Director of Finance & Strategy, DoorDash

Head of Consumer Finance

$212.5-287.5k

Salary for candidates based in California and New York only

Expert level
Austin
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco Bay Area
DoorDash

Local food delivery platform

Job no longer available

DoorDash

Local food delivery platform

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Job no longer available

$212.5-287.5k

Salary for candidates based in California and New York only

Expert level
Austin
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceFoodConsumer GoodsDeliveryeCommerce

Company mission

To empower local economies by connecting food lovers with great local restaurants

Role

Who you are

  • 12+ years of strategic finance experience (corporate finance or investment banking) at a well-established consumer brand or high-growth technology startup or company
  • A proven leader with experience managing large and diverse teams with multiple direct reports covering different areas of business
  • Ability to leverage your expertise in customer acquisition strategies, LTV frameworks, and payback models to maximize marketing ROI
  • Experience distilling complex ideas and financial models into actionable recommendations, enhancing communication across the organization
  • Capable of setting and owning roadmaps, balancing competing priorities and interfacing with senior leadership
  • Able to collaborate with cross-functional partners at all levels in a fast-paced environment, leveraging your ability to influence and drive decision making
  • Manage budgets for major functional areas within the organization, including annual and quarterly planning processes

Desirable

  • Experience with marketplace, logistics or consumer business a plus

What the job involves

  • Lead a high performing team responsible for ensuring DoorDash continues to grow and scale efficiently
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders on the marketing, strategy & operations, product, and analytics teams to accelerate customer acquisition and marketing effectiveness
  • Drive strategic decision making - utilize data to improve visibility into customer performance and make recommendations for new business opportunities
  • Lead quarterly and annual planning process for marketing investments
  • Identify and quantify key risks & opportunities in our business
  • Partner with accounting and corporate finance teams to understand and communicate month-end variances to plan for financial close reporting
  • Support special projects to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
  • Operate in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that is constantly evolving
  • This is a unique role with the opportunity to make an immediate impact through identifying, sizing, proposing, and executing major company initiatives
  • This role will oversee the Finance teams that own Customer Acquisition, Volume Forecasting, Customer Retention and Engagement, Promotional Strategy, and Pricing
  • The right candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills to influence data-driven business decisions and optimize investments
  • You will combine your obsession for DoorDash customers with knowledge of the business and data to become a trusted business partner throughout the organization and lead projects from idea generation through operational execution

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

DoorDash was an early entrant into the last-mile restaurant delivery business, which is now crowded with the likes of Uber Eats, Postmates and GrubHub. They offer restaurants an end-to-end delivery platform, generating new business and access to a network of delivery drivers.

To differentiate itself in the market, DoorDash focused on areas with fewer competitors and found success in this untapped market. Other factors, such as the company's targeting of restaurants which many not typically offer a delivery service, also contribute to its profitability. The company made its stock market debut in 2020 with one of the biggest IPOs of the year.

However, in light of increasing discontent around DoorDash's commission structure from restaurants, competition remains fierce. The business recently responded by publishing a transparent fee structure, but the number of options open to restaurants means DoorDash must fight to keep its customers loyal. Despite this, by focusing on consumer retention, logistics and technology, the company is likely able to maintain its existing growth and revenue.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

13% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)

Jun 2020

$400m

SERIES H

Nov 2019

$100m

SERIES G

Total funding: $2.5bn

Company benefits

  • Company stock options
  • Work from home stipend
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • We are doers
  • We are learners
  • We are leaders
  • We are one team

Company HQ

Mid-Market, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Tony studied at UCB and worked as a Matrix Partners Associate while studying for an MBA at Stanford. He combined this experience to co-found DoorDash in January 2013, and has served as CEO since June 2013.

Previously studied Computer Science at Stanford, before working at Facebook as a Software Engineer.

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