Senior Associate, New Verticals - Retail Shopping Experience Strategy & Operations

The role

This person will own the backend data that fuels the Retail shopping experience on DoorDash. They will develop expertise in Retail merchants and categories to define and build data quality systems. The role involves partnering with the Catalog team and managing enrichment vendor operations.

What you will do

• Own attribute definition, enrichment, and catalog feed mapping
• Set and scale data quality standards and repeatable frameworks
• Track data and PDP quality over time
• Manage day-to-day enrichment vendor operations
• Partner with the Catalog team on attribute creation and taxonomy definition
• Develop optimal strategy for serving customers and merchants
• Create tracking dashboards for key metrics
• Build models using SQL, Excel, and AI tools
• Transform strategies into operational experiments
• Launch new products and scale business operations

Required qualifications

• 2-4+ years of experience in analytical and cross-functional roles
• Experience in startups, tech, operations, strategy, consulting, or banking
• Ability to use SQL, Excel, and AI tools for analysis
• Completed Bachelor’s Degree

Nice to have

• AI native with experience integrating tools like Claude, Cursor, and Copilot

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

About the company

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company that aims to empower local economies. They are expanding from food delivery to providing access to all goods through their marketplace.