Associate - Strategy & Operations

The GTM Strategy & Operations Associate will join a global team driving Datadog’s next phase of growth. We’re interdisciplinary thinkers leveraging diverse business backgrounds in management consulting, investment banking, business development, and tech to accelerate Datadog’s global growth. We work directly with Datadog’s most senior leaders to set strategy, improve efficiency across the business, support data-driven decision-making, own complex operations, and more. In this role, you will serve as the strategic partner for our Enterprise segment in the Americas region, identifying opportunities for revenue growth & sales force effectiveness, spearheading strategic initiatives across our go-to-market teams, and driving critical annual planning activities. This role offers the chance to make an immediate and significant impact as we continue to expand our Americas footprint. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them What You’ll Do: Support the Enterprise Strategy & Operations team in addressing strategic and operational challenges faced by the Americas Enterprise sales leadership Partner with senior team members to analyze key business areas and surface insights that inform decision-making Support the design and execution of regional programs, including headcount planning, territory design, pipeline reviews, and business performance tracking Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Channels & Alliances, Marketing, and Customer Success to execute high-impact initiatives that drive growth and improve sales productivity Support sales leadership in executing critical operating rhythms (e.g., QBRs, forecast reviews, leadership updates) Drive day-to-day operational processes, including stakeholder support, KPI management, and process

The GTM Strategy & Operations Associate will join a global team focused on driving Datadog’s next phase of growth. In this role, you will identify opportunities for revenue growth, evaluate business tradeoffs, and partner with senior leaders to shape go-to-market strategy. You will drive key planning processes, including capacity and quota planning, optimization and expansion strategies, and KPI design and measurement. You will also lead strategic and operational initiatives that improve execution while building experience across complex, high-impact business challenges. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Develop short- and long-term go-to-market strategies by identifying growth opportunities, setting business priorities, and aligning sales and growth targets Own quota planning for the global Sales organization, including building and maintaining quota models, adapting them to organizational changes, and driving stakeholder alignment Analyze sales and go-to-market data to identify trends and channel efficiency, and develop models that inform planning, quota setting, and strategic decisions Partner with Sales and other go-to-market leaders to shape strategic priorities, translate future-state goals into actionable plans, and execute key initiatives Build dashboards and define KPIs that translate complex data into actionable insights for business leaders Lead and support high-priority cross-functional initiatives that improve execution and accelerate revenue growth Who You Are: You have 2–4 years of experience in go-to-market, growth, or revenue strategy; management consulting; investment banking or equity research; business analysis; or a related field You can break down complex or ambiguous business problems, identify key tradeoffs, and

About the Team The Strategy & Operations Cx Experience team owns the discovery experience for how users explore DoorDash. Our mission is to help DoorDash consumers connect with their communities and discover “what’s good” in their city. Our Occasions pod sits within this team and our mission is to help DoorDash become the #1 destination to buy anything you need around seasonal and celebratory moments. Our team designs the strategy and executes these initiatives, while making Consumers feel that DoorDash is personalized just for them. We bring together a team across product, user research, marketing, analytics and operations to collaborate on platform and content projects that bring us closer to our vision. About the Role We’re looking for a detail oriented, highly-motivated individual to lead the execution of our occasions, owning the strategy development and implementation needed to launch these campaigns. As our execution lead, you will work closely with multiple XFN partners and stakeholders, guiding teams on best practices, workback schedules, timelines and campaign launching. You will become an expert in all internal tooling used for campaign execution, craft the roadmap for the rollout of our occasions, help teams setup, test and launch initiatives, identify areas where we can continue to streamline the execution process, and so much more. You will report into a Manager on our Occasions team. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Own the preparation and implementation of the execution plan for key initiatives and occasions: creating campaigns when needed, setting up experiments, conducting testing sessions and implementing in-app content Collaborate across internal marketing and operations teams: maintaining documentation, communicating clearly about project status, and adhering to deadlines Thoroughly review and test campaigns to ensure it meets design standards and merchandising guidelines, keeping the user experience in min

