Lead Product Designer – Hospitality

September 5, 2025

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Job Description

Description

This will be a remote role to start, with plans to transition to hybrid in-office 2x/week located in downtown Toronto.

About OpenTable:

With millions of diners, 60,000+ 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.

The opportunity:

As a Lead Product Designer on the Hospitality team, you’ll get to:

  • Lead strategic design initiatives that empower restaurateurs with new and meaningful ways to connect with their guests.
  • Drive the evolution of tools that help our restaurant customers engage guests through tailored communications.
  • Champion product concepts that expertly balance customer needs with critical business goals.
  • Become a deep expert in restaurant operator workflows by leading impactful user research with restaurant owners and staff.
  • Collaborate closely with a smart and dedicated team of product designers, product managers, and engineers to deliver experiences that help restaurants provide truly incredible hospitality for their guests. You’ll also play a key role in mentoring other designers on the team.

You are a systems thinker with a passion for solving complex design challenges at scale. You have extensive experience designing for web and mobile platforms and an exceptional portfolio that showcases a breadth of product design leadership.

You also have:

  • Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in product design, with 2+ years in a lead or senior capacity.
  • Expertise in designing for B2B experiences or a proven track record of solving for highly complex workflows.
  • Very strong interaction design and usability skills, with a deep understanding of user behavior.
  • Exceptional visual design and craft that elevate product experiences.
  • Demonstrated experience leading strategic product visions from conception to execution.
  • Highly organized with an ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Expertise in leveraging and contributing to established design systems to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability across multiple products.
  • Experience integrating and leveraging qualitative and quantitative user research data (e.g., A/B testing results, usability study findings, analytics) to directly inform and validate design decisions.
  • Incorporated AI into workflows to improve and speed up design process and outcomes.
  • Extensive experience building collaborative relationships with product managers and engineers in an agile environment.
  • Effective communicator with the ability to manage diverse stakeholders and clearly articulate design decisions and rationale.
  • Experience identifying areas for process improvement and a history of implementing solutions to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring junior designers, fostering their growth and development.

**When applying, please include a link to your online portfolio and password . We are reviewing portfolios thoroughly as part of the initial process and we appreciate the opportunity to learn more about you and your work. Thank you!

Benefits and Perks

  • Generous paid vacation (20 days) + time off for your birthday
  • 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
  • Focus on your career growth:
    • Development Dollars
    • Leadership development
    • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
  • Travel Discounts
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Private health and dental insurance
  • Life and Disability insurance

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Toronto, Canada based role is $145,000-$165,000 CAD.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending

Company

OpenTable

Location

Toronto

Country

Canada

Salary

100.000

URL

https://en-ca.whatjobs.com/coopob__cpl___291_2641043__3337?utm_source=3337&utm_medium=feed&keyword=Lead-Product-Designer&location=Toronto&geoID=6225