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Job Description
OpenTable a global leader in restaurant tech and part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) helps more than 60000 restaurants worldwide fill 1.7 billion seats a year. OpenTables worldclass 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.
Key Responsibilities
The General Counsel will step into a pivotal moment in OpenTables journey partnering closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to help navigate the companys next phase of growth and transformation. This role is both strategic and handsonperfect for someone who loves to drive business growth while taking full ownership of our legal and compliance needs.
Get ready to start fast because in this role you will:
Be the goto legal expert offering practical businessforward guidance to the executive leadership team.
Shape company strategy by advising on complex business and operational matters across multiple geographies products and partners.
Ensure compliance in a dynamic regulatory landscape keeping OpenTable ahead of the curve on emerging laws and policies.
Strengthen and maintain a global privacy program ensuring robust protections for customer and business data.
Protect OpenTables intellectual property including trademarks trade secrets copyrights and patents as the company expands into new markets.
Guide labor and employment matters globally ensuring best practices that align with our culture and values.
Partner with OpenTables communications team to ensure public statements enhance our brand and minimize legal risk
Lead and develop the legal function at OpenTable including managing outside counsel and ensuring costeffective highquality legal services.
Oversee litigation management dispute resolution and risk mitigation strategies.
Champion OpenTables ethics and integrity fostering a culture of compliance and accountability across the company.
Professional Experience/Qualifications
This position requires a seasoned executive with impeccable strategic and analytical skills and strong leadership traits. The ideal GC candidate will be intellectually curious and highly collaborative. The candidate will handle challenging situations in a professional and balanced manner and will serve as a mentor leader and partner across the organization.
10 years of experience including stints as a general counsel in a publiclytraded company in consumer tech experience at an international law firm is a plus
Strong negotiation skills particularly in technology agreements SaaS contracts licensing and platform integrations.
Deep experience in legal domains such as labor and employment global regulatory affairs intellectual property strategic partnerships product counseling data privacy cybersecurity and AI governance.
A strategic approach with the ability to balance legal risk with business opportunity.
Proven track record of building and leading legal teams in a fastgrowing multijurisdictional business.
Experience with dispute resolution including litigation and customer disputes coupled with a proactive approach when they arise
A builders attitude capable of designing and implementing legal compliance and risk frameworks that support the companys evolving needs.
The ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear actionable guidance for business leaders.
A commitment to fostering diversity belonging and inclusion across the organization.
Benefits and Perks
Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Focus on mental health and wellbeing:
Companypaid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Companypaid subscription to HeadSpace
Companywide week off a year the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pileup of work!
No meeting Fridays
Paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation time off for your birthday
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of ondemand elearnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Free lunch 2 days per week
Convenient downtown SF office location close to the Montgomery MUNI and BART stations.
Building amenities such as a gym dog policy & bike parking
Note for MA applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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 range for this remote United States based role is $300000$350000.
In addition to a competitive base salary roles are eligible for additional compensation and benefits including: annual cash bonus equity grant; health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO paid sick leave medical leave bereavement leave floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave and benefits.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
At OpenTable we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users partners and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are you can be yourself.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform job responsibilities and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation(s).
Employment Type
Full Time
