Legal Counsel, Corporate Securities

The posting, as DoorDash wrote it

About the Team

DoorDash’s Legal Team has built a reputation within the company for our highly collaborative, supportive, and solution-oriented approach to counseling, always with a bias for action. We are a diverse group of legal professionals with a shared passion for providing creative and best-in-class service to our business partners. We go above and beyond to help accelerate and protect the business, and above all else, we value and respect each other as teammates. We’re looking for a highly motivated hands-on lawyer with corporate securities experience who can successfully build relationships across the legal function and broader company. Join us!

About the Role

DoorDash is seeking a business-minded lawyer to join our team as Legal Counsel, Corporate Securities. This role will report to the senior corporate securities counsel at the company.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Ensure compliance with securities laws, rules, and regulations, and Nasdaq listing requirements;

Provide legal oversight of the company’s public disclosures, including 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, earnings calls, investor relations-related disclosures, and corporate press releases;

Support the administration of the Company’s equity programs, including preclearance processes, corporate and insider 10b5-1 plans, insider trading compliance, dual-class stock matters, and Form S-8 and Section 16 filings;

Support processes related to quarterly and ad hoc Board and Committee meetings, and ensure corporate governance best practices;

Manage the planning and execution of the annual stockholder meeting, including the preparation of proxy statements, and advise on shareholder-related matters;

Assist with registered and unregistered securities offerings and complex strategic initiatives;

Support corporate-related tasks, such as developing and implementing corporate policies and procedures, drafting compliance certificates, advising on director & officer matters, etc.; and

Provide general advice and counsel to business partners in DoorDash’s Finance, Accounting, Equity Administration, Compensation, Corporate Development, Tax, Insurance, and Investor Relations teams.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 5+ years of experience as a corporate securities and/or executive compensation and benefits lawyer, working in-house at a public company, at a law firm, or a combination of both

You have experience with equity programs and processes, including unique equity award structures, related reporting requirements and coordination with Equity Administration teams

You are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment and have prioritized participating in DEI initiatives in past roles

You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and present complex ideas simply and understandably to employees at all levels of the organization and external stakeholders

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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 .