Senior Associate, New Verticals - Product Partnerships & Business Development

About the Team The Product Partnership team accelerates the growth and innovation of DoorDash’s Marketplace and Commerce Platform businesses by sourcing and expanding technology partnerships. This team works directly with senior leadership across DoorDash to assess the competitive landscape and influence strategic decisions about building, buying, or partnering as we decide how to bring the best suite of services to our merchants. The team works on some of the highest priority and visibility projects that directly impact the PL for General Managers. You will be empowered to challenge the status quo, identify ways to move the needle and take charge of finding scalable solutions to drive growth for the platform with a large portfolio of technology providers. Not only will you formulate strategy and build tactical plans, you will be responsible for ensuring its execution and achieving tangible outcomes. Finally, it is a highly cross-functional role giving you great exposure to many facets of the business and increasing your network of highly competent thinkers and doers. About the Role As an Senior Associate on the Product Partnerships Team , you will lead business development with or manage a large and growing portfolio of integration partners, with a focus on building strategic relationships, identifying mutual growth opportunities, and aligning partner capabilities with DoorDash’s business priorities. This role requires strategic thinking, operational follow-through, and the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders. You’ll collaborate with teams across Strategy, Product, Sales, Marketing, and Legal to drive scalable, partner-led growth initiatives across the DoorDash platform. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Own and grow a portfolio of middleware, integration, and channel partners, identifying opportunities to deepen engagement and accelerate mutual growth. Develop scalable go-to-market strategies for new products and initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams. Lead strategic initiatives that impact how DoorDash works with partners—from pricing structures to marketing campaigns to partner onboarding. Conduct performance reviews with partners and internal stakeholders, using available data and business insights to drive actionable recommendations. Champion operational improvements that increase efficiency and enhance the partner experience. Influence internal product, ops, and sales teams to ensure partner feedback is heard and integrated into future roadmaps. Present partnership performance updates and strategic recommendations to senior leadership. We're excited about you because you… Have 2-4 years of experience in a strategy, operations, financial services, investment banking, consulting, technology or business analyst type role Are comfortable with building and running SQL queries to analyze business performance Possess strong analytical skills and bring a structured approach to ambiguous data sets Can think strategically and creatively to come up with solutions to complex problems Have experience in bringing new products to market and scaling business processes Enjoy working with cross-functional teams and have a strong penchant for influencing others to achieve desired outcomes Display extreme ownership over multiple projects and workstreams, while ruthlessly prioritizing what will actually move the needle Are a self-starter; you aren’t afraid of failure, have a bias towards action and can thrive in a fast environment. Oscillate easily from strategic considerations to tactical execution Are humble and hungry; you’re willing to get your hands dirty and are open to feedback Demonstrate strong communication and reporting skills; can summarize complex issues into succinct problem statements and can provide high-level business commentary to leadership Bachelor’s degree required We expect this position to be filled by 4/12/26. Notice to Applicant ... (truncated, view full listing at source)