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Senior Legal Counsel in Canada

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📍 Toronto, Canada
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From C$87.7K/yr

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We’re looking for an Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial and Privacy to contribute in developing a world class privacy program at Hootsuite and supporting on sales and other commercial matters. As part of our Privacy, Compliance & Customer Assurance team, you'll be helping translating complex global privacy laws into practical advice for business stakeholders and helping the Commercial Legal team drive deals across the line. This is a remote-first role and is open to applicants located in provinces and states where we are set up to hire. In this role, you will report to the Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy, AI & Compliance. Please include a cover letter when applying. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Provide frontline privacy support to business stakeholders throughout the organization (e.g., product development, sales, marketing, people, etc.) Draft privacy and other legal policies, notices and guidance Support our Customer Assurance function (which provides security and privacy sales support) and efficiently respond to customer data protection and privacy questions Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and data protection agreements, including, data processing agreements, NDAs, SaaS agreements, and vendor agreements Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key privacy initiatives (e.g., improvements to our data retention / deletion policies, PIAs, data inventories, vendor controls, data subject requests) Collaborate with key business stakeholders to identify privacy risks and implement business minded solutions Support the implementation and maintenance of Privacy and Customer Assurance operations tools and processes in collaboration with the team and other stakeholders. Provide business oriented and practical legal guidance and support on a wide range of topics, including commercial contracts (with a focus on SaaS contracts), data protection, and procurement. Build and maintain positive relationships with

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📍 Toronto, Canada· Full-time
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Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading. About the team + role We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards. We are looking for an experienced and innovative attorney to join our regulatory and product counsel team as Assistant General Counsel, reporting to the Senior Director and Deputy General Counsel, Crypto at Robinhood. In this role, you’ll partner directly with our product and compliance teams on product launches and provide legal counsel to them on an ongoing basis. The successful candidate will be an engaged and resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and excellent at building strong relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company and add to our mission to democratize finance for all. This role is based in our Toronto office with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams. What you’ll do Provide end-to-end counseling on a range of retail cryptocurrency products and services, collaborating with colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders across the company Respon

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Remote
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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 lawyers and legal professionals with a shared passion for providing creative, best-in-class service to our business partners. The Competition & Litigation team advises DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo on antitrust, competition, and litigation matters across every market we operate in. About the Role DoorDash is looking for a Senior Counsel, Competition & Litigation to join our growing Legal team and work globally across the DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo brands. Reporting to the Director, Competition & Litigation, you’ll be a generalist antitrust attorney who can move fast: advising product and business teams in real time, supporting M&A and strategic investments alongside our Corporate Development team, and driving forward regulatory investigations and inquiries, with a particular focus on Europe. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Serve as a trusted antitrust/competition advisor to product, business, and corporate development teams, delivering fast, practical counsel that lets the business move with velocity while properly managing risk. Advise on the competition and antitrust dimensions of M&A transactions, strategic investments, and commercial partnerships, partnering closely with Corporate Development and our sales teams. Manage antitrust and competition regulatory investigations and inquiries globally. Help build out DoorDash’s international competition compliance program, partnering with the Director, Competition & Litigation on training, policies, and processes across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo. Support competition-related litigation matters as needed, including document collection and review, witness preparation, and responses to third-party subpoenas. Partner with policy and government relations team

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📍 Toronto, Canada
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Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Senior Counsel, Services - Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility Overview Mastercard is seeking a Senior Counsel to serve as a dedicated Canadian privacy and data responsibility counsel supporting Mastercard’s products, services, and go-to-market activities in Canada. This role will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on Canadian privacy, AI, data protection, consumer protection, and related regulatory requirements, with a primary focus on enabling Canadian product launches and supporting remediation of existing products, services, processes, and controls to meet Canadian legal and regulatory expectations. Role The Senior Counsel will work closely with product, regional, regulatory, commercial, and global privacy stakeholders to help Mastercard bring innovative products and services to the Canadian market in a responsible, compliant, and scalable way. The role will support the identification, prioritization, and implementation of compliance controls for Canadian requirements. You will: Serve as the Canadian Data Protection Officer for our Services business Act as the lead legal advisor on Canadian privacy, AI, data protection, consumer protection, and related regulatory matters. Provide practical legal guidance to product, business, and legal teams on Ca

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📍 Toronto, Canada· Full-time
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend -100%

