About the Team

The RTA team is in the front line when it comes to protecting service level agreements and experience. The team is responsible for ensuring occupancy is balanced across our multiple LOBs and organizations. RTA also works with several cross functional partners to manage and mitigate outage impacts. The team works in a highly collaborative environment to meet the demands of an ever changing and scaling organization.

About the Role

As a WFM RTA Manager, you will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight for RTA Supervisors and Real-Time Analysts, who collectively monitor our 24/7 support operations. You'll own the support operations incident management playbook, guaranteeing service continuity and rapid escalation during disruptions. This role delivers critical operational insights, addressing real-time workforce needs to meet SLAs.

You will sit at the intersection of execution and strategy—owning day-to-day SLA delivery while shaping the future of Workforce Management. You’ll bring structure and discipline to intraday and in-week performance, ensuring risks are surfaced early, accountability is clear, and outcomes are consistently met

You'll collaborate with Workforce Leadership, vendors, and internal teams to optimize staffing and performance. As a people-first leader, you'll drive continuous improvement and maintain rigorous reporting. We seek a candidate with deep international vendor contact center experience, a passion for improvement, and the agility to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This role reports to the Workforce Senior Manager.

You’ll work closely with leaders across Planning, Vendor Ops, CX, and Product/Engineering to connect big-picture strategy to day-to-day execution. The ideal candidate combines technical depth in WFM platforms with the grit to solve problems hands-on and the vision to transform how we work.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll foster collaboration, develop talent, and solve problems in real time. This position requires in-office presence at our Tempe corporate office for in-person coaching, cross-functional collaboration, and immediate problem-solving. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the Tempe, Arizona office.

This role is hybrid, requiring an in-office presence 2 days per week at our Tempe, Arizona office (or as business needs dictate). 

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Lead & Develop the RTA Team: Provide mentorship and leadership to Supervisors and Analysts, fostering continuous learning, professional growth, and ensuring the team achieves its performance goals while developing future leaders.
• Manage Real-Time Operations & Incidents: Develop and own the incident management playbook, ensuring rapid response, escalation, and resolution of operational issues to maintain service continuity and minimize business impact, directly impacting SLAs and customer satisfaction.
• Drive Performance & Collaboration: Partner internally and cross-functionally to optimize intraday performance, proactively adjust staffing and workflows, ensure comprehensive management and reporting on key metrics (SLA, AHT, schedule adherence, occupancy), and ultimately contribute to positive business outcomes. Contribute to overall post-mortem reports by providing insights from real-time occurrences and their contribution / impact to SLAs. 
• Champion Continuous Improvement & Accountability: Drive process improvements, set clear expectations, maintain a proactive approach to challenges, and take full ownership of the RTA team's outcomes and their contribution to overall business success.
• Innovate & Optimize RTA Operations: Leverage industry benchmarks and experience to drive innovation within the RTA team, processes, and tools, continuously striving to improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall impact on key performance indicators.

We’re excited about you because…

• Operational Excellence: You're a strong operator who can manage both strategic vision and detailed execution.
• WFM Expertise: You possess deep knowledge of contact center metrics (service level, AHT, adherence, occupancy) and have 3+ years of WFM experience, including 1+ year in leadership, preferably with large, multi-site operations.
• Vendor Management & Communication: You have a proven track record of managing external vendors and excel at communicating data-driven insights across all levels.
• Analytical & Technical Skills: You have strong analytical abilities, are proficient with WFM tools (e.g., Assembled), Google Suite, and are comfortable in a dynamic environment. SQL experience is a plus.
• Adaptability & Ownership: You adapt quickly to change, embrace ownership of challenges, and deliver high-impact solutions.

 

About DoorDash

At 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 with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash 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.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’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. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to 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.

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