Senior Manager - Legal

• Legal Drafting & Contract Management: Draft, review, vet, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including vendor agreements, service agreements, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), NDAs, MOUs, commercial contracts, and other business-related legal documents.
• Vendor Empanelment & Onboarding: Manage the legal aspects of vendor empanelment, including review of vendor documentation, due diligence, contractual terms, risk assessment, and execution of agreements.
• Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution, renewals, amendments, termination, and record maintenance.
• Legal Risk Assessment: Identify and mitigate legal and contractual risks relating to liability, indemnity, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, service-level obligations, termination, and dispute resolution.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology, Business, Information Security, and other internal teams to understand requirements and ensure timely execution of agreements.
• Vendor Governance: Establish and maintain standard templates, approval workflows, vendor agreement trackers, empanelment records, and contract management processes.
• Policy & Process Development: Develop and update legal templates, internal policies, SOPs, and guidelines to improve consistency and efficiency in contracting and vendor management.
• Regulatory & Compliance Support: Ensure agreements and relevant processes align with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, including requirements relevant to the financial services and capital markets industry.
• Legal Research & Advisory: Conduct legal research and provide practical guidance on contractual obligations, commercial arrangements, vendor-related legal matters, and emerging legal or regulatory requirements.
• Dispute & Escalation Management: Support the resolution of contractual disputes, vendor escalations, breaches, and other legal issues, coordinating with external counsel wherever required.
• Legal MIS & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of executed agreements, pending contracts, renewals, vendor empanelments, and key legal risks; provide periodic updates to senior management.

• LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a recognized university.
• Relevant experience in a Legal function, preferably within financial services, fintech, stock broking, capital markets, or a corporate environment.
• Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts and vendor agreements.
• Hands-on experience in vendor empanelment, legal due diligence, onboarding documentation, and contract execution.
• Strong understanding of contractual clauses relating to indemnity, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, warranties, and dispute resolution.
• Ability to independently manage contract negotiations, assess legal risks, and provide commercially practical solutions.
• Experience in developing standard legal templates, contract management processes, and approval workflows.
• Good understanding of applicable corporate laws and regulatory requirements; familiarity with SEBI, NSE, BSE, and CDSL regulations would be an added advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple agreements and priorities while ensuring accuracy and timely closure.

We are a start-up organization focused on fast growth with quality products; hence, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment goes without saying!

We are looking for team members just like us, in simple words - good people to work with and demonstrate following personality traits:

• Be super obsessed about ensuring customer satisfaction.

(We are here because of our customers, and will be here only if we serve our customers)

• We have a single opportunity to serve.

(Our customers will give us one opportunity to serve - we can't let them down. Be it product, uptimes, customer service or any interaction we have to deliver a wow experience.)

• Respect your work, your team, your co-workers and our customers.

(The only way to get respect is to give it first)

• Speed is all that matters. Ship right and ship faster.

(You either help the team move ahead fast, or you slow it down. We prefer the first.)

• Humility & politeness over arrogance & over-confidence.

(If you are the smartest one in the room, bring up others to speed. We are here to serve our customers, not to prove a point.)

• Quality over quantity.

(It is fine if you pick up a few things to do, but do them exceedingly well.)

• Make your hands dirty irrespective of who you are.

(Our CEO responds to customers every day. Our CTO codes every day. This is us.)

• Talent and Competency over Credentials.
• Entrepreneurial, ownership driven and disciplined.

(We trust you to help us gain and retain the trust of our customers and our stakeholders)

• Less words, more action.

(Believe in something? show it by doing things. Not just by talking about it)

• Flat hierarchy with open culture & conversations.

(You are among all of us, and we all are with you)

• Passionate about the business you are a part of.

(Do it because you are passionate about it, not because it's your job.)

• Raise is an equal opportunity employer.

(We celebrate diversity and inclusion.

• Build great products.
• Deliver awesome experiences.
• Provide exceptional customer service.

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