Counsel - Ads, Marketing, and Product

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

KAYAK is looking for a highly organized and motivated attorney to join our team as Counsel - Ads, Marketing, Product! You will be providing strategic legal advice for various advertising, marketing, and product initiatives, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations while supporting business objectives, and assist in tackling a diverse suite of our contracts related to the travel industry.

This dynamic role as a member of the KAYAK legal team will involve advising the business on advertising, marketing, product, intellectual property, pitching in on commercial matters, and collaborating with global cross-functional teams to understand their needs. This person will be a detailed individual with strong work ethic who enjoys a fast-paced environment and innovative, collaborative culture.

This role is required to work from our Concord, MA office at least 2-3 days weekly.

In this role, you will:

• Review and approve advertising, marketing, and PR materials targeted at multiple jurisdictions across the globe to ensure compliance with legal requirements
• Provide proactive legal advice and support to the product team related to product design, functionality, and marketing from initial concept stage through launch and post-launch
• Manage the company’s intellectual property portfolio and counsel on strategy, protection, and enforcement
• Draft, review and deliberate over inbound and outbound agreements, including advertising insertion orders, promotional and co-marketing agreements, licensing and content agreements, and vendor agreements (IT, SaaS, services, sales, product), and other agreements
• Support the commercial team on a wide range of contractual matters on an as-needed basis
• Monitor and interpret relevant legal developments, including changes in consumer protection laws and travel-specific regulations
• Provide sound and timely advice to business partners regarding legal and other risks and recommending strategic solutions and alternatives
• Research and provide legal counsel on a variety of topics as the need arises

Please apply if you have:

• JD from a nationally or internationally-recognized law school & Admission to a State Bar
• Proved experience of approximately 5-6 years reviewing contracts and working directly with partners throughout an organization including marketing, advertising, communications, and product, preferably within a technology company
• Familiarity with IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) or Dentsu standard terms is a plus, but not required
• Strong background in intellectual property law, including managing portfolios and strategy
• Understanding of data privacy laws, regulations, and other relevant data protection frameworks
• Proven track record of building positive relationships with internal business stakeholders
• Ability to review, analyze, draft and broker dynamic contractual terms
• Ability to effectively communicate and explain intricate legal matters to diverse business partners
• Exceptional facility with spotting issues, assessing and communicating risks, making common-sense decisions in the face of ambiguity, and finding creative solutions to achieve business goals
• Ability to balance multiple matters simultaneously and to respond quickly to shifting priorities under specified timelines
• Highly motivated and resourceful with the ability to work proactively and independently with eagerness to take on tasks in new or unfamiliar areas of the law
• Excellent judgment, high integrity, and strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and a “can-do” mentality
• Language skills and/or multi-jurisdictional experience a plus

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth and 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 thousand of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• Competitive retirement and health plans
• Free lunch 2 days per week
• Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At OpenTable/KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation(s).