Lawtrades Podcast

#6 - DoorDash Head of Commercial Kathy Zhu on Staying Nimble Despite Bandwidth Constraints

Episode Summary

Kathy discusses creating efficiencies by leveraging contract attorneys, technology to manage volume, and data to justify spend.

Episode Notes

Kathy M. Zhu is Director of Commercial & Legal Ops at DoorDash.

She is also an advisor to LegalDesk, a workflow optimization platform designed to help in-house legal teams to manage requests as well as visualize workflow metrics on a beautiful dashboard. Kathy advises LegalDesk on product strategy and design based on learnings from her own experience from scaling a commercial team, managing multiple workstreams, and dealing with volume challenges.

Key Takeaways

• Creating efficiencies and working with Lawtrades to access contract attorneys have both been critical to addressing company needs post-Covid.
• Technology allows a lean team to accommodate heavy volume efficiently and effectively.
• Nothing speaks louder than data, especially to someone in finance. If you can show someone concrete metrics, you can make a business justification for a particular spend.

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