Senior Product Design Manager, New Verticals

About the position

As a Senior Design Manager, you will guide our company-wide New Verticals Shopper Experience. As DoorDash continues to scale and expand beyond serving as a food delivery company, this function and design management role have grown in significance within the organization to become one of the most mission-critical areas of the business. You will report directly to the Head of Design for Dasher & Logistics in our Product Design org. This role is a hybrid opportunity, with 2-3 days a week onsite from one of our Design Hubs.

Responsibilities

• Manage, develop, and hire a team of exceptional designers
• Actively practice and evangelize customer-centric thinking throughout the entire org
• Partner with cross-functional teams like Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Operations to define the vision for our Dasher Fulfillment experiences
• Partner with the design leadership team to build a holistic design strategy for our entire suite of products
• Coach and mentor designers on both soft and hard skills and help them develop and achieve career goals
• Build a culture that elevates the team, in terms of both performance and morale
• Establish an operating model that increases the team’s effectiveness
• Align the team’s priorities and deliverables to our overarching strategy and goals

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in design, with 3+ years in team building and people management
• A track record of impact – you’ve been directly involved in and have a proven track record of driving significant, company-wide impact
• Experience in executive management and communication, especially at managing up and across DoorDash
• Proven ability to create clarity and focus in complex and ambiguous problem spaces
• Demonstrated experience in building the team necessary to fulfill the strategy

Nice-to-haves

• Experience visualizing and articulating a clear design strategy to cross-functional partners
• Ability to redefine what is possible in a product and make almost anything happen
• Experience as a playmaker

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Commuter benefit match
• Mental health program