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Justine

Manager (Strategy & Finance)

DoorDash

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, 2016
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Justine has 6 years of work experience, starting off her career in healthcare investment banking before moving to the buyside where she was an industry agnostic investment associate. She is now in the Strategic Finance group at DoorDash overseeing pricing and affordability initiatives.
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Minds Matter

Technology
Finance
Economics
Honors Student
Scholarship Recipient

Q1Career path

Career Pivoting

Finance

Investment Banking

2:12

"I kind of was just more interested in the career path or the post-grad path of students who graduated from the business school."

Q2Main responsibilities

Financial Analysis

Cross-functional Teamwork

Budgeting

1:17

"I'm focused on affordability and pricing initiatives at DoorDash, managing finances related to customer discounts and promotions."

Q3Day in the life

Financial Modeling

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

2:45

"the beginning of my week will primarily focus on reviewing last week's performance"

Q4Most important skills - role

Teamwork

Data Analysis

Financial Modeling

3:21

"Financial modeling in a finance role is very important. Specifically, something with strategic finance, as well as the ability to identify trends or trend breaks in the numbers or the data."

Q5Favorite parts - role

SQL

Remote Work

Data Analysis

3:26

"I really enjoy the ability to exercise my analytical skills while having a work-life balance."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Career Development

Overcoming Challenges

Networking

2:16

"It's often hard to find the right person to answer the right question or to be maybe the right mentor on a specific topic."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Tech Industry

Three-Sided Marketplace

Work-Life Balance

2:18

"work-life balance and tech is really, in my opinion, like unbeatable"

Q8Who thrives in industry

High Ownership

Proactive

Data Analysis

2:19

"people who do well in my group...have high ownership and a high degree of responsibility and ownership of their work"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Compensation

Industry Realities

Career Development

2:16

"you work less, you have a much better work-life balance, but you also have less influence."

Q10Entry-level positions

Finance

Banking

Tech

2:26

"There are little things here and there."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Overcoming Challenges

Networking

Career Development

2:16

"Who you know is actually a bigger determinant in your career than you think."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Career Exploration

Financial Modeling

3:31

"for students who don't know an even better method because you probably won't be able to get into a more competitive clubs otherwise."

Q13How identity impacted career

Resilience

Communication

Overcoming Challenges

3:34

"I really had to learn how to express myself as well as how to communicate clearly, uh, and effectively, um, without kind of compromising myself."