Door Dash is hiring an experienced, business-minded Senior Counsel to join our Commercial and Product Ads Legal team at a very exciting time for our rapidly growing global Ads & Promo business.

About the Team

The Door Dash legal team has built a strong reputation within the company for the confident, supportive approach to our style of counsel, always with a bias for action. Our north star is delighting our business partners and our teammates and we deeply value growing together as a team. Most of all, we are passionate about our work and what we have built as a company, and we are always looking for opportunities to get better at what we do.

About the Role

Door Dash is hiring an exceptional and experienced Senior Counsel, Ads & Promotions to join our legal team. You will partner closely with our product, engineering, and sales teams that support everything related to our advertising and promotions products. This business operates at the intersection of e-commerce and advertising, surfacing and monetizing relevant content that benefits our core audiences. This role will provide all aspects of legal support to this developing and innovative area at Door Dash, including both product and commercial work, as well as partnering with the business on any operational and strategic risks.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Advise global product and engineering teams on digital advertising, data use, regulatory and privacy matters from product ideation through launch and beyond, and become embedded with those teams to provide pragmatic and strategic advice as the product evolves

• Draft, review and negotiate complex strategic product partnerships and collaborations that are critical to Door Dash’s growth

• Translate the complexities of legal frameworks into simple and actionable guidance, empowering teams to innovate confidently

• Partner with many cross-functional teams to provide legal and general risk guidance for issues concerning our data, digital advertising and promotions products

• Anticipate and navigate emerging global legal risks, helping the business move fast while protecting user trust and company values

• Stay at the forefront of global legal and industry trends, keeping Door Dash ahead of the curve and shaping conversations across the company

• Build deep, collaborative relationships as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, influencing decisions and transforming how Door Dash connects ideas with audiences around the world

We’re excited about you because…

• You have at least 8+ years of experience working in a demanding and innovative legal environment on legal issues including digital advertising, privacy, technology or related commercial work

• You have the proven ability to build lasting, collaborative relationships across product and business teams

• You are quick to pick up new laws and technologies, bringing curiosity and adaptability to every challenge

• You have experience in the legal issues impacting retail media networks, advertising, marketing, promotions, digital media, technology and related matters

• You are skilled at translating complicated legal issues into plain-language guidance that empowers teams to move forward

• You have experience providing product/regulatory counsel in the ads space

• You have a strong business acumen

• You have strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.

• You have excellent oral and written communication skills

• You have a JD and are admitted to one state bar

Bonus Points

• Prior in-house experience product counseling

• Experience in retail media networks

• Experience handling global matters across various regions

• Experience in the tech industry

• Experience working with large cross functional teams

Why You’ll Love Working at Door Dash We are leaders – Leadership is not limited to our management team. It’s something everyone at Door Dash embraces and embodies.

We are operators – We believe the only way to predict the future is to build it. Creating solutions to lead our company and our industry is what we do on every project, every day.

We are learners – Everyone here is continually learning on the job, no matter if we’ve been in a role for one year or one minute. We are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our customers, merchants, and dashers.

We are one team – The magic of Door Dash is our people, together making our inspiring goals attainable and driving us to greater heights.

We expect this position to be filled by 3/26/26

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Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

Door Dash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). Door Dash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.$214,200—$315,000 USD

About Door Dash

At Door Dash, 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.

Door Dash 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 Door Dash. 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.

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