C$189K – C$244K/yr

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Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are Do you enjoy turning complex international employment issues into clear, practical guidance that helps teams move with confidence? Are you energized by helping a global EOR business handle sensitive employment lifecycle matters with sound judgment, consistency, and care? You are an experienced employment lawyer who understands that strong EOR legal support requires both legal judgment and operational follow-through. You know how to evaluate lifecycle risk, partner with local experts, align stakeholders, and help teams reach practical outcomes in complex and time-sensitive employment matters. You bring clear communication, business-oriented judgment, and a steady approach to sensitive employee lifecycle issues. As part of the International Legal team, the Senior Lifecycle Counsel, International will provide legal support for complex employment lifecycle execution across Justworks’ EOR offering, with particular focus on sensitive, complex, or escalated matters such as terminations, performance management, leave, and employee relations. You will serve as the legal point of contact for selected lifecycle matters that require Legal in

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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From $143.6K/yr

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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . We’re looking for a highly organized, tech-savvy, and proactive litigation paralegal to join Reddit’s Legal team. In this role, you will be the primary paralegal and operational lead supporting Reddit’s Employment, IP, and General Litigation teams. This role is ideal for someone who is equally comfortable handling day-to-day matter support and scaling systems to make a growing litigation function run better. You should be excited to own core litigation support workflows, improve processes, manage discovery and preservation work-streams, and help Reddit use legal technology and AI thoughtfully to increase efficiency. Location : Hybrid. This role is remote; however, the successful candidate must be able to work from our San Francisco office approximately once a week. What You’ll Do: Serve as the lead paralegal supporting Reddit’s employment, IP, and general litigation dockets. Own core case support workflows, including matter intake, trackers, calendaring, document management, deadline tracking, and matter closeout. Coordinate with outside counsel on filings, discovery, document collection and production, invoices, and day-to-day matter administration. Own and manage Reddit’s legal hold and preservation process, including drafting legal hold notices, issuing and tracking legal holds, and managing preservation activities within various systems to ensure the preservation of potentially relevant information. Lead and assist with e-discovery matters, including initiating and managing data collections

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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$150K – $230K/yr

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Sigma Computing is seeking an experienced employment counsel to provide legal guidance on all aspects of employment law across the organization. This role will partner closely with People Operations, leadership, and business teams to manage risk, ensure compliance, and support a positive employee experience in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment. Key Responsibilities Provide legal advice on employment-related matters including onboarding, performance management, disciplinary actions, terminations, and reductions in force; Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations (U.S. and, if applicable, international); Draft, review, and update employment agreements, offer letters, contractor agreements, policies, and handbooks; Advise on employee relations issues and dispute resolution; Manage and oversee outside employment counsel and litigation matters; Complete workplace investigations; Partner with People Ops (HR) and Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) teams on compliance training, and policy implementation; Monitor changes in employment law and proactively recommend updates to company practices; Support M&A, due diligence, and integration efforts related to employment matters as needed. Qualifications Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction; 5+ years of experience practicing employment law (in-house experience at a technology or SaaS company preferred); Workplace investigation training and experience; Strong knowledge of U.S. employment laws (FLSA, ADA, FMLA, Title VII, wage & hour, classification, etc.); Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice is essential; Workplace investigation training and experience; Experience working closely with HR/People teams and senior leadership; and Excellent communication, judgment, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience s

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📍 San Francisco, CA· Full-time
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend -94.4%

From $89.9K/yr

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About Us Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X , and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog . Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process. About the Role Twitch Tax is looking to grow our fun and collaborative tax team! We want to add an enthusiastic US and international tax manager to help support tax planning for Twitch's unique digital entertainment business. You will report to the Senior Director, Head of Tax for Twitch who is based in Seattle, Washington. You will also closely collaborate with other members of our Twitch Tax team including individuals from both our tax planning and tax ops/compliance functions to address tax planning and related compliance efforts as Twitch continues to innovate and expand its business and respond to the ever-chaning landscape of US and international tax laws. Our team works closely with our business, legal and finance cross-functional partners from both Twitch and Amazon, including advising on important Twitch projects, products, and initiatives, and also coordinating key tax positions and analysis across the broader suite of Amazon's digital businesses. You can work in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA. You Will: Analyze and document U.S. and non-U.S. direct tax, indirect tax, and tax reporting and compliance impacts of Twitch projects, programs, products, and other initiatives. Manage outside counsel and external tax advisors on advisory requests and documentation pertaining to direct tax, ind

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📍 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada· Full-time
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From C$131K/yr

