Senior Director of Legal, OpenTable
$220-260k
+ Annual bonus and equity grant
2 days a week in office (Convenient downtown SF office location close to the Montgomery MUNI and BART stations)
Online restaurant reservation service
Open for applications
Online restaurant reservation service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$220-260k
+ Annual bonus and equity grant
2 days a week in office (Convenient downtown SF office location close to the Montgomery MUNI and BART stations)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring together people and the restaurants they love in the moments that matter.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor (JD) and active license to practice law
- Minimum 8 years of combined law firm and in-house experience, with a strong focus on strategic initiatives, employment law and litigation management
- Proven ability to manage complex contracts, litigation matters, and employment-related legal issues
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to advise executives and cross-functional teams effectively
- Demonstrated success managing outside counsel and achieving cost-efficient, strategic outcomes in litigation
- Experience managing and mentoring attorneys; demonstrated ability to lead a team
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks relevant to technology companies (e.g., competition, consumer protection) strongly preferred
- Highly strategic and analytical with strong ability to issue-spot, assess and communicate risks, make common-sense decisions in the face of ambiguity, and find flexible/creative solutions to achieve business goals
- Ability to balance multiple matters simultaneously and to respond quickly to shifting priorities
- Strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous or fast-moving environments
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to build trust across all levels of the organization
- Excellent judgment, high integrity, and strong interpersonal skills, and a “can-do” attitude. Highly motivated, resourceful, and able to balance multiple priorities under tight deadlines
- Adaptability and openness to taking on new or unfamiliar legal areas
What the job involves
- OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is seeking a highly skilled and motivated attorney to join its Legal team as Director, Legal, reporting to the General Counsel
- This is a broad and high-impact role designed for a legal generalist with employment and litigation subject matter expertise
- This role will own litigation and employment matters, while also providing leadership and strategic decision-making across commercial, product, and regulatory matters
- This role is well-suited for a collaborative business-minded leader who thrives in a fast-paced, global technology environment
- Team Leadership & Generalist Legal Support
- Provide strategic advice, decision-making support, and leadership across the full range of legal issues facing the company
- Manage and mentor a team of commercial and product attorneys, ensuring consistent, practical, and business-oriented legal advice across functions
- Collaborate with our senior leadership and advise on high visibility, high impact strategic initiatives and commercial partnerships and product launches
- Serve as an escalation point for the team on high-impact or time-sensitive matters
- Support the company’s engagement with regulators, industry groups, and external stakeholders where appropriate
- Litigation Management & Employment Matters:
- Oversee active litigation and dispute matters, coordinating with external counsel as needed
- Provide strategic guidance to minimize exposure and resolve disputes effectively
- Manage internal stakeholder communication, document collection, and timelines related to litigation matters
- Serve as lead advisor on global employment policies, procedures, and applicable labor law requirements
- Provide practical, business-oriented advice on a broad range of employment law issues, including performance management, terminations, employee relations issues, pay transparency, immigration, equity/compensation, and workplace accommodations
- Partner with the People Team (HRBPs, HR Ops, Recruiting, Compensation & Benefits) to design and implement legally-compliant policies, programs, and processes
- Collaborate with the Compliance & Ethics team on sensitive workplace investigations, company-wide compliance programs, and hotline matters
- 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
Our take
OpenTable was one of the earliest innovators in the online reservation space, setting up shop in 1998 as a tool to enable restaurants to take bookings online. Rather than charging consumers for the service, OpenTable generates revenue via a monthly subscription and reservation fee from businesses.
Today, the platform is used by tens of thousands of restaurants around the world and seats over 1 billion diners per year. The company was acquired by Booking Holdings – the world's largest travel company – for $2.6 billion in 2014, and remains a subsidiary of the group to this day.
OpenTable is the dominant player in the restaurant reservation software category, with an impressive 45% market share, but does face increasing competition from platforms like Resy, Tock, TableAgent, and many more. Nonetheless, this market leader has garnered an impressive reputation, and there is nothing to say it won't hold on to the dominance it has earned into the future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2000
$36m
SERIES C
Jan 2000
$10m
SERIES B
Total funding: $48.2m
Company benefits
- Work from (almost) anywhere - wherever you do your best work
- Mental health and well-being - company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth, company-paid subscription to HeadSpace, and company-wide weeks off a year so the whole team can recharge
- Generous parental leave
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Enriched learning and development opportunities - leadership development & access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Debby Soo
(CEO, not founder)After graduating from Stanford with a liberal arts major, Debby started their career in investment banking. Thereafter they worked in Google’s Strategic Partnerships Group and then spent a decade at KAYAK, eventually becoming CCO.
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