Senior Counsel, Opendoor
Corporate
$163-204k
+ Equity
4 days a week in office
End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
Open for applications
End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$163-204k
+ Equity
4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power life's progress one move at a time.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school with active Bar membership in good standing (or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel). California Bar preferred
- 5+ years of substantive experience with SEC reporting and securities laws, preferably spanning a top tier law firm and public company in-house work
- Deep knowledge of corporate law, corporate governance standards, and trends
- Familiarity with equity compensation plans and executive compensation
- Strong interpersonal skills, team-oriented attitude, and superior attention to detail
- Sound judgment with the ability to evaluate risk in light of business considerations and make clear, practical recommendations
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a growing legal team and cross-functionally at all levels of the organization
- Curiosity and passion for using AI tools in your day-to-day work
- Proactive, entrepreneurial approach to problem solving — you see an issue, you own it
- Subsidiary corporate governance experience, including management of global subsidiaries and intercompany structures and agreements, is a plus
What the job involves
- Opendoor is looking for a Senior Counsel to join our Corporate Legal team
- You'll own our public company reporting and securities compliance function, support board operations and corporate governance, and help us build an AI-first legal function
- This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where you'll work closely with Finance, Accounting, and Investor Relations, and advise senior legal leadership on a broad range of securities and corporate matters
- This is a lean, high-ownership role where you'll be deep in live filings, board materials, and high-stakes transactions from day one
- You'll have direct visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity to help shape our team — not just support it
- If you’re a sharp, high-ownership attorney who loves tackling big, complex challenges and is pumped about using AI to reinvent how legal work gets done, we’d love to hear from you
- Advise senior legal team members on internal securities matters, including trading windows, 10b5-1 plans, and Section 16 compliance
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Investor Relations to prepare SEC filings and draft and review earnings releases, press releases, and shareholder and investor communications for compliance with applicable securities laws
- Monitor and advise on the potential impact of new and proposed securities laws and regulations, NASDAQ rule changes, proxy advisory firm voting policy changes (including ISS and other firms), institutional investor developments, and evolving best practices in corporate governance and ESG
- Lead preparation and planning for the annual meeting of shareholders
- Maintain and update corporate compliance documents and policies, including the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, committee charters, insider trading policy, and other corporate policies
- Advise on equity, executive compensation, and stock administration matters
- Support corporate entity maintenance for all subsidiaries, including intercompany arrangements, as needed
- Provide advice and counsel on a range of general corporate and corporate governance matters
- Support capital markets transactions including equity and debt offerings and structured finance transactions, including management of transaction documents and the diligence process
- Take on new corporate projects as needed, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and corporate investments
- Pilot and refine AI and automation enabled workflows in areas like disclosure drafting, governance monitoring, and board materials
- Contribute to templates, playbooks, and self-service tools that make complex corporate and securities work more automated, approachable, and high quality
Our take
Opendoor makes selling homes easy and stress-free by cutting out the prolonged processing time usually involved with a sale. Sellers can offload a house quickly and easily to the company for cash and a 6-9% fee. Currently operating in a growing number of markets nationwide, Opendoor has chimed well with millennials who gel quickly with online businesses that offer solutions to problems they encounter.
This buying and selling model doesn't come without risk. The longer Opendoor keeps a property, the lower its profit margin. However, Opendoor's performance has been anything but disappointing; it went public in 2021, with its pre-SPAC merger presentation calling for $3.5 billion in revenue. Its actual revenue trounced it, coming in at $8 billion - more than double its estimate.
Opendoor's largest competitor, Zillow, dropped out of the space in late 2021 because it struggled to price the homes it acquired accurately. Opendoor's closest remaining competitor is Offerpad, which does just a fraction of the transaction volume that Opendoor does. With strong earnings coming out of 2024, OpenDoor is looking at transforming its operations in 2026, with new management, a volume-driven strategy and an acquisition spree expected. If Opendoor can continue to ride on its long-term success, it will have an enormous lead on existing and future competitors, positioning it to securely become the overwhelming market leader.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Mar 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Sep 2018
$400m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Save for tomorrow: Select our Pre-tax or Roth 401k plans to save towards retirement
- Healthy healthcare: Medical, dental and vision is 100% covered for employees
- Family planning: We offer specialty programs like Carrot, Cleo & Ginger
- Flexible vacation: Most of our team take at least 20 days off per year to decompress and be their best
- Resource groups: Join the group that works for you
- Income protection: 100% company sponsored: life insurance short term and long term disability
- Other: Flexible spending account, commuter benefit, employee assistance programs, and paid parental leave
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kaz Nejatian
(CEO)Previously COO and VP of Product at Shopify, Lead Product Manager at Facebook and CEO & Co-Founder at Kash.
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