Observed Signal · Mar 31, 2026 · Podcast Interview · Source: marketecture.tv · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
DoorDash GM Discusses Retail Media and Dish-Level Targeting
Katie Daleo, GM of DoorDash’s CPG ads business, appears on the AdTechGod Pod to discuss how DoorDash helps CPG brands reach consumers through its marketplace and retail media platform. She describes dish-level targeting (reaching users by meals and cuisines), closed-loop measurement that ties campaigns to DoorDash purchases, and off-site audience activation using DoorDash data. Daleo traces her career from Right Media and Unilever to building retail media at Jet and DoorDash, and highlights the need to simplify increasingly complex retail media networks. She also discusses the growing role of AI and data science in faster consumer discovery, measurement, and ad decisioning, and shares leadership lessons about curiosity and deliberate career moves.
Provides practical examples of retail media capabilities (dish-level targeting, closed-loop measurement, off-site activation) from a major marketplace, illustrating how RMNs and AI/data are shaping CPG advertising—useful but not industry-shifting.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Katie Daleo is GM of the CPG ads business at DoorDash.
- Katie Daleo appeared on episode 127 of the AdTechGod Pod to discuss retail media.
- DoorDash offers dish-level targeting that reaches users based on meals and cuisines they order.
- DoorDash uses closed-loop measurement to attribute campaigns directly to purchases on its platform.
- DoorDash supports off-site audience activation using its marketplace data to drive advertiser performance.
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