General Counsel

Summary

Join OpenTable as their General Counsel, a pivotal role partnering with the CEO and executive leadership team to navigate the company's next phase of growth and transformation. This strategic and hands-on position requires a seasoned executive with strong leadership and analytical skills. You will provide legal expertise, shape company strategy, ensure compliance, and lead the legal function. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience as general counsel in a publicly-traded consumer tech company, strong negotiation skills, and deep experience in various legal domains. OpenTable offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience including stints as a general counsel in a publicly-traded company in consumer tech
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

Experience at an international law firm

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• 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
• 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 office location close to the Montgomery MUNI and BART stations
• Building amenities, such as a gym, dog policy, & bike parking
• Annual cash bonus
• Equity grant
• Health benefits
• Flexible spending account
• Retirement benefits
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays)
• Parental leave and benefits