Senior director legal

Job Title : Senior Director – Legal (India) Department : Legal & Compliance Reports To : Global Chief Legal Officer

Role Summary : The Senior Director – Legal (India) will serve as the legal and compliance leader for Everise’s India operations, responsible for overseeing all legal, compliance, and governance matters. The role focuses on ensuring regulatory compliance, providing pragmatic legal advice to business functions, reviewing commercial and corporate documentation, and supporting Everise’s global legal framework. This position requires strong business partnership, sound legal judgment, and the ability to work both individually and collaboratively with both regional and global teams.

Key Responsibilities : Legal Governance & Strategy

Serve as the legal representative for Everise in India, ensuring alignment with global legal and compliance objectives.

Support the Global Chief Legal Officer on regional initiatives, compliance rollouts, and corporate structuring activities.

Provide risk-based, business-oriented legal guidance to leadership and operational teams. Employment Law & HR Support

Advise HR and management on employee relations, contracts, policies, and disciplinary actions.

Ensure employment documentation and practices are fully compliant with Indian labor, employment and data protection laws.

Partner with HR and regional legal to support workforce transitions, investigations, and terminations. Corporate, Regulatory Compliance

Ensure compliance with the Companies Act, labor and employment laws, SEZ / IT Park regulations, and outsourcing-related rules and regulations, including but not limited to those issued by the Department of Telecommunications (Do T) and IT / ITES operational requirements.

Oversee corporate secretarial compliance, legal filings, and board documentation for all Indian entities.

Monitor outsourcing and data