customers with access to Grocery, Convenience, Alcohol, and Retail delivery through our marketplace. The Retail Strategy & Operations team has expanded into industries like pets, beauty, flowers, office supplies, home improvement, apparel and so much more.
About The Role
As we continue to scale our Retail business, we’re looking to hire an Associate Manager to support key strategic growth initiatives and expand our retail presence in the US across multiple categories such as pets, beauty, flowers, office supplies, home improvement and more.
You’ll help shape DoorDash’s retail strategy and drive growth across key categories. You may own category performance—expanding assortment, launching merchandising initiatives, and leading campaigns that deliver results. You may help bring top retail partners to the platform, managing launches from start to finish through our enterprise partner launch playbook. Working closely with Business Development, Product, and Operations teams, you’ll turn strategy into seamless execution—fueling the next wave of retail innovation at DoorDash
You’ll be an individual contributor and report into a Senior Manager. We operate in a hybrid and spend a few days a month in person together! Since we are hiring a few retail team members, you will be considered for multiple roles at once throughout the interview process. We align you with the best role fit after a completed interview process.
You’re Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will…
- Strategize. From first principles, by mapping selection whitespace by retailer type, geo, and category to unlock product availability for our customers
- Operate. Stand up 0→1 pilots, build dashboards, manage week-over-week KPIs and turn wins...