Director, Product Design (TMS & Private Dining)

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.

Were looking for a Director of Product Design to lead design for our table management system and private dining teams. Youll manage a global team of talented product designers and collaborate closely with product managers engineering research data science design systems brand design and more to ensure were delivering value to our customers and creating experiences that will meaningfully impact restaurants and diners around the world.

Youll be an influential partner embedded in our UX team where youll pair closely with product development colleagues and leaders in optimizing our processes and improving ways of working together overseeing design quality and creating space for innovation and ensuring your direct reports are challenged and supported along their career growth journey.

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About you:

• You have hands on experience in product design and understand how to establish implement and maintain impactful delightful and effective user experiences both through yourself and others

• You have a proven track record in growing designers and design managers motivating them and helping them achieve their career goals

• You have deep expertise in native apps and web experiences with a masterful understanding of the nuances and best practices across each platform

• You have exceptional visual design skills

• You have extensive experience in design for B2B or ambiguous spaces

• You are data-driven and consistently utilize data to inform decision making

• You are highly skilled in stakeholder management and are able to build consensus across multiple disciplines balancing the needs of our users our teams and our business

• You have strong systems-thinking analytical problem-solving and interpretation skills

• You can create and evangelize a vision and develop comprehensive plans to bring that vision to life through your team

• Youre a great storyteller with the ability to create effective verbal and written communication including the ability to develop and deliver presentations to internal audiences

• You are a critical thinkerwhen finding yourself in a debate you can appreciate both sides of an issue while remaining kind and standing by your convictions

• You are highly collaborative and value feedback and input from others

• You continuously value introspection to improve yourself your team and your products

What else would make you stand out

• Experience in the restaurant industry and/or a passion for food and dining

• Experience working on dual-market products

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to Headspace

  • Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

• 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 on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• 5 weeks paid vacation

• Private health & dental insurance

• Income protection and life assurance

• Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice

• Pension plan contributions

• Discounted gym membership

• Bike2Work

• Season ticket loan

• Social events & Thursday happy hours

• Free lunch 2 days per week

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.