Staff Product Manager, People Product

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company focused on empowering local economies. They are seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead the development of custom Talent Management products, enhancing employee experiences and optimizing talent processes across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Own Core Talent Management Products
• Lead the roadmap and execution for DoorDash’s custom talent products, including feedback, annual review, calibrations, promotions, and connected talent insights
• Build Durable First-Party Systems: 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
• Enable Better Talent Decisions Through Product: Create experiences that help managers and leaders evaluate performance, assess readiness, and invest in growth using consistent signals, not manual synthesis or institutional knowledge
• Optimize for Scale, Reuse, and Signal Quality: Build modular product components and workflows that scale across geographies, orgs, and brands, while improving data quality, latency, and trust in talent signals
• Partner Closely with Engineering and Talent COEs: 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
• Raise the Bar for Custom Product Development in People Tech: 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

Requirements:

• Have a track record of building and optimizing internal products — especially in Talent Management or broader People environments
• Are comfortable working with building custom tools while working with third-party SaaS data platforms
• Love turning complexity into simplicity — especially in areas like talent management user experience and process simplification
• Collaborate naturally with designers, engineers, talent management specialists, and stakeholders of all levels, and take pride in delivering systems people want to use
• Are a strong communicator who can explain product decisions clearly, even when juggling speed, risk, and technical constraints
• 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
• Global or multi-brand product experience: Familiarity building products that must work across regions, legal contexts, and company brands
• Strong intuition for data quality and trust in People systems: A track record of improving signal quality, latency, and confidence in internal data