About the Team The Strategy & Operations team at DoorDash is the driving force behind the In-Store business line’s long-term growth and operational excellence. We work cross-functionally to develop and execute key initiatives that align with In-Store's strategic goals, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and optimal performance across the organization. Our team is focused on leveraging data-driven insights, improving processes, and guiding business decisions that enhance customer experience and foster company-wide innovation. About the Role DoorDash is looking for a senior Associate Manager, Strategy & Operations to own and accelerate our global payments growth strategy. In this highly visible role, you will act as the strategic "train conductor" for our payments business, working to hit ambitious annual revenue targets by driving the adoption of transactional features across our merchant base. To be successful, you must possess a deep understanding of the payments industry—specifically how payment gateways, Merchant of Record (MoR) models, and transaction fees operate within B2B SaaS ecosystems. You will be directly goaled on moving the needle on critical metrics: increasing payments attach rates, boosting online GMV per venue, and optimizing our take rates. You will partner closely with Product to build new payment-driving features from scratch, shape our global Pricing & Packaging strategy, and rally Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to execute holistic Go-To-Market launches. This role requires a highly autonomous, confident leader who thrives in ambiguity, can synthesize complex data into actionable insights, and can influence executive stakeholders without direct authority. The ideal candidate is an autonomous owner who can build consensus, synthesize complex data, and navigate 0-to-1 product launches in a fast-paced B2B SaaS environment. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Drive Payments Growth: Own the strategy to incr

About the Team DoorDash is building a new category of B2B SaaS products that help restaurants manage and grow their businesses - one of the company's most strategic and high-visibility initiatives, backed directly by senior leadership. The business is one of the fastest-growing segments within DoorDash, and yet is only scratching the surface of a generational opportunity to better serve hundreds of thousands of merchants across the Americas and improve working lives in one of the country's biggest industry sectors. You will operate with the speed and autonomy of an early-stage startup, but with the resources, data, and scale of a public company. The team is small, the problems are complex, and your work will directly shape how we go to market, what we build, and how thousands of merchants grow their businesses. About the Role You’ll build, refine, and own the infrastructure and operating models that support the growth of DoorDash’s Enterprise Digital Ordering business, helping enterprise restaurant merchants transform their first-party digital experiences. As part of a key pillar within DoorDash’s Commerce Platform, you’ll work on high-impact initiatives with visibility across senior leadership, including the executive team. Within the Launch / Solutions Architect pod, you’ll partner with Product, Engineering, Integrations, Design, Merchant Operations, Analytics, Marketing, and Finance, while working directly with enterprise merchants. You’ll help build and scale a platform that brings together DoorDash products and restaurant integrations to help merchants reach and retain customers, preserve their distinct brand identity, and grow sales. What You'll Work On As a member of the DoorDash Commerce Platform Strategy & Operations (S&O) team, you will play a critical role in driving growth across our various products and services. You will be a founding member of the Product Operations function and help us build a world class ProdOps team while delivering 1st par

About the Team This role reports into our New Verticals team, which was launched in 2020 with the purpose of delighting our customers and empowering our local economies outside of just restaurants. Since then, we’ve launched Grocery, Convenience, Alcohol, Retail, and DashMarts while also building merchant services, dasher tooling and consumer products. About the Role Join one of DoorDash’s fastest-growing teams and help define what great looks like for Convenience. From the strategy behind how orders get fulfilled to the product features that make it happen, you’ll sit at the intersection of Strategy, Operations, and Product, working directly with Engineering and Product teams to shape what gets built and own the outcomes end-to-end. Key Responsibilities Partner with Product and Engineering to define requirements, prioritize features, and ship solutions that improve the end-to-end customer experience across DoorDash’s Convenience network. Lead cross-functional initiatives that close the gap between platform inventory and real-world in-store availability, to ensure customers always get exactly what they ordered. Set the strategic roadmap for convenience quality — defining the metrics that matter, building toward a long-term vision, and partnering across the New Verticals Org to get there. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and product. The best operators today are rapidly generating new ideas, taking ownership over metrics and moving them in the right direction, putting together product visions, and synthesizing complex analyses — all while leveraging AI to uplevel how we operate. We expect this person to stay at the forefront of how AI is reshaping the work, actively exploring new tools, automating repetitive workflows, and finding ways to do in hours what used to take weeks. This is an individual contributor position and you will report into a Senior Manager on the team. We operate in a hybrid model and spend a few days a month in per