Counsel, Commercial

Opendoor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, and vision

Flexible vacation policy

Generous parental leave

Paid time off to volunteer

Job summary

Opendoor is seeking an experienced Counsel, Commercial to join our Corporate Legal team and scale a modern contracting function at a public company reinventing real estate. You will draft, negotiate, and support a high-volume mix of SaaS, services, data and privacy terms, partnering with Procurement, Finance, and Security.

You’ll help improve intake, templates, and post-signature tracking while delivering practical legal solutions and strong business judgment.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school with active Bar membership in good standing.
• California Bar preferred; eligible to register as in-house counsel.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate routine commercial agreements using templates and playbooks.
• Identify and surface non-standard or high-risk issues to counsel when appropriate.
• Summarize key terms for more complex transactions and keep reviews efficient.
• Improve intake, templates, playbooks, and post-signature tracking for smoother workflow.
• Partner with Procurement, Finance, and Security to align on contracting activity.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Attention to detail

Cross-functional work

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Active Bar in good standing

Job description

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.

About the Team

Opendoor's Corporate Legal team is seeking an experienced contracts professional to join as Counsel, Commercial and help scale a modern, business-minded contracting function at a public company reinventing the real estate industry. This is a high-impact/visibility role supporting a growing commercial contracting function with increasing deal volume, cross-functional partnership, and regular visibility with business leaders.

The commercial work spans a mix of SaaS and technology, professional services, data and privacy-related terms, and a range of business partnerships that support our operations. You'll draft and negotiate standard agreements directly with counterparties, help counsel move more complex deals quickly by surfacing key issues and context, and partner closely with Procurement, Finance, and Security to help the business move quickly while managing risk thoughtfully.

In addition to deal support, you'll help improve how contracts move through the company, making intake smoother, records easier to find, templates and playbooks easier to use, and post-signature tracking more reliable. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong commercial judgment with a practical, service-oriented approach and an interest in improving processes and commercial relationships over time.

This role reports to the Head of Corporate Legal and may be based in any of our U.S. offices (Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, or Tempe) or in our Toronto, Canada office. The team primarily collaborates during Pacific Time business hours. This is an in-person role and candidates must be based within a 50-mile commuting distance of an Opendoor office and able to be physically present in the office 4 days a week.

What You'll Do

Draft, Negotiate, and Support Commercial Deals

• Draft, review, and negotiate routine commercial agreements using established templates and playbook guidance, such as NDAs, order forms, SOWs, work orders, renewals, and amendments.
• Identify and react non-standard or higher-risk issues to counsel when appropriate.
• Support more complex transactions by summarizing key terms, highlighting deviations from baseline positions, and keeping reviews efficient.
• Expand into additional contract types and deal categories over time as you build familiarity with Opendoor's business and risk posture.

Partner with the Business to Keep Work Moving

• Serve as a first point of contact for commercial contract requests, helping business partners provide the information needed to start work quickly.
• Partner closely with Procurement to support a consistent, business-friendly contracting experience.
• Maintain clear visibility into status and priorities so stakeholders know what's in progress and what's needed to move forward.
• Help Legal, Procurement, and Finance stay aligned on contracting activity, status, and vendor records.

Support Post-Signature Tracking and Supplier Governance

• Help maintain renewal and notice-date tracking in partnership with Procurement.
• Assist with post-signature review and follow-through on negotiated commitments, such as key service levels, security and data terms, insurance, and audit and reporting rights, coordinating with cross-functional partners as needed.
• Support periodic supplier reviews by helping surface upcoming renewals, contract commitments, and potential gaps.
• Maintain the contract repository so executed agreements are complete, organized, and easy to locate

Improve Templates, Playbooks, and Tools

• Maintain and improve contract templates and clause libraries in partnership with counsel, including keeping core details accurate such as entity names and signature blocks.
• Contribute to the buildout and refinement of negotiation playbooks, including standard positions and fallbacks.
• Pilot and refine automation and AI-enabled workflows that support practical contracting work, for example first-pass review, comparing drafts to playbook guidance, summarizing issues, and extracting key obligations.

What We're Looking For

• 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.
• Experience supporting commercial contracting in-house or at a law firm (contracts manager, commercial paralegal, contract administrator, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive routine agreements to completion, with strong judgment about when to escape.
• Experience supporting contracting workflows such as intake and triage, stakeholder communication, and basic reporting or tracking.
• Experience with renewals, notice deadlines, and post-signature obligation tracking.
• Working familiarity with common commercial terms, especially in SaaS and services, including privacy and security concepts such as DPAs, security exhibits, and data use and retention, and IP and license scope.
• Comfort partnering cross-functionally with Procurement, Finance, and Security, and working effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong attention to detail, clear written communication, and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
• Curiosity and comfort experimenting with AI tools to improve day-to-day work.

To learn how we are reinventing the Real Estate industry check out our website, to discover what we are building for our customers read our News Room.

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 Offer the Following Benefits and Perks

• Full medical, dental, and vision with optional 85% coverage for dependents
• Flexible vacation policy
• Generous parental leave
• Paid time off to volunteer

Please note that these benefits and perks are available only to Full Time team members and do not apply to contract roles.

Our team celebrates our diverse backgrounds. We believe that being open about who we are and what we do allows us to be better. Individuals seeking employment at Opendoor are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other protected status under all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. For California residents: for more information about the categories of personal information that we collect for recruiting purposes, please see our personnel Privacy Policy.

Location

We're looking for team members who are enthusiastic about an in-office culture — people who want to build alongside others and not from a distance. This role is based in one of our talent hubs where we welcome everyone 5 days a week with the requirement of Mo, Tu, Th, Fri.