Director, Litigation
Position Overview
Job Description
About the Team
DoorDash’s Legal team has built a strong reputation within the company for our highly collaborative and supportive 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 team players and we’re always looking for ways to grow and excel together. Join us!
About the Role
DoorDash is seeking a talented attorney with deep experience in commercial dispute resolution to join our Litigation team at a pivotal stage of company growth. The Litigation Director will manage a senior counsel and will be responsible for handling a broad portfolio of risk management issues.
Litigators at DoorDash are not only experienced practitioners and legal subject matter experts, but also skilled business counselors who see around corners and help craft business first solutions that achieve results while mitigating risk.
Candidates should have a strong attention to detail, be execution oriented, have strong business acumen, superior analytical and writing skills, and should be enthusiastic, well organized, and a team player. Management experience, strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, and a healthy dose of humor and humility are also essential.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Own a broad portfolio of litigation and pre-litigation matters in a wide range of practice areas and in all U.S. jurisdictions as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Take a hands-on approach to all facets of litigation, including responding to subpoenas and discovery requests, drafting and revising legal briefs, interviewing witnesses, preparing witnesses for testimony, and negotiating and drafting settlements.
- Manage all aspects of outside counsel relationships, including staffing, litigation strategy, work product, and budgets.
- Advise business partners to proactively address and resolve potential disputes while supporting business objectives.
- Manage a small, but mighty team primarily focused on consumer and merchant disputes.
Devise scalable processes and procedures to help support a rapidly-growing business.
We’re excited about you because…
- You have a J.D.
- You have 15+ years of broad litigation experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house, handling complex commercial litigation, including class action litigation, alternative dispute resolution and pre-litigation disputes.
- You have managed teams of lawyers and/or legal professionals.
- You’re able to craft legal solutions in novel ways, provide practical advice and properly balance risks and business reward.
- You are proficient with AI tools and solutions and incorporate them into your day to day work as a litigator.
- You’re familiar with e-discovery issues, including document retention policies and procedures; collection, review, and production of documents; and third party subpoena compliance.
- You have strong organizational skills, an ability to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-moving, quickly-changing environment, both collaborating as a team and working independently.
- You’re an outstanding communicator, both orally and in writing with the ability to advocate for a position while maintaining an open-minded approach.
- You have a positive attitude (no task is too big or too small!)
You get bonus points for…
- Prior in-house experience at a technology or sharing economy company.
- Experience with consumer protectionx law, consumer class actions and mass arbitrations.
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Perks & Benefits
About This Role
DoorDash is seeking a Director, Litigation to join their Litigation team at the Senior level. This is a Full time, Onsite position based in San Francisco, United States.
Interested candidates are encouraged to review the full job description above and apply through LegalAlphabet to be considered for this opportunity.
Practice Area
Litigation
Position
Senior
Applicant Location Requirements
Applicants must be located in: US
Application Contact
Contact: DoorDash Hiring Team
Application Deadline
June 26, 2026
Employment Type
Full time
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