Best suited to seasoned product design leaders with AI-native workflow expertise working in the hospitality and restaurant domain, with a hybrid office commitment and a focus on team management.
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Original posting from OpenTable via Greenhouse
This hybrid role requires working in the office two days per week.
With millions of diners, 70,000+ 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.
About the Job
As a Principal Product Designer on the Diner Platform team, you will shape how millions of diners discover, book, and return to the restaurants they love, across our mobile apps and website. You will take on the most complex problems in acquisition, engagement, and retention, whether that means setting the vision for something new or stepping into a stalled project to find the way forward. You will work hands-on from early exploration through the build, and you will manage a small team of one to three designers while reporting to a Design Director. Your work will raise the quality and speed of design across the platform and help the designers around you grow.
Responsibilities
Set the vision for where the diner experience goes next, and bring teams along with it
Step into messy problems, bring the right people together, and get something real to react to within days, then stay in the work through the build, shipping alongside engineers
Manage a team of one to three designers, with regular feedback, coaching, and career growth
Teach new ways of working, including AI-native workflows, and sharpen how we make design decisions
Work with product, engineering, and data partners to balance diner needs, technical feasibility, and business goals, from discovery through booking
Explain the work, and the thinking behind it, to senior leaders
Minimum Qualifications
7+ years of product design experience, including leading design for complex consumer products
A portfolio that shows design strategy, interaction design, and exceptional visual craft across iOS, Android, and responsive web
Experience working with AI-native workflows
Experience setting and driving design vision with partners in product, engineering, and research
Strong written and verbal communication, including explaining and defending design decisions to senior audiences
Experience managing designers
**When applying, please include your online portfolio link and password in the application. We are reviewing portfolios thoroughly as part of the selection process and we appreciate the opportunity to learn more about you and your work. Thank you!
Preferred Qualifications
Experience scaling AI-native ways of working across a design team, not just in your own practice
Fluency with front-end code, or experience prototyping in code
A track record of using both insights and experimentation, like A/B testing, to guide design decisions
Experience designing for marketplaces, discovery, or reservation and booking products
A passion for food and dining
Benefits and Perks
5 weeks paid vacation
Private health & dental insurance
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
Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
Paid parental leave
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
Income protection and life assurance
Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice
Pension plan contributions
Discounted gym membership
Bike2Work
Season ticket loan
Social events & Thursday happy hours
Free lunch 2 days per week
The best connections happen face-to-face, whether you’re sitting down to dinner or having coffee with a coworker. That’s why OpenTable has adopted a hybrid workplace model. This role aligns with that approach, with an expectation of coming into the office two days a week—giving employees the best of both worlds: in-person collaboration and flexibility.
Work Environment & Flexibility
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.
Inclusion
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
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Source: OpenTable careers (Greenhouse)