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You love turning real business problems into working AI solutions — and you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves to ship them. In this role, you’ll lead Diligent’s internal AI Solutions function , a small, high-impact team that is embedding AI and GenA I into the systems thousands of colleagues use every day across Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Finance, HR, Legal, and Product & Engineering. You’ll set the AI vision and roadmap for internal tools, architect solutions, and still build hands-on — from prototypes and reference implementations through to production-grade integrations . You’ll own how AI shows up inside ERP, CRM, BI and core IT platforms, and you’ll be accountable for making those solutions reliable, secure, compliant, and measurably valuable for the business. If you enjoy being a “player-coach” who can move seamlessly between executive conversations and deep technical reviews, this role gives you the scope, visibility, and impact to shape how a global SaaS leader uses AI to run smarter and faster. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff) Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of AI Solutions Architects and Engineers, setting clear goals and building the capabilities the business needs as AI demand scales. Define and own the strategy, vision, and roadmap for internal AI solutions, translating business priorities into a focused portfolio of AI and platform initiatives. Design and deliver end-to-end AI/GenAI solutions — from ideation and prototyping through production deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Embed AI capabilities (such as RAG, copilots, agents, summarization, and classification) into core business applications including ERP, CRM, BI, and other enterprise systems in a robust, maintainable way. &nbsp

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📍 Toronto, Canada
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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is building the next generation of intelligent agents powered by AI. We're seeking a Senior AI Agentic Engineer to lead this transformation across the enterprise. This is a strategic role for someone who can bridge the gap between AI technology and business value, designing and deploying AI-powered workflows that deliver measurable outcomes. You'll work across IT, people operations, marketing, sales, finance, legal, and procurement to architect AI-first solutions that solve complex business problems. Responsibilities: Architect and implement AI agents and intelligent workflows that transforms complex, multi-step business processes and deliver quantifiable business outcomes Partner with business leaders and stakeholders across multiple departments to identify high-impact AI opportunities that align with organizational objectives Elicit requirements from diverse stakeholders and translate complex business problems into technical solutions Build compelling business cases that clearly articulate ROI, implementation costs, benefits, timelines, and strategic alignment Evaluate, recommend, and implement AI solutions that best fit organizational needs and use cases Design solutions with an AI-first approach, ensuring optimal value delivery and user experience Monitor and measure the performance of AI workflows, using data-driven insights to demonstrate value and drive continuous improvement Design and deliver training programs, workshops, office hours, and enablement materials that help teams understand and adopt agentic solution Create frameworks, best practices, templates, and reusable patterns that accelerate AI adoption and ensure consistent quality Build a community of practice around AI and intelligent agents, empowering others to identify opportunities and contribute to the agentic roadmap Act as

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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(Sr.) Revenue Accounting Manager Sigma Computing is seeking a Senior Revenue Manager to join our Revenue team and play a key role in managing revenue accounting and revenue operations in a fast-growing SaaS environment. Reporting to the Senior Director of Revenue, this role will own key aspects of the revenue close, revenue recognition, contract review, and related processes. The Senior Revenue Manager will serve as a subject-matter expert on revenue accounting, partnering closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, FP&A, and Finance to assess complex customer arrangements, ensure appropriate revenue treatment, and build scalable processes and controls. Key Responsibilities Own key components of the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, unbilled revenue, and related reconciliations. Ensure compliance with ASC 606 and applicable accounting standards. Review customer contracts and non-standard arrangements to determine appropriate revenue recognition. Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, FP&A, and Finance to assess the accounting implications of new products, pricing structures, and complex deals. Review and approve revenue-related journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules. Develop, maintain, and improve revenue accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls. Own accurate and timely billing operations, including review and validation of sales tax applied to customer invoices. Own sales tax compliance processes, including periodic reviews of nexus, taxability, and potential exposure across applicable jurisdictions. Support internal and external audits, including preparation of revenue-related schedules and documentation. Identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and scale revenue processes. Partner with Finance Systems and other stakeholders on revenue system enhancements and process improvements. Support the implementation and optimization of revenue-related

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📍 Toronto, Canada
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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect, cultivating an inclusive environment where all team members can thrive. As the Business Systems Lead for Payroll & Time, you will lead Lyft's global migration onto Dayforce following recent acquisitions. Sitting within People Technology in Corporate Engineering and IT (CEIT), you'll join Lyft's Dayforce program at a formative moment: the initial rollout spans 12–15 countries over two-plus years, and you're joining early enough to directly shape how implementation, governance, and vendor management get done — not inherit a playbook someone else already wrote. You'll be backed by a mature, experienced Payroll Operations team who bring deep subject-matter expertise, while you own the technical and functional side: driving requirements, directing our systems integrator, and building the governance and vendor management model you'll run long-term as the platform's product/service owner. Sitting within People Technology in CEIT, you will drive requirements, make key functional decisions, and partner closely with Payroll Operations, HR, Legal, and Finance. You'll lead vendor delivery to ensure accurate, compliant payroll and time tracking across each migration wave, then own platform governance and vendor management long-term once the program stabilizes. We're looking for someone who can act as the translation layer between operations, executives, and technical teams — equally comfortable explaining payroll concepts to engineers and system constraints to business stakeholders. Responsibilities: Own Requirements and Direct the Implementation Partner Serve as the internal functional owner for the Dayforce payroll and time migration, driving requirements and directing the systems integrator partner. Translate payroll policy, collective bargaining terms, and statutory requirements — as defined by Payroll Operations and Legal — into actionable technical specifications. Validate vendor configurations against country-specific rule

