Senior Manager, Data Science, Analytics - DoorDash : Job Details

About the Team

As DoorDash continues to expand rapidly, our Core Consumer team plays a pivotal role in shaping the consumer experience through enhancing personalization, search relevance, merchandising strategy, app quality, and the overall ordering experience. Our mission is to implement scalable data solutions and provide insights that directly influence our strategic product direction. We are looking for an Analytics Senior Manager to lead our Discovery, Search, and App Quality teams.

About the Role

As a Senior Manager of Data Science/Analytics, you'll be leading a team of data scientists who are working on improving the consumer experience. You will develop strategic insights and work closely with the product, engineering, strategy and operations teams to actively build and measure the impact of new features. You will oversee our metrics and analytics strategy to inform strategic product direction, offer technical leadership and build processes to support velocity, and partner with data and product engineers to build robust data foundations.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Lead and develop a team of Data Scientists in investigating complex issues and uncovering key drivers of our business, along with your own contributions as an Individual Contributor.
• Influence the Product and Operations roadmap by making actionable recommendations based on data.
• Interface frequently with senior leadership to showcase your team's work and tackle complex business problems.
• Drive measurement strategy for the area under scope, defining success metrics and implementing best practices around experiment design and statistical analysis.
• Develop a strategic learning roadmap based on data observations, strategic questions, and hypotheses.

We're excited about you because you have…

• A degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain.
• Experience managing a team of data scientists, and a track record of delivering impactful analyses.
• 8+ years of experience in Data Science and Product Analytics, primarily in related industries.
• 3+ years of experience as a people manager.
• Strength in leading through your technical chops, and ability to leverage it appropriately in the business context.
• Deep understanding of, and hands-on experience with experimentation.
• Experience with data pipelines.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional working skills, including the ability to present complex findings to non-technical audiences and influence strategic decisions.

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, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws. For salaried roles: flexible 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, and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, a wellness benefit, and a commuter benefit match.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

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.

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.

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.

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