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# Global Benefits Specialist (Fixed Term Contract) at DoorDash India

- **Company:** DoorDash India
- **Location:** Hyderabad, India
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/doordashindia/jobs/8167903

## Job description

## About the Team

Our Total Rewards - International Benefits team is a truly global team, with members based across the USA, UK, Hungary, and Finland, supporting benefits across our Wolt, Deliveroo and DoorDash brands, working together to deliver excellent, compliant benefits programs across every market we operate in. We're builders and problem solvers at heart. We navigate complex multi-country regulations, design compliant processes, and make benefits and leaves easy to understand and frictionless to use. As we continue to scale globally, this role plays a key part in maintaining that bar of excellence.

## About the Role

We're looking for a Global Benefits Specialist to join our Total Rewards - International Benefits team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract based in India. This is a build-and-implement mandate: you'll design and stand up new benefits programs and processes that can scale at speed through automation, working closely with People Business Partners, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and external vendors to ensure our benefits offerings are compliant and operationally excellent.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

- Build and own key benefits initiatives end-to-end, administering and supporting statutory and supplementary local benefits programs in India and across multiple other countries.
- Support benefits enrollment cycles and drive improvements to administration processes and systems (preferably Workday).
- Monitor regulatory requirements across relevant markets, ensuring benefit programs comply with local legislation, collective labor agreements, and industry standards, including India's evolving Labour Codes as they come into force.
- Contribute to budget tracking and reporting, analyzing claims and utilization data to identify trends, surface risks, and make data-informed recommendations.
- Support vendor management activities, including day-to-day liaison with brokers and insurers, tracking performance, and supporting renewal and RFP processes.
- Act as an escalation point for People Operations and employees on complex benefits queries, applying sound judgment to resolve sensitive issues and mitigate risk.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including; People Operations, People Business Partners, Procurement, Legal, Tax, and Finance  to ensure smooth program delivery and alignment.
- Develop and maintain employee-facing communications, including enrollment guides, FAQs, and digital content, to help employees understand and access their benefits.

We're excited about you because…

- You bring 4–6 years of experience in benefits, total rewards, or a related HR discipline, with exposure to multi-country benefit programs.
- You hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, ideally in HR or a business-related field.
- You have working knowledge of benefits compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions, including India.
- You're familiar with HRIS platforms (Workday preferred) and understand how benefits processes integrate with SaaS HR systems.
- You're highly organized with exceptional attention to detail, comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- You have a data-driven mindset, with advanced proficiency in Google Sheets and/or Excel, and are comfortable working with data to identify trends, detect errors, and support decision-making.
- You're proactive and solutions-oriented, able to work independently on assigned workstreams and escalate ambiguity appropriately.
- You build strong relationships across functions and geographies, and have a growth mindset — eager to deepen subject matter expertise and take on increasing scope over time.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with near-native fluency in English, and can translate complex benefits topics into clear, employee-friendly language.
- You're comfortable working across time zones and engaging a global employee population via email, messaging, and video, and can prepare clear, well-structured reports and presentations for HR and business stakeholders.

## 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 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.

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.

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.

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

## About DoorDash India

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DoorDash India is the regional office of DoorDash Inc., the leading on-demand food delivery and logistics platform that connects consumers, merchants, and dashers, and supports global product and engineering operations from its hubs in Hyderabad and Pune.
- **Entity Type**: Public company (parent DoorDash Inc., NASDAQ: DASH) – India operations are a subsidiary office.
- **Headquarters**: Global HQ: San Francisco, USA; India offices in Hyderabad and Pune.
- **Founded**: 2013 (global)
- **Founders**: Tony Xu, Andy Fang, Stanley Tang, Evan Moore

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Food delivery, logistics, and on-demand services – with a strong technology and data engineering backbone.
- **Target Customers**: B2C (consumers ordering food), B2B (merchants), and B2B2C (dashers as independent contractors). The India office primarily serves internal engineering and data needs.
- **Mission**: “Empower local economies” – by providing the best on-demand delivery experience.

## Products & Services
- **DoorDash Marketplace**: Core on-demand food delivery platform connecting consumers with local restaurants and merchants.
- **DoorDash for Merchants**: Suite of tools for restaurants to manage orders, delivery, and analytics.
- **DoorDash Drive**: White-label last-mile delivery platform for businesses.
- **DoorDash Labs**: Robotics and automation team exploring autonomous delivery solutions (e.g., sidewalk robots).
- **Data Engineering & Analytics**: Internal data platforms powering real-time decision-making, product experimentation, and financial reporting – a key focus for India-based teams.
- **Telemetry Platform**: Unified infrastructure for sub-second user intent detection and mission-critical experimentation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Parent DoorDash Inc. has a market cap of approximately $50 B (as of mid-2026). India office’s standalone valuation is not disclosed.
- **Key Metrics**: Parent company annual revenue exceeded $8.6 B in 2024. India operations headcount is growing rapidly – job listings show 10+ active engineering and data roles as of June 2026, with overall workforce growth of +20% month-over-month (LinkedIn).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: As a public company, major institutional investors include Vanguard, BlackRock; key partners include thousands of restaurants and merchants globally.
- **Growth Signals**: DoorDash is expanding its India engineering presence, with dedicated teams for Data Engineering, Telemetry Platform, Maps, and Robotics (DoorDash Labs). The India office shows strong recruitment activity – 10 open positions across Hyderabad and Pune in June 2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Data Moat**: Processes millions of orders daily, generating unmatched data for logistics optimization.
- **Technology Stack**: Deep investment in real-time telemetry, machine learning for demand forecasting, and autonomous delivery R&D.
- **Brand & Network Effects**: Dominant market share in US food delivery; strong three-sided marketplace (consumers, merchants, dashers).
- **Global Engineering Talent**: India office taps into a rich talent pool for data engineering, backend, and automation.

## Strategic Focus
- **Engineering Expansion in India**: Building out core data, telemetry, and platform teams in Hyderabad and Pune to accelerate product innovation.
- **Autonomous Delivery**: DoorDash Labs is exploring robotics to transform last-mile logistics long-term.
- **Data-Driven Operations**: Scaling internal data products to improve decision-making and efficiency across the business.
- **Multi-Brand Platform**: Unifying infrastructure to support multiple brands and global expansion.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact**: Work on mission-critical infrastructure that powers a global logistics network used by millions.
- **Culture**: Strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making, engineering excellence, and collaboration. DoorDash is known for a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.
- **Work Policy**: Roles in India are on-site (Hyderabad or Pune). Global headquarters offers hybrid options.
- **Perks & Growth**: Competitive compensation, stock equity (as part of a public company), opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology like robotics and real-time telemetry.
- **Team**: The Indian offices host dedicated teams in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Telemetry Platform, and Maps, offering exposure to high-impact projects from day one.

## Sources
1. [DoorDash Global Careers & Jobs](https://careersatdoordash.com/job-search/)
2. [DoorDash India Job Listings (Jobera)](https://jobera.com/employer/doordashindia/)
3. [DoorDash India Active Roles (JobsRadar)](https://jobs-radar.com/company/doordashindia-4260)
4. [DoorDash LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/doordash)
5. [DoorDash India LinkedIn](https://in.linkedin.com/company/doordash-india)
6. [DoorDash Official Website](https://doordash.com)

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