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📍 Ontario, Canada· Full-time· Remote
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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . Position Overview We're seeking a highly motivated and analytical Senior, Business Risk and AI Automation, to play a pivotal role in building an AI-first internal audit and risk function. This role is the first of its kind and an opportunity for an audit individual with a passion for technology and innovation to drive the future of assurance and risk through AI and automation. You will be at the forefront of our efforts to build and scale an industry-leading AI assurance program. While your initial focus will be on leveraging agentic AI to transform SOX testing, you'll have opportunities to impact cross-functional areas including core financial processes and platform regulatory risks and more. If you're eager to join a team that's shaping the future of risk and automation and influencing how mission-driven organizations operate, this is the perfect opportunity for you! What You’ll Do Architect and scale our SOX compliance program by designing, developing, and maintaining AI-driven testing that enhances accuracy, provides real-time insights, and reduces manual overhead. Spearhead the testing of core business process controls (e.g. financial reporting, revenue recognition, payroll and equity compensation, etc.) using agentic AI systems to identify and mitigate potential threats. Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance and Accounting, Sales, People & Culture, Legal, and other key stakeholders to strengthen controls and drive business process improvements. Serve as a subject matter expert and champion for the use of

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📍 British Columbia, Canada· Full-time· Remote
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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . Position Overview We're seeking a highly motivated and analytical Senior, Business Risk and AI Automation, to play a pivotal role in building an AI-first internal audit and risk function. This role is the first of its kind and an opportunity for an audit individual with a passion for technology and innovation to drive the future of assurance and risk through AI and automation. You will be at the forefront of our efforts to build and scale an industry-leading AI assurance program. While your initial focus will be on leveraging agentic AI to transform SOX testing, you'll have opportunities to impact cross-functional areas including core financial processes and platform regulatory risks and more. If you're eager to join a team that's shaping the future of risk and automation and influencing how mission-driven organizations operate, this is the perfect opportunity for you! What You’ll Do Architect and scale our SOX compliance program by designing, developing, and maintaining AI-driven testing that enhances accuracy, provides real-time insights, and reduces manual overhead. Spearhead the testing of core business process controls (e.g. financial reporting, revenue recognition, payroll and equity compensation, etc.) using agentic AI systems to identify and mitigate potential threats. Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance and Accounting, Sales, People & Culture, Legal, and other key stakeholders to strengthen controls and drive business process improvements. Serve as a subject matter expert and champion for the use of

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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About the Team DoorDash’s Internal Audit team provides independent assurance that the company’s risk management, governance, and internal control processes are operating effectively. We are a small team that is looking to expand and bring on motivated professionals. We don’t think of ourselves as a typical audit function - we are obsessively focused on risks to the organizations which reflects in the type of projects we support and execute. DoorDash is rapidly growing - we are expanding in multiple geos and launching new products. This exciting growth allows us to drive creative analysis, strategy, and solutions. Our focus areas include financial, operational, regulatory, security, IT, and more. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Director, IT Internal Audit to lead the strategy, execution and evolution of DoorDash’s global IT audit function. In this highly visible role, you will help shape the technology risk management practices across DoorDash - you will oversee a broad portfolio of audits, including IT SOX, cybersecurity, data governance, AI governance, and operational technology. You will report directly to the Chief Audit Executive and serve as a strategic advisor to DoorDash’s technology, security, and engineering leaders. You will bring deep technical audit expertise, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for innovation to build and lead a world-class IT audit organization that scales with the business. This role demands someone who can balance strategy with execution (and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves) — a leader who can anticipate emerging technology risks, foster strong cross-functional partnerships, translate complex technical concepts into meaningful business insights, and be ready to operate at the lowest level of detail. You will partner with teams across Security, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Privacy Legal, AI, Product, and Compliance to strengthen our risk posture and drive a data-driven approach

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