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Manager, Data Science
Doordash INC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 396 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 147 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Doordash INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Associate Manager, Growth Strategy & Ops Product Partnership” (Data Scientists) in FL: $117k–$119k, median $118k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 396 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 147 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About the Team Merchant Analytics helps DoorDash make better product, business, and go-to-market decisions through high-quality analytics, predictive modeling, experimentation, and strategic thought partnership. We work across some of DoorDash’s most important merchant and marketplace priorities, building the measurement, insights, and decision frameworks that improve outcomes for merchants and drive company impact. About the Role We’re hiring two Data Science Managers, each to lead a pod within Merchant Analytics and help shape high-priority product and business decisions. In this role, you will lead a team of data scientists, partner closely with Strategy & Operations, Product, Engineering, and business leaders, and turn ambiguous questions into clear recommendations that influence roadmap and plan outcomes. Success in this role means building a high-performing team, raising the quality and speed of decision-making, and ensuring analytics work is tightly connected to measurable business impact. You will report into Director, Data Science on our Merchant Analytics team in our Analytics organization. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… • Lead and develop a team of data scientists responsible for high-impact analytics, predictive modeling, and decision support tied to DoorDash’s most important product, business, and GTM priorities. • Partner closely with Strategy & Operations, Product, Engineering, and business leaders to shape decisions, influence roadmaps, and improve plan-critical metrics. • Define success metrics, build measurement frameworks and predictive models, and use experimentation and analysis to connect product and operational levers to business outcomes. • Build a high-performing pod that balances analytical rigor, strong prioritization, and clear storytelling in a fast-moving environment. • Scale reusable analytics frameworks, tools, models, and best practices that make the broader organization more effective over time. We’re excited about you because… • You have a degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain • You have 6+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or a related quantitative field, including experience leading complex, ambiguous work from problem framing through recommendation. • You have experience managing and developing data scientists or analysts and know how to set a high bar on quality, ownership, and impact. • You have strong analytical fundamentals, including experimentation, predictive modeling, metric design, and translating data into actionable business decisions. • You are an excellent cross-functional partner and communicator who can influence stakeholders and tailor your message from working teams to senior leadership. • You are highly effective at prioritization and know how to focus your team on the highest-impact work in a fast-moving environment. Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023, and resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024. The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: Covey 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 s