Doordash Usa: Staff Product Manager, People Product

<p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> United States - Remote </p> <p> </p><strong>About the Team</strong><br><p>The People Technology Product team builds the internal tools and frameworks that power every employee’s journey at DoorDash. We combine a hybrid “build + buy” approach to deliver intelligent, scalable, and people-centric experiences across hiring, onboarding, learning, performance, compensation, and more. Our team partners closely with Design, Engineering, Analytics, People/HR, and IT to design and develop products that connect and elevate the entire People Tech stack. We’re redefining how great employee experiences are built from the inside out.</p><br><strong>About the Role</strong><br><p>We’re reimagining how DoorDash grows, develops, and retains talent — and we’re hiring a <strong>Staff Product Manager</strong> to lead our <strong>first-party custom Talent Management products</strong>. This is a critical individual contributor role on the People Technology Product team, focused on building and evolving DoorDash-owned products that power performance, feedback, promotions, calibration, and talent insights across the company globally.</p><br><p>You’ll be the end-to-end product owner for a <strong>suite of custom-built talent products</strong> that sit at the center of how employees experience growth, how managers develop their teams, and how People partners guide the business. These products increasingly act as the <strong>system of engagement</strong> on top of our core HR systems, translating complex data and processes into intuitive, actionable experiences.</p><br><p>This role is ideal for a product leader who enjoys owning durable product surfaces, thrives in complexity, and wants to build foundational systems that scale with the company.</p><br><strong>What You’ll Own</strong><br><p><strong>Own Core Talent Management Products</strong></p><br><p>Lead the roadmap and execution for DoorDash’s custom talent products, including feedback, annual review, calibrations, promotions, and connected talent insights.</p><br><ul><br><li><strong>Build Durable First-Party Systems: </strong>Design and evolve first-party product capabilities — employee profiles, manager dashboards, task orchestration, and talent signals — that persist across cycles and reduce reliance on one-off tools or spreadsheets.</li><br><li><strong>Enable Better Talent Decisions Through Product: </strong>Create experiences that help managers and leaders evaluate performance, assess readiness, and invest in growth using consistent signals, not manual synthesis or institutional knowledge.</li><br><li><strong>Optimize for Scale, Reuse, and Signal Quality: </strong>Build modular product components and workflows that scale across geographies, orgs, and brands, while improving data quality, latency, and trust in talent signals.</li><br><li><strong>Partner Closely with Engineering and Talent COEs: </strong>Work hand-in-hand with Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Talent COE partners to translate program needs into product capabilities — balancing cycle-driven delivery with long-term platform investments.</li><br><li><strong>Raise the Bar for Custom Product Development in People Tech: </strong>Model strong product judgment in a first-party environment: define clear problem statements, scope MVPs intentionally, invest in foundations where they compound, and deliver high-quality products in a fast-moving org.</li><br></ul><br><strong>What you’ll bring:</strong><br><ul><br><li>Have a track record of building and optimizing internal products — especially in Talent Management or broader People environments.</li><br><li>Are comfortable working with building custom tools while working with third-party SaaS data platforms.</li><br><li>Love turning complexity into simplicity — especially in areas like talent management user experience and process simplification.</li><br><li>Collaborate naturally with designers, engineers, talent management specialists, and stakeholders of all levels, and take pride in delivering systems people <em>want</em> to use.</li><br><li>Are a strong communicator who can explain product decisions clearly, even when juggling speed, risk, and technical constraints.</li><br></ul><br><strong>Additional nice-to-haves:</strong><br><ul><br><li>Experience owning first-party products through annual or semi-annual cycles: Familiarity with performance, promotion, or compensation cycles — including the realities of deadlines, data freezes, change management, and stakeholder pressure — and the ability to improve systems without disrupting critical business moments.</li><br><li>Global or multi-brand product experience:<strong> </strong>Familiarity building products that must work across regions, legal contexts, and company brands.</li><br><li>Strong intuition for data quality and trust in People systems: A track record of improving signal quality, latency, and confidence in internal data.</li><br></ul><br><strong>Why You’ll Love Joining Our Team</…