General Counsel

OpenTable, a global leader in restaurant tech and part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), helps more than 60,000 restaurants worldwide fill 1.7 billion seats a year. OpenTable's 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. 

Key Responsibilities

The General Counsel will step into a pivotal moment in OpenTable’s journey, partnering closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to help navigate the company’s next phase of growth and transformation. This role is both strategic and hands-on—perfect 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 go-to legal expert, offering practical, business-forward 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 OpenTable’s 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 OpenTable’s 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 cost-effective, high-quality legal services.

• Oversee litigation management, dispute resolution, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Champion OpenTable’s 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 publicly-traded 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 fast-growing, multi-jurisdictional business.

• Experience with dispute resolution, including litigation and customer disputes coupled with a proactive approach when they arise 

• A builder’s attitude, capable of designing and implementing legal, compliance, and risk frameworks that support the company’s 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 well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up 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 on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Convenient downtown SF