People Business Partner, Labs

The posting, as DoorDash wrote it

About the Team

This individual will be a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Leaders of the DoorDash Labs Engineering and Operations teams. The ideal candidate will thrive in ambiguity, lead with influence, and deliver high-impact solutions across performance, organizational design, talent planning, DEI, and leadership development.

About the Role

This is a hybrid role that will require some in-office time in either San Francisco, CA or Tempe, AZ.

As a member of our team, you'll partner closely with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to drive meaningful business outcomes through thoughtful collaboration, clear communication, and strong execution. You'll work in a highly collaborative environment with weekly team syncs, regular asynchronous communication via Slack, and flexible working hours that prioritize core collaboration.. Our team values intentional, inclusive meetings where decisions are documented and shared transparently, and we foster connection through monthly virtual coffee chats and team offsites.

Success in this role will be measured by the impact you have on both the business and the employee experience. You'll help drive strong leadership partnership, healthy organizational outcomes, and effective talent practices, with success reflected in partner satisfaction, employee engagement, talent planning and succession readiness, organizational health assessments, and the successful execution of performance and compensation cycles. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how teams grow, perform, and scale as DoorDash continues to evolve. This role is part of our broader People organization, helping build exceptional teams and enabling DoorDash to empower local economies around the world.

We are seeking a strategic and globally minded People Business Partner to support our DoorDash Labs team, which focuses on Autonomous Delivery, serving a client group of ~500 employees across North America. This is a hybrid position based in either San Francisco, CA or Tempe, AZ. This role requires a strong business acumen, HR depth, and a passion for scaling people-centric programs that enable business growth and innovation.

You will report into a Director, People Business Partners in our Global People Organization.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Partner with senior executives in DoorDash Labs to translate business goals into effective people strategies and org design.
• Co lead the strategic workforce planning process across both functions, identifying future capability needs and succession plans.
• Drive talent development programs tailored to a globally distributed and hybrid workforce.
• Provide counsel on sensitive employee relations, change management, and leadership effectiveness.
• Partner with People CoEs (Talent, Total Rewards, L&D, DEI) to roll out enterprise-wide initiatives with local relevance.
• Leverage people data to influence decisions, drive accountability, and create act

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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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Notice Regarding Use of AI and Automated Tools: To streamline our hiring process, DoorDash utilizes an automated recruitment tool called Metaview.

How it works: Metaview assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision-making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Metaview or other AI-enabled tool in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.

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