Manager - Legal and Secretarial

Overview

Serve as a strategic legal business partner providing legal advisory support, contract management, regulatory compliance oversight, and corporate secretarial assistance across the organization.

What you'll do

• Lead the drafting, review, negotiation, and management of commercial contracts, procurement contracts, intercompany agreements, employment-related documentation, and other legal instruments to safeguard organizational interests.
• Provide pragmatic legal advice and risk-based recommendations to internal stakeholders across functions.
• Develop and maintain playbooks, standard clauses, and negotiation guidance.
• Oversee end-to-end contract lifecycle management and continuously improve contracting processes through technology-enabled solutions.
• Lead and support regulatory compliance assessments across the organization.
• Monitor, analyze, and interpret changes in applicable laws and regulations impacting the business.
• Provide legal support for strategic business initiatives, organizational transformation projects, and cross-functional programs.
• Drive legal innovation initiatives through the adoption of AI-powered tools and emerging technologies.
• Prepare periodic management reporting, dashboards, and updates on legal matters, compliance initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Support legal budgeting, expense management, and vendor governance activities.
• Manage relationships with external counsel and legal service providers to ensure quality and cost efficiency.
• Maintain legal records, repositories, and documentation in accordance with governance requirements.
• Mentor and guide junior team members.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B.) from a recognized university.
• 7-10 years of post-qualification experience, preferably in multinational organizations, financial services, GCCs, technology companies, or large in-house legal teams.
• Strong experience in commercial contracting, legal advisory, compliance management, and corporate governance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting strategic initiatives and regulatory transformation programs.
• Exposure to Labour Codes implementation, employment law advisory, and DPDP compliance initiatives.
• High competence in using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access and MS Word.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and having a structured approach.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in legal operations, legal technology, AI-enabled legal solutions, digitization, and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience managing dashboards, metrics, reporting frameworks, and legal operations processes.
• Associate Company Secretary (ACS) qualification.

Details

• Location: Gurugram, Haryana.
• Job category: Legal.
• Posting end date: 23/10/2026.