Manager - Contracts & Advisory

Job description Legal - Contracts

Position / Designation Manager – Legal

Location Bangalore

Objective

i. To contribute towards developing a best-in-class commercial contracts function which, while

servicing the internal business and control stakeholders in contracts, legal documents, T&Cs

etc, is also able to insulate the business from risks.

ii. Implement technology enabled tools and experience-based initiatives to make the contracting

process automated, efficient, and effective.

1. Description of KRAs

a) Contracts :

i. Standardization of contract templates while prescribing negotiable and non-negotiable clauses

basis risk categorization and type of contracts.

ii. Actively contribute towards improving the drafting and review process of contracts and other

legal documents for various business lines including payments, technology, merchants and

specific products / services (like ecommerce, Appstore etc.)

iii. Lead contractual negotiations and closures independently.

b) Commercial :

i. Develop commercial understanding of the business and each product line for risk assessment

including what is mandatorily required under various regulations for respective

services / products of the organization.

ii. Provide expert & strategic legal advice on various aspects of business to management on

optimizing the contracting process, stamping, e-sign, repository access etc.

iii. Evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of any decision or course of action as the

business is large, has PAN India operations and offices, ability to anticipate issues and estimate

risks, identify proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks.

c) Process :

i. Communications with relevant counter parties / external counsels for contract finalization.

ii. Systematize the contracting process, TAT expectations, repository and retrieval process.

iii. Establish an auditable and robust process for renewals and monitoring of key requirements of

contracts.

iv. Deployment of technology-based solutions and tools to make the end-to-end contracting

process efficient, effective and best in class as to quality of drafting and risk mitigation.

v. Keeps abreast of legislative changes & maintains current knowledge of amendments in

legislation to improve contract versions.

2. Min Qualification

i. LL.B. LLM is a good to have but not mandatory.

ii. Minimum 6-10 years post-qualification experience.

iii. Have strong drafting and communication skills.

iv. Exposure to a variety of contracts – Complex IT / software development, licensing, real estate

to variety of vendor, supplier, employment, service contracts - both revenue and expense side

of contracts.

v. Overall good legal knowledge (corporate law, employment laws, business laws, data privacy

practices, etc). Exposure on regulatory compliance and litigation is a good to have but not

mandatory.

3. Expectations other than qualification; technical experience :

i. Committed and ready to work under pressure.

ii. High degree of professional ethics and integrity, excellent judgement, analytical skills and

good interpersonal skills.

iii. Willingness to learn, improve and challenge the status quo for the better.

iv. Good negotiation skill and general commercial acumen.