Legal Counsel Procurement

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.

This role provides a hybrid way of working with an onsite presence of 2 days/week.

Role description

You will be partnering with the Global Procurement Team (located in the Netherlands, US and Bucharest) as well as with the wider Booking.com business. A successful candidate is  a reliable, commercially minded legal counsel servicing the Procurement Legal Team (based in Amsterdam). 

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties 

• Draft and negotiate clear and commercially appropriate procurement agreements within agreed parameters and guidelines.

• Be well structured, clear and organized, with an ability to prioritize and drive progress within a very fast paced environment.

• Provide support to our weekly priority meetings.

• Demonstrate a collaborative approach to getting the job done, drawing on technical specialist support from other members of the Legal & Public Affairs function and with a range of stakeholders both within the business and externally.

• Create and deliver guidance documents and training material for teams within the business under the direction of the Senior Legal Counsels.

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• EU law degree (UK or US training is an advantage)

• At least 3 years’ experience in a reputable law firm or in-house team 

• Experience in procurement, technology and/or marketing agreements is an advantage 

• Native or fluent English speaking and writing skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

• Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines, prioritizing appropriately

• Professional and collaborative approach

• Strong knowledge of and familiarity with using Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Suite (Google Sheets, Google Docs)

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.

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.