Director, Finance & Strategy - Deal Desk

About the Team

The Finance & Strategy team drives the growth and scalability of our business by identifying opportunities, designing solutions, and partnering across the organization to strengthen profitability and long-term resilience. We collaborate closely with teams across the company to model the future, make data-informed decisions, and lead initiatives from conception to execution. On a typical day, you might extract insights from complex datasets, build business cases for new products or programs, and design and launch strategic pilots. As a member of this team, you’ll have the opportunity to lead some of the most high-impact initiatives shaping our company’s trajectory.

About the Role

We are seeking a Director, Finance & Strategy to lead our Deal Desk and play a pivotal role in shaping our go-to-market strategy for restaurant merchants across Enterprise/Mid-Market and SMB segments. This is a unique opportunity to influence commercial strategy, financial planning, and operational decision-making at a hyper-growth company.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and scale the Deal Desk function to support Sales teams with new restaurant merchant deals, renegotiations, and other commercial agreements across Marketplace, Commerce Platform, and emerging business lines.

• Partner closely with Business Development, Sales, Account Management, Strategy & Operations, Product, Accounting, and Finance to provide strategic insights and guide commercial decision-making.

• Develop and oversee advanced financial models, providing actionable analysis to balance growth, profitability, and risk.

• Drive initiatives that improve pipeline and portfolio performance, pricing strategies, policy frameworks, and other go-to-market processes.

Why you’ll be excited about this opportunity

• Lead and shape the growth of our restaurant vertical, with a direct impact on revenue and market expansion.

• Analyze complex operational and financial data to uncover trends, identify risks, and evaluate opportunities.

• Influence strategy across multiple functions by designing processes, policies, and scalable solutions.

• Build and leverage financial models that inform key business decisions and company strategy.

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking, preferably in high-growth technology or platform companies.

• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders across cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated experience providing financial insights and recommendations for multiple teams or business initiatives.

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise, with experience building robust models for company-wide use.

• Familiarity with SQL or a strong willingness to learn.

• Strategic thinker with a bias for action and a track record of delivering high-impact results.

We expect this position to be filled by 10/27/25

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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.
$193,800—$285,000 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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering 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.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

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