Associate Operations Manager - Robot

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About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We're hiring an Associate Operations Manager to help lead a team working on robotics solutions solving real business problems. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions to a service loved by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role This role acts as an Associate Operations Manager at DoorDash Labs. You will ensure that DoorDash Labs executes operations efficiently and maximizes operations to its full potential. You will report to the Operations Manager, CA on our robotics team in our DoorDash Labs organization. You will be 100% in-office and in-field throughout the Bay Area with some limited travel potential to other new markets if the need arises. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… • Rigorously tracking daily KPIs and work with all sides of our operations to maximize our output and commercial availability of supply • Establish strong relationships and followership with the Operations Manager, team leads and a co-located service team, motivating the whole team to work as one • Incorporate, adopt and refine daily and weekly processes for the management of real-time operations, working closely with other leaders • Build strong relationships with cross-functional partners, including remote assistance, technical program management, facilities, engineering and many other key stakeholders to provide an understanding of the current state of operations and resource allocation • Contribute with creative operational solutions to complex and ambiguous technical problems, unlocking the next big autonomy bet • Provide onsite leadership and expertise for incident response, in the case things don’t match expectations and need guidance and leadership • Work effectively in gray space, bringing clarity to uncertainty, to enable tactical and strategic decision making and push the program forward! We’re excited about you because you have… • 6+ years of experience • Experience with operational leadership of a team of 10-50 • Deep experience in autonomous vehicles and/or robotics • Strong communication skills - you can concisely present complex ideas to subordinates, peers, cross-functional partners and senior leadership alike • An “And, not Or” mentality - both quantity and quality in our operations matter and we do not consider them contradictory • Intrinsic motivation and confidence operating independently as well as with a team • Belief in 1% better every day Compensation Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location. 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 w

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