Senior Managing Counsel - Product; Ground Transport and Attractions

About Us:At , data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make.

Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

The Role: The Senior Managing Counsel, Product (Ground Transport and Attractions) provides leadership in assessing, interpreting, advising on and applying laws governing global platform and intermediation services offered by  across our Ground Transport (Cars and Rides) and Attractions verticals. The Ground Transport and Attractions verticals sit in the Trips Business Unit alongside our Flights and Insurance business verticals. The role directly partners with Product teams within Ground Transport and Attractions to develop and expand our offerings as well as supporting the respective Leadership Teams.

The role requires deep expertise in platform and travel-related services regulation as well as “vertical specific” legislation, coupled with strong commercial and product acumen to provide practical and actionable guidance and advice.

The Senior Managing Counsel role manages a (junior) Legal Counsel (Product) and together they serve as the central point of contact between Product Trips, Engineering & Data Trips, and LPA. The role closely partners with the business and with the various functions across LPA, to ensure that the strategic goals of the Trips teams are well understood and supported, the risks are recognised and appropriately managed, and to provide guidance and support for a broad variety of strategic product initiatives and opportunities throughout the company.

The role also has the opportunity to partner closely with the Reg Tech engineering team to ensure timely and proper implementation of regulatory requests and new legislation across all verticals of the Trips Business Unit. This is a hands‑on role, embedded within the business, working closely with Product teams globally to identify, define, prioritise, support and implement Product legal strategies and product initiatives across these diverse verticals, which are at different stages in their journey.

The role requires applying business‑focused legal analysis to translate business needs into practical solutions. The role works in tandem with the Commercial lawyers for Ground Transport and Attractions.

The Senior Managing Counsel’s team will continuously invest in, and assess, efficient ways of working with the business (including developing playbooks, improving processes and leveraging AI functionalities) in order to scale their support and allow the legal team to focus on the areas where they can add most value.

As a manager, this role requires direct coaching and professional development skills.

Success requires creative problem‑solving and efficient, responsible advancement of product initiatives. A strong international perspective is essential, with the ability to synthesise input from diverse stakeholders and provide confident guidance, even beyond direct expertise. This role is critical in enabling  to launch product initiatives for our Customers (travellers and partners) that drive ongoing growth and innovation.

The role is global in scope, so a truly international perspective is key, as is the ability to source, analyse and manage input from a range of internal and external stakeholders to form a view and advise even outside of your direct experience. This role is a critical component in the successful partnership between LPA and Trips Business Unit, and you will be a vital contributor to ’s continued growth, innovation and success.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in advising stakeholders from a junior to senior level on a wide range of ‘product law’ matters across multiple jurisdictions and collaborating with product teams to turn ideas into smart, responsible, customer‑centric innovation, particularly in a fast‑paced, technology‑driven environment, demonstrating…