Onboarding Specialist (Milan)

Onboarding Specialist (Italian Speaking)

Location: Milan or Rome (Remote)

Duration: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

With millions of diners 60000 restaurant partners and 25 years of experience OpenTable part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive. Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most their team their guests and their bottom line while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. Youll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others and it defines our culture

About the job

As an Onboarding Specialist you will drive the successful integration of our restaurant partners by managing the implementation process from initial sale to go-live. Utilizing a consultative approach you will configure software solutions coordinate logistics and deliver tailored training to set each restaurant up for long-term success. You will collaborate within a global team to optimize the speed volume and quality of implementations in a hybrid work environment. By empowering restaurant staff with the right tools and knowledge you will play a critical role in enhancing their operational efficiency and overall experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide restaurant partners through the comprehensive onboarding process tailoring the system configuration to meet specific operational needs.
• Deliver engaging training to key restaurant staff via remote tools focusing on optimizing their daily operations using our software.
• Manage a dynamic queue of restaurant implementations to reduce time-to-onboarding while ensuring high-quality setup and deployment.
• Coordinate administrative functions for the global onboarding program including scheduling content collection and software implementation logistics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to proactively eliminate customer pain points and refine onboarding strategies.
• Communicate implementation status task progress and feedback clearly to peers stakeholders and external partners to ensure seamless deployment.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 years of professional experience in a customer support implementation or hospitality role.
• Fluency in Italian both written and verbal
• Proven experience training and guiding non-technical customers on how to use software solutions.
• Strong foundational understanding of restaurant operations and workflows.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a demonstrated ability to drive multiple concurrent projects to completion.
• Effective remote communication skills maintaining an engaging and professional presence for virtual training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct hands-on professional experience working within a restaurant environment.
• Familiarity with cross-functional collaboration alongside Sales Customer Success or Billing teams.
• Experience refining or scaling onboarding programs and operational processes.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound fact-based decisions independently within ambiguous situations.
• A degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.

Please note; we have a global recruitment team so ask that your Resume is submitted in English.

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range including but not limited to external market benchmark data geographic location and years of experience sought/required. The salary range for this Italy located role is addition to a competitive base salary roles are eligible to be considered for additional compensation and benefits in accordance with local law and company policy.

A few of the benefits you get at OpenTable:

• Paid annual leave: Minimum 4 weeks (per applicable collective agreement).
• Paid sick leave: Covered per Italian law; employer/INPS shared coverage with medical certification.
• Maternity leave: 5 months paid leave (statutory entitlement).
• Parental leave: Up to 10 months total; includes 1 month paid at 80% (usable before the child turns 6).
• Bereavement leave: Up to 3 paid days per year for close family.

OpenTable extras

• Paid parental leave (enhanced): 16 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents at 100% pay.
• Wellbeing: Spring Health and Headspace.
• Learning & development: LinkedIn Learning.

Work Environment & Flexibility

At OpenTable we pride ourselves on fostering a global and dynamic work environment. As a team member with us you will benefit from a schedule tailored to accommodate a global workforce operating across multiple time zones. While the majority of your responsibilities may align with conventional business hours there will be instances where you are expected to manage communications - via calls Slack messages or emails - outside of regular working hours to effectively collaborate with international colleagues respond to restaurant partners and/or address urgent matters. OpenTable will always abide by and consider local laws and regulations.

Inclusion

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table so were building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serveand fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.

If you need accommodations during the application or interview process or on the job were here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.

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