Legal Operations Coordinator

OpenTable • New York, NY

79d • $89,000 - $100,000

About The Position

OpenTable is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Legal Coordinator to join its Legal team, reporting to our Senior Legal Program Manager. We are seeking a versatile, highly organized and detail-oriented legal professional who can balance contracts management with broader legal operations support to join our dynamic in-house legal team. The ideal candidate will have experience in reviewing, negotiating, and managing a variety of commercial agreements, while also managing operational matters such as insurance, corporate governance, intellectual property filings, and other legal organizational needs. The Legal Coordinator will play a key role in ensuring contracts are completed efficiently, risks are appropriately managed, and internal stakeholders are supported. This role is based in New York, New York, Norwalk, Connecticut, or Toronto, Ontario with a hybrid work model of 2 days per week in office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in contract management and legal operations, or a similar role within an in-house legal department.
• Strong understanding of contract language and key legal concepts related to commercial agreements.
• Experience with in-house legal team functions such as corporate governance, insurance, and IP filings strongly preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Proficiency with contract management systems or other legal/enterprise tools is a strong plus.
• Adaptability and openness to taking on new or unfamiliar legal areas.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor contracts, service agreements, and other business-related contracts.
• Manage the legal intake process by triaging business requests, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring timely responses.
• Collaborate with internal business teams and stakeholders to support contract needs and manage the lifecycle of agreements from initiation to execution and renewal.
• Support legal operations including, corporate governance and recordkeeping; administration and coordination of company insurance policies; working with outside counsel on real estate matters; oversight of intellectual property filings and renewals (with outside counsel as needed); and bankruptcy and entity-related documentation or filings.
• Support the legal team with responses to subpoenas, litigation, and dispute-related matters, including document collection and coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Organize, track, and maintain legal files and document storage systems.
• Provide general administrative and project support to the legal team, including research and cross-functional coordination.

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• 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
• 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 5 days per week
• Beautiful office in the Empire State Building with lots of building amenities, such as a gym, multi-purpose room, in-building Starbucks, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree