Strategy Operations Associate Jobs in California

About the Team
The Risk & Insurance team at DoorDash is building the next generation of insurance capabilities for the company from the ground up. Insurance is one of DoorDash's largest cost of revenue items, making this a highly impactful area with meaningful influence on the company's bottom line. We partner across insurance, operations, and product development to create solutions that improve safety, reduce costs, and support long-term growth. This is a fast-evolving space with the opportunity to help shape new programs from early concept through launch and scale. We are looking for forward thinkers who are excited to build in a zero-to-one environment and work closely with cross-functional teams across DoorDash.
About the Role
We're hiring a Senior Associate, Insurance S&O to help drive the operational, analytical, and cross-functional work needed to launch and scale multiple insurance initiatives in parallel. This person will support go-to-market execution through experiment management, reporting, vendor and procurement follow-through, and day-to-day program management, helping the team translate insights into product adoption and business impact. You will report into the Insurance Strategy & Operations lead on our Risk & Insurance team.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Run high-velocity operational tests and pilots that generate insights and help shape new products and programs from zero to one.
• Partner with Analytics and cross-functional teams to track performance, synthesize learnings, and inform go-to-market decisions.
• Support execution across a portfolio of insurance initiatives as they move from early concept through launch and scale.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to drive vendor readiness, procurement follow-through, and operational launch execution.
• Help build the processes, reporting, and operating rhythm needed to support growth, including international expansion.

We're excited about you because...

• You have 3-5 years of experience in Strategy & Operations, Product Operations, consulting, program management, or a related field.
• You have strong analytical skills, including experience using SQL to answer business questions or evaluate performance.
• You have experience independently managing complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and moving parts.
• You can communicate clearly in written and verbal formats and turn data and ambiguity into structured recommendations.
• You are comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment and balancing executional detail with broader business context.

We expect this position to be filled by 6/30/2026
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, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/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 (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$105,400-$155,000 USD
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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees' happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
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.
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