Senior Manager, Key Account Relations

With millions of diners, 60,000+ 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. You’ll 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.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead our efforts to build and nurture relationships with high priority accounts and talent building on our newly established Key Accounts team, which is dedicated to building and nurturing partnerships with most awarded, prestigious restaurants in the US. This role will improve mutual value creation for OpenTable and key account partners while also driving the success of related programs and initiatives, including high-profile collaborations like the Chase Sapphire Reserve Dining Collection and OpenTable Icons. The Senior Manager will report to the Director of Key Accounts.

In this role, you will serve as the strategic, operational, and creative leader for OpenTable’s Key Accounts initiatives focused on Chef Talent and Community. You’ll define and execute high-impact programs that elevate our most prestigious restaurant partners—driving measurable outcomes while shaping how OpenTable shows up across the industry. This role requires a rare blend of relationship building, partnership development, and stakeholder management skills with structured strategic and analytical thinking, operational excellence, and bold, creative vision. You’ll connect dots across marketing, partnerships, events, and other functions, turning big ideas into scalable solutions that redefine how we engage with the culinary world. As the ultimate advocate for our top partners, you’ll help OpenTable deliver game-changing value—through programs that are not only well-executed, but truly inspiring to our partners and the industry.

This is a remote position, with up to 30% domestic travel.

In this role, you will:

• Cultivate strong relationships with leading chefs, restaurateurs, and industry influencers, reinforcing OpenTable’s position as a trusted partner.

• Develop game changing and unique strategic offerings for standout restaurant partners that reflect their unique goals, voice, and vision.

• Represent OpenTable at industry events and roundtables, building brand visibility and staying closely connected to culinary culture and trends.

• Set the strategy and objectives for how the Key Accounts team can elevate OpenTable’s most prestigious restaurant partnerships.

• Lead high-impact programs that showcase chef talent and restaurant brands through innovative marketing, events, and strategic collaborations.

• Build and manage budgets and financial models to ensure efficient resource allocation and measurable value delivery.

• Apply structured problem-solving and data-driven analysis to shape partnership strategies, identify new opportunities, and optimise programs.

• Orchestrate large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution, collaborating with Marketing, Events, Partnerships, and Account Management.

• Translate strategic objectives into scalable operational plans, identifying risks, dependencies, and resource needs across initiatives.

• Bring operational rigour to complex programs that you own—defining goals, ensuring clear workflows, driving clear communication alignment, and ensuring timely delivery with clear and measurable KPIs.

• Establish operational systems, frameworks, tooling, and/or processes that enable the team to scale, improve efficiency, and track impact over time.

• Create systems and tools to measure engagement, success metrics, and partnership impact.

• Build internal communication frameworks to keep teams aligned and informed on key account activity, goals, and outcomes.

• Act as a strategic advocate for key accounts, aligning internal and external stakeholders to deliver shared value.

• Represent OpenTable in high-level conversations, presenting with clarity and credibility to executive stakeholders and external partners.

• Engage with partners and prospects pre-sale to drive win rates in cooperation with account teams as necessary

• Design and scale programs that build community among key accounts—such as mentorships, ambassado