Offsite Ads Sales Lead, Enterprise Ad Sales
DoorDash
About the Team
The Enterprise Ad Sales Team is responsible for the marketing vision, development, and growth of our largest advertising partnerships. This team is rapidly growing, and is seeking additional team members to build an industry-leading ads and promotions business across DoorDash’s advertising offering. The growing DoorDash ads business will quickly become the single best place for advertisers to market to local customers, in an ecosystem that benefits all parties.
About the Role
As the Offsite Ads Sales Lead, you will develop the strategy for our fast-growing offsite advertising solutions, working horizontally across the brand-direct ad sales counterparts. You will function as the industry specialist, with deep product knowledge and a keen appreciation for competitive offerings. In this role, you will be responsible for being in-market with clients ultimately in service of achieving their objectives and increasing mutual value for both advertisers and DoorDash. You will also work in close partnership with product, strategy & operations and sales marketing to optimize the flywheel of what we build, how we bring it to market, and how we optimize it over time. You will report into the Head of New Ventures within the Ad Sales org, as part of our Enterprise Sales & Business Development organization.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Serve as a specialist with deep knowledge of DoorDash’s growing offsite offering and the broader retail media offsite landscape
- Operate autonomously as the only person in a role of this kind, while simultaneously building broad relationships across the Ad Sales organization
- Wear a sales hat while working in a highly cross-functional capacity at the intersection of product, strategy & operations and sales marketing
- Develop the infrastructure for long-term partnerships and ideate/execute scaled initiatives with advertisers and platforms across our ads offering and beyond.'
- Establish and grow senior relationships with key stakeholders at both the client and agency level across the US.
- Educate, empower and enable team members across all levels of advertiser and agency organizations.
- Own sales pipeline for offsite media spend, from planning and forecasting through to negotiation and execution.
- Serve as the primary voice of the offsite media landscape within DoorDash, informing product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies, and ultimately ensuring we build for offsite needs now and in the future.
- Partner with vertical sales teams to co-pitch offsite media solutions.
- Accelerate brand-specific advertiser growth through and in partnership with key stakeholders.
We’re excited about you because…
- You have a first-hand understanding of the offsite advertising landscape and operating model, as well as subject matter expertise in programmatic and measurement
- You consistently apply rigorous organization skills and ability to thrive in an ambiguous/fast paced environment
- You think both analytically and creatively, and are excellent at balancing quantitative and qualitative business needs
- Your bias for action creates impact in the short-term, yet your strategic mindset enables a long-range vision that inspires those around you
- You are a master of stakeholder relationship management with excellent communication and negotiation prowess
- You are entrepreneurial at the core, with the capability and track report to build a team down the line
- As an added bonus, you may be familiar with the core verticals in which DoorDash operates - restaurant, convenience/grocery, retail and consumer packaged goods
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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.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants and sales commission. 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).
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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