Senior Manager – Legal

Job Description

Position Overview - The Senior Manager – Legal will serve as a key member of the legal leadership team, providing strategic legal counsel to business leaders, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing legal risks, and supporting the company’s global operations. The role requires strong legal acumen, commercial awareness, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

Key Responsibilities: -

1. Legal Advisory & Business Support

• Provide proactive legal advice to senior management on corporate, commercial, regulatory, and operational matters.
• Contract Lifecycle Management: draft, review, negotiate and finalize complex commercial agreements:
• NDAs (mutual/unilateral; employee/vendor/customer)
• Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
• Vendor Contracts
• Procurement Contracts
• Statements of Work (SOWs), Change Orders, Work Orders
• Request for Proposals (RFPs)/ Government Bids/Tenders
• Release Letters/ Duty of Care Letters
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs); BCRs (where relevant), and privacy addenda
• Standardize templates and playbooks; maintain clause libraries and fallback positions.
• Cross‑Border Contracting:
• Advise on governing law, jurisdiction, dispute resolution (incl. arbitration under Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996), and enforceability.
• Address structure contracts to enable compliant cross‑border payments.
• Evaluate data transfer and privacy impacts (e.g., India’s DPDP Act, 2023, and foreign regimes like GDPR/CCPA depending on counterparties).
• Coordinate, negotiate and finalise with foreign counsels for localisation of Global Service Agreements.
• Support cross-functional teams (HR, Finance, IT, Operations, Sales) with legal interpretation and guidance.

2. Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure the organization complies with local, regional, and international laws relevant to the business.
• Implement and oversee compliance programs—including anti-bribery, regulatory (SEBI) compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, data privacy (GDPR) and FCPA compliance.
• Monitor changes in legislation and assess their impact on business operations.

3. Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across business units: indemnities, limitations of liability, IP ownership/licensing, confidentiality, non‑compete/non‑solicit, termination, service levels, remedies.
• Develop risk management strategies and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Review internal processes to strengthen governance and minimize liability exposures.
• Align contracts with corporate policies: anti‑bribery/anti‑corruption, sanctions, AML/PMLA, ethics, information‑security.

4. Litigation & Dispute Resolution

• Manage litigation matters, including selecting and coordinating with external counsel.
• Handle dispute resolution, arbitration, and pre-litigation claims.
• Represent the company in legal proceedings where appropriate.
• Oversee evidence collection: emails, system logs, delivery/acceptance records, meeting minutes, and chain of custody; ensure litigation hold protocols.
• Maintain playbooks updated with case law learnings and business‑friendly negotiation positions.

5. Corporate Governance

• Support corporate secretarial functions including board meetings, resolutions, compliance filings, and corporate records management.
• Ensure adherence to global corporate governance standards.

6. Policy Development

• Develop, update, and implement internal legal policies, SOPs, and guidelines.
• Conduct training sessions for employees on legal compliance, risk mitigation
• Design and deliver PoSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) trainings (new hires, annual refreshers, managers and senior managers), tailored to local languages and business contexts.
• Implement communication plans: posters, intranet pages, FAQs, anonymous reporting channels, and leadership messages.
• Train business teams on contract hygiene, contracts do’s/don’ts, and red‑flag spotting.

7. External Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with external law firms, regulatory bodies, government agencies, and industry associations.
• Oversee legal budgets, negotiate fee structures, and ensure cost-effective legal support.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from a recognized university; LL.M. preferred.
• 5–10 years of relevant post-qualification experience, preferably within an MNC or leading law firm.
• Strong knowledge of corporate, commercial, contract, and regulatory laws.

AML RightSource is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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Experience Level

Senior Level