Assistant Manager - Legal

The Walsons Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walsons Group is seeking a detail-oriented contracts and compliance professional to oversee end-to-end contract lifecycle management, policy localization, and risk mitigation. You will guide the drafting, review, and negotiation of vendor, customer, procurement, and service agreements while ensuring alignment with global policies and local laws.

The role requires hands-on CLM tool experience, advisory support for policy implementation, and collaboration with Finance, HR, and Operations to

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Hands-on experience with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools.
• Ability to localize and implement global policies in line with local laws.
• Ability to identify and manage compliance risks and support audits.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts including vendor, customer, procurement, and service agreements.
• Manage end-to-end contract lifecycle using CLM tools.
• Ensure contracts align with internal risk policies and applicable laws.
• Localize and implement global policies like ABAC, Competition Law, Data Protection, and Code of Conduct; advise teams and conduct training.
• Manage compliance obligations through designated compliance platforms.
• Identify potential compliance risks.
• Partner with Finance, HR, and Operations to embed standards in processes.
• Support internal and external audits from a legal and compliance perspective.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Compliance Management

Regulatory knowledge

Policy advisory

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Tools

CLM tools

Job description

The role will be responsible for end-to-end contract lifecycle management, implementation, and monitoring of compliance programs, and ensuring alignment of global policies with local laws and business practices. The candidate further should have hands-on experience in using CLM/compliance tools, managing legal risks, and driving compliance culture within the organization.

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts including vendor, customer, procurement, and service agreements.
• Managing the end-to-end contract lifecycle using Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools.
• Ensuring contracts are aligned with internal risk management policies and applicable laws.
• Localizing and implementing global policies such as Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC), Competition Law, Data Protection, and Code of Conduct including advisory to the business teams on policy compliance and conducting training/awareness sessions.
• Managing compliance obligations through designated compliance tools/platforms.
• Identifying potential compliance risks
• Partnering with cross-functional teams (Finance, HR, Operations) to ensure legal and compliance standards are integrated into business processes.
• Supporting internal and external audits from a legal and compliance perspective.