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You will set strategy, build and develop a team of safety specialists, and partner with engineering and product leadership to ensure safety is embedded into every phase of development. This is a senior leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of operational rigor and cutting-edge autonomy.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead and grow the safety team - hire, develop, and manage a team of operations safety specialists across remote and on-site functions\nSet SOP strategy - own the design, governance, and continuous improvement of standard operating procedures; drive compliance across all Labs programs\nOwn safety analytics & reporting - establish metrics and KPIs for operational safety; present trends, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership\nLead incident command - oversee critical incident triage and resolution; ensure root cause analysis and corrective action processes are rigorous and timely\nDrive cross-functional safety programs - partner with engineering, product, legal, and field operations to build safety into product design, launches, and scale\nRepresent safety externally - engage with regulators, partners, and customers on safety standards and compliance as needed\nWhat We're Looking For\nRequired\n7+ years in operations, safety, or a related field - autonomy, robotics strongly preferred\n2+ years managing or leading teams, with a track record of developing talent and building high-performing functions\nProven experience designing and scaling safety or operational systems in a regulated or safety-critical environment\nExecutive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and present complex risk data clearly\nStrong analytical mindset; comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities\nParticipate in on-call rotation and promptly respond to on-call events with urgency and rigor on nights and weekends.\nPreferred\nDeep familiarity with safety management systems (SMS), ISO 45001, or equivalent frameworks\nProven track record in designing, developing, and deploying comprehensive training programs and instructional materials.\nExperience with autonomous systems, robotics deployment, or fleet operations at scale\nProficiency in Google Workspace, Jira, and SQL\nWhy This Role\nBuild and lead the safety function at one of the most ambitious autonomy teams in tech\nDirect influence over systems that affect millions of real-world interactions\nHigh visibility to DoorDash senior leadership and a clear path to Director-level growth\nCompetitive compensation, equity, and benefits\nCompensation\nThe successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.\nIn addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.\nDoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.\nTo learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.\nSee below for paid time off details:\nFor salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.\n For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).\nThe national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.\n$136,000—$200,000 USD\nAbout DoorDash\nAt DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users-from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.\nDoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.\nOur Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nWe’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. 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