Remote Planning Director Jobs
Remote planning director jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors from urban planning and infrastructure consulting to nonprofit community development and government contracting, with distributed teams at remote-first firms and mission-driven organizations leading hiring. Employers hiring remotely right now include Oscar Health, Helen of Troy, and Fidelity Investments. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About the Team
DoorDash Parcel is building a new package delivery business on top of the largest local delivery network in the US, including millions of Dashers (our independent delivery partners), thousands of merchants, and DashMart (our own local fulfillment sites). Rather than copying traditional carriers, we are designing a software-driven network that delivers same-day and next-day at a cost per package customers will love. We are a small, highly autonomous team that builds with AI by default and works directly with the leaders running the business.
About the Role
We're hiring a Director of Network Strategy & Planning to own the design of the Parcel network: where packages enter, how they move and sort, how they reach the door, and the planning systems that decide all of it. Your decisions in the first 12 months will set the cost and service curve for Parcel for years, building on an existing local logistics network and what the team has built over the last 2-3 years.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Design short and long term topology plan for a network, and evaluate long term investments 3-5 years and solving near term P&L opportunities
- Design the Parcel network end to end, including where packages enter, sort, and travel, and decide by city whether to build, lease, or partner. Design speed tenants, and customer facing experiences.
- Set the delivery promise, cut-off times, and capacity plans for peak season and disruptions, and review plan versus actual results every week.
- Turn package volume into delivery routes that are attractive to Dashers and profitable for DoorDash, and design pickup and long-distance trucking between sites with partner carriers.
- Build the planning tools with Engineering and Data Science, prototyping simulation and optimization yourself with AI and Python before asking for headcount.
- Be measured on speed, cost per package, network productivity, Dasher experience, and reliability, reviewed weekly as ranges rather than averages.
We're excited about you because…
- You have 12+ years of substantial experience leading strategy and operations in a complex, high-growth business, with a track record of building new offerings and scaling them into sustainable businesses.
- You have deep experience designing or running parcel, last-mile, or logistics networks, including site design, package flow, and routing.
- You have owned cost and service results for a network and make decisions based on data, including when the data disagrees with the plan.
- You work well with Engineering, Data Science, and Operations to turn prototypes into products.
- You move quickly and care about the details, such as testing in one city, reading the results, and then scaling or stopping.
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 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.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
Notice Regarding Use of AI and Automated Tools: To streamline our hiring process, DoorDash utilizes an automated recruitment tool called Metaview.
How it works: Metaview assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision-making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Metaview or other AI-enabled tool in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.
Data Retention, Privacy & Bias Audit: Data collected during this process is retained in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy https://help.doordash.com/en-us/legal/article/ax-privacy-notice and applicable state laws. In compliance with New York City Local Law 144, the independent bias audit summary for Metaview is publicly available for review at https://trust.warden-ai.com/metaview/application-review.
About the Team
DoorDash Parcel is building a new package delivery business on top of the largest local delivery network in the US, including millions of Dashers (our independent delivery partners), thousands of merchants, and DashMart (our own local fulfillment sites). Rather than copying traditional carriers, we are designing a software-driven network that delivers same-day and next-day at a cost per package customers will love. We are a small, highly autonomous team that builds with AI by default and works directly with the leaders running the business.
About the Role
We're hiring a Director of Network Strategy & Planning to own the design of the Parcel network: where packages enter, how they move and sort, how they reach the door, and the planning systems that decide all of it. Your decisions in the first 12 months will set the cost and service curve for Parcel for years, building on an existing local logistics network and what the team has built over the last 2-3 years.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Design short and long term topology plan for a network, and evaluate long term investments 3-5 years and solving near term P&L opportunities
- Design the Parcel network end to end, including where packages enter, sort, and travel, and decide by city whether to build, lease, or partner. Design speed tenants, and customer facing experiences.
- Set the delivery promise, cut-off times, and capacity plans for peak season and disruptions, and review plan versus actual results every week.
- Turn package volume into delivery routes that are attractive to Dashers and profitable for DoorDash, and design pickup and long-distance trucking between sites with partner carriers.
- Build the planning tools with Engineering and Data Science, prototyping simulation and optimization yourself with AI and Python before asking for headcount.
