About the Role
Opendoor is looking for a Senior Counsel to join our Corporate Legal team. You'll own our public company reporting and securities compliance function, support board operations and corporate governance, and help us build an AI-first legal function. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where you'll work closely with Finance, Accounting, and Investor Relations, and advise senior legal leadership on a broad range of securities and corporate matters.
This is a lean, high-ownership role where you'll be deep in live filings, board materials, and high-stakes transactions from day one. You'll have direct visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity to help shape our team — not just support it. If you’re a sharp, high-ownership attorney who loves tackling big, complex challenges and is pumped about using AI to reinvent how legal work gets done, we’d love to hear from you.
Location
This is an in-person role in the San Francisco, CA office. Candidates must be based within a 50-mile commuting distance of the office and able to be physically present in the office 4 days a week
What You'll Do
Own Public-Company Reporting and Securities Compliance:
- Advise senior legal team members on internal securities matters, including trading windows, 10b5-1 plans, and Section 16 compliance.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Investor Relations to prepare SEC filings and draft and review earnings releases, press releases, and shareholder and investor communications for compliance with applicable securities laws.
- Monitor and advise on the potential impact of new and proposed securities laws and regulations, NASDAQ rule changes, proxy advisory firm voting policy changes (including ISS and other firms), institutional investor developments, and evolving best practices in corporate governance and ESG.
- Lead preparation and planning for the annual meeting of shareholders.
Execute Board Operations and Support Corporate Governance:
- Maintain and update corporate compliance documents and policies, including the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, committee charters, insider trading policy, and other corporate policies.
- Advise on equity, executive compensation, and stock administration matters.
- Support corporate entity maintenance for all subsidiaries, including intercompany arrangements, as needed.
Support Strategic Transactions and Other Corporate Priorities:
- Provide advice and counsel on a range of general corporate and corporate governance matters.
- Support capital markets transactions including equity and debt offerings and structured finance transactions, including management of transaction documents and the diligence process.
- Take on new corporate projects as needed, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and corporate investments.
Help Build an AI-First Corporate Legal Function:
- Pilot and refine AI and automation enabled workflows in areas like disclosure drafting, governance monitoring, and board materials.
- Contribute to templates, playbooks, and self-service tools that make complex corporate and securities work more automated, approachable, and high quality.
What You'll Need
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school with active Bar membership in good standing (or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel). California Bar preferred.
- 5+ years of substantive experience with SEC reporting and securities laws, preferably spanning a top tier law firm and public company in-house work.
- Deep knowledge of corporate law, corporate governance standards, and trends.
- Familiarity with equity compensation plans and executive compensation.
- Strong interpersonal skills, team-oriented attitude, and superior attention to detail.
- Sound judgment with the ability to evaluate risk in light of business considerations and make clear, practical recommendations.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a growing legal team and cross-functionally at all levels of the organization.
- Curiosity and passion for using AI tools in your day-to-day work.
- Proactive, entrepreneurial approach to problem solving — you see an issue, you own it.
- Subsidiary corporate governance experience, including management of global subsidiaries and intercompany structures and agreements, is a plus.
Compensation
The base pay range for this position is $163,000.00 - $204,000.00 annually, plus RSUs and performance-based equity refreshers. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on your qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive package of benefits including unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
At Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started.
