Booking Holdings Romania - Legal & Compliance Counsel

Booking Holdings Romania is a Center of Excellence based in Bucharest, Romania and was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of our Brands.

As part of our Booking Holdings Romania team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world's leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through five-primary consumer facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable.

Role description

Booking Holdings Romania, is looking for a Legal & Compliance Counsel to provide legal & compliance support for our Center of Excellence (COE) located in Bucharest, Romania.

The Legal & Compliance Counsel will provide legal and compliance support to the Booking Holdings Romania COE, working closely with business stakeholders in the Booking Holdings' and Brand legal teams.

The Legal & Compliance Counsel will provide general legal support, with a focus on commercial agreements review, regulatory changes review and implementation, employment law, compliance and ethics standards and corporate.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage a diverse range of procurement agreements for Booking Holdings Romania;
• Draft and negotiate procurement agreements, relying on our own precedents and templates where appropriate, and managing the process from inception through to signature;
• Work directly with the procurement team, relevant stakeholders, and the wider global business as a reliable and commercial-minded point of contact;
• Provide support in tracking legal / regulatory changes applicable to the company and for the implementation of such;
• Collaborate with the Manager, Legal & Compliance relating to employment matters;
• Review and draft templates used by Booking Holdings Romania COE;
• Support Booking Holdings Romania initiatives (competitions, events,etc.) with legal review and documentation;
• Be well-structured, clear and organized, with an ability to prioritize and drive progress within a very fast paced environment;
• Attend and contribute to regular meetings of the Booking Holdings' Legal team and other attorneys at affiliated brands;
• Demonstrate a collaborative approach to getting the job done, with a range of stakeholders both within the business and externally;
• Create and deliver guidance documents and training material for teams within the business;
• Other related responsibilities as needed, including but not limited to creating playbooks, templates, and applicable policies

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor degree / Specialized Diploma
• 5- 8 years relevant job knowledge

Legal and regulatory skills

• EU law degree
• At least 5 years' experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house team at a multinational corporate entity or company
• Commercial and contract drafting experience for a wide range of procurement agreements
• Experience in drafting comprehensive legal memos to multiple level stakeholders ; ability to interpret different legislative documents and provide clear summary to non-legal stakeholders.
• Experience with Labor Law provisions applicable in Romania.
• Experience with Compliance and Ethics programs

Communications & Organizational Skills

• Fluency in English - Ability to work and communicate directly in English
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong writing and editing skills and solid organizational skills
• Ability to work well with colleagues around the world and manage with ease both time-sensitive and long-term projects
• Superior problem-solving skills, leadership qualities, ability to influence, communications, consulting, and team/interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with others from any functional area, background, or location to influence thinking, and gain acceptance
• Ability to comfortably work with both technical and non-technical audiences and to work with and through all levels in an organization

Other Skills

• International experience: Self-awareness of communication style and cultural differences.
• Consultative style: Ability to formulate and articulate a perspective and present it in a manner that generates understanding and alignment.
• Self-motivated and capable of operating independently with limited oversight. Strong sense of personal accountability for work tasks.
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity and a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Assertive, intellectually curious and self starter personality

Benefits & Perks

• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Vast amounts of data to validate your ideas and the opportunity to experiment with real users

Booking Holdings is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

Pre-Employment Screening:

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.