- Be measured on speed, cost per package, network productivity, Dasher experience, and reliability, reviewed weekly as ranges rather than averages.
We're excited about you because…
- You have 12+ years of substantial experience leading strategy and operations in a complex, high-growth business, with a track record of building new offerings and scaling them into sustainable businesses.
- You have deep experience designing or running parcel, last-mile, or logistics networks, including site design, package flow, and routing.
- You have owned cost and service results for a network and make decisions based on data, including when the data disagrees with the plan.
- You work well with Engineering, Data Science, and Operations to turn prototypes into products.
- You move quickly and care about the details, such as testing in one city, reading the results, and then scaling or stopping.
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 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.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
Notice Regarding Use of AI and Automated Tools: To streamline our hiring process, DoorDash utilizes an automated recruitment tool called Metaview.
How it works: Metaview assists our recruiting team by evaluating job related qualifications and characteristics in connection with hiring. The tool is designed and used to support - rather than replace - human decision-making; trained personnel make final decisions with meaningful human review and oversight, and DoorDash does not use Metaview or other AI-enabled tool in a manner that has the effect of subjecting applicants or employees to discrimination based on any protected characteristic or proxy or for engaging in any protected activity under applicable law.
Data Retention, Privacy & Bias Audit: Data collected during this process is retained in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy https://help.doordash.com/en-us/legal/article/ax-privacy-notice and applicable state laws. In compliance with New York City Local Law 144, the independent bias audit summary for Metaview is publicly available for review at https://trust.warden-ai.com/metaview/application-review.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote planning director jobs.
- Master's degree in urban planning, public administration, or a closely related field
- AICP certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners
- Seven or more years of progressive planning experience including supervisory responsibility
- Demonstrated expertise in zoning, land use regulation, and comprehensive plan development
- Proficiency with GIS software and planning data visualization tools
- Experience presenting to elected officials, boards, or community stakeholder groups
Tips for Your Remote Planning Director Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote planning director openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings. Remote roles fill fast, so early applications matter.
Show async leadership in your materials
Remote planning directors run projects across time zones without daily in-person check-ins. Your resume and cover letter should name specific tools you've used for async coordination, such as project management platforms, shared document workflows, or structured meeting cadences, to signal you can lead without proximity.
Build a portfolio of distributed project outcomes
Remote employers can't walk a site with you. A concise portfolio showing plans you've delivered, stakeholders you've aligned, and approvals you've secured gives hiring teams a concrete picture of your direction and output from anywhere in the country.
Prepare for remote interviews with structured examples
Remote planning director interviews focus heavily on how you communicate decisions and move complex projects forward without being in the room. Prepare two or three structured examples that show how you built consensus, resolved a conflict, or held a timeline together across a distributed team.
Remote Planning Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote planning director job?
Remote planning director roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong self-direction, structured written communication, and experience leading cross-functional projects without in-person oversight. Remote-first consulting firms, distributed government contractors, and mission-driven nonprofits are the most active remote hirers. What gives you an edge is showing concrete examples of stakeholder alignment, long-horizon project leadership, and comfort running meetings and reviews entirely in async or video formats.
Which companies hire remote planning directors?
Remote planning director roles are posted by Oscar Health, Helen of Troy, and Fidelity Investments and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first consulting firms, distributed infrastructure and environmental organizations, and government contractors that run planning functions across multiple regions.
Can you get a remote planning director job with no experience?
Yes, but remote planning director roles are senior positions, so entry without direct experience is rare and requires a strong substitute. Remote-first consulting firms and smaller nonprofits are more open to candidates stepping up from associate planner roles. What opens the door is a portfolio showing independent project ownership, community engagement outcomes, and the written and digital communication skills remote teams depend on.
Do you need a degree for remote planning director jobs?
Usually, but the weight of a degree varies by employer. Many remote hiring teams in planning prioritize demonstrated results over credentials alone. A portfolio showing completed plans, public engagement outcomes, regulatory approvals, or cross-agency coordination can carry significant weight, particularly at consulting firms and nonprofits where practical impact matters more than the institution on your diploma.
Which industries hire the most remote planning directors?
Remote planning director roles concentrate in Technology & Software and Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire planning directors remotely because their projects and stakeholders are geographically distributed, making a central office unnecessary for effective direction and delivery.
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