Associate Manager, AI Research Lab Strategy & Operations

DoorDash connects customers with local businesses for delivery, from restaurants to grocery, retail and its own DashMart stores. As an Associate Manager, Strategy & Operations on our AI Research Lab, you will play a central role in converting frontier AI advancements into shipped products and scalable infrastructure. You will operate across research, product, and operations to move from early discovery and experimentation to deployment and impact.

Key responsibilities

• Reimagining core experiences through AI, such as the merchant journey, by partnering directly with in-field merchants, sales, support, product
• Own revenue-driving AI initiatives, operating as the accountable business owner for high-priority AI bets
• Lead business planning cycles, developing go-to-market strategies for AI-powered products and capabilities
• Develop new business metrics and measurement frameworks, including:
• Defining what should be measured and why
• Establishing performance thresholds using data-driven benchmarking

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in finance, management consulting, business operations, business analytics
• Exceptional communicator and operator who can partner directly with in-field merchants, sales, and support teams to uncover workflow pain points
• Strong analytical thinker who thrives in ambiguity and 0-to-1 environments — able to extract clear, actionable recommendations
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI tooling (Claude Codex, Codex, Cursor etc) in day-to-day work to accelerate discovery, prototype workflows
• Direct experience productizing LLM/ML systems (shipping features, building eval datasets

Location and schedule

• Onsite in San Francisco, California

Salary and benefits

US base salary $136,000 to $200,000 a year. DoorDash also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.