Director of Technical Program Management

DoorDash, Inc

Confirmed live 3 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CASeattle, WA
Salary
$268,600–$395,000 / yr
Posted
53 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 3 days ago

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Above market

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About DoorDash, Inc

DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States.

DoorDash, Inc currently has 99 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $165,500–$243,400 across 98 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director of Technical Program Management

The Director of Technical Program Management leads a high-performing team of twelve TPMs supporting nearly 1,300 engineers across five strategic organizations, including Dasher & Logistics, Ads & Promotions, Merchant, DashOS, and Platform Services. This leader manages a complex portfolio encompassing the real-time fulfillment network, a multi-billion dollar ads revenue platform, and merchant ecosystem technologies. Key responsibilities include partnering with senior leadership to shape portfolio strategy, technical sequencing, risk management, and organizational operating models. The role involves driving the multi-year global platform re-architecture while maintaining production availability. Candidates must demonstrate technical depth in architecture, platform migrations, and system dependencies. Success requires establishing durable mechanisms for execution and decision-making, utilizing AI-enabled ways of working to improve the pace and quality of technical transformations across highly interdependent global systems.

What you'll do

  • Lead and develop a team of 12 TPMs supporting nearly 1,300 engineers across five strategic organizations.
  • Partner with senior leaders to shape portfolio strategy, technical sequencing, investment tradeoffs, and risk management.
  • Drive the multi-year global platform re-architecture across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo while maintaining production availability.
  • Establish durable mechanisms for execution, technical readiness, decision-making, and cross-functional alignment across interdependent teams.
  • Scale core delivery networks, accelerate ads growth, and expand logistics offerings like Drive and Parcels.
  • Identify and implement AI-enabled ways of working to increase the pace and quality of engineering execution.
  • Coach and promote high-performing TPMs who can own broad strategic scope and serve as trusted partners to engineering leadership.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 12+ years of TPM experience.
  • Must have 7+ years of experience leading TPM teams.
  • Must have experience leading a team supporting a broad, complex technical portfolio in a high-growth technology company.
  • Must have a track record of leading large-scale, multi-year transformations across multiple organizations, systems, and products.
  • Must have the technical credibility to engage with Engineering leaders on architecture, platform migrations, system dependencies, reliability, and risk.
  • Must have experience operating effectively with globally distributed teams across different organizational cultures, time zones, and business contexts.
  • Must be located near San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, or Seattle, WA.
  • Practical fluency with AI-enabled ways of working is required.

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