Associate Counsel

Commvault; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Commvault is seeking an Associate Counsel to join our Trust Team. Reporting within Legal, you will serve as the primary legal partner to the Procurement team, focusing on the review, negotiation, and closing of vendor contracts.

This position works with Procurement and business stakeholders to address privacy, security, commercial, and operational risks that matter most to Commvault. The ideal candidate is a practical negotiator who can manage a varied contract pipeline, make sound risk-based

Qualifications

• 2+ years of legal experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including tech/vendor contracts.
• Experience assessing escalated contract issues and advising business stakeholders on practical resolutions.
• Working knowledge of SaaS, cloud services, and related vendor agreements.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to the business.
• Partner with Procurement on vendor contracting and provide timely legal judgment.
• Review and negotiate vendor agreements and provisions referred to Legal under escalation criteria.
• Develop and maintain vendor contracting playbooks, templates, and guidance for routine issues.
• Identify recurring issues and improve guidance, training, and processes to reduce escalations.
• Inform procurement strategy and manage related processes.
• Collaborate with Security, Privacy, and business stakeholders to resolve escalated vendor contract issues.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Vendor contracts

English communication

Education

Law degree

Tools

Contract management systems

Job description

What to know:

• Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
• We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) delivers continuous recovery for the AI era. We help organizations stay ready for constant disruption by returning critical data, applications, identities, and AI systems to a clean, trusted state. Our purpose-built recovery solutions span cloud-native and hybrid environments, leveraging AI to enable resilience at enterprise scale.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an Associate Counsel to join Commvault’s Trust Team. Reporting within Legal, you will serve as the primary legal partner to the Procurement team, focusing on the review, negotiation, and closing of vendor contracts. This position is well suited for a resourceful, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and seeks to build expertise across multiple legal disciplines. You will work with Procurement and business stakeholders to move purchases forward while addressing the privacy, security, commercial, and operational risks that matter most to Commvault.

The ideal candidate is a practical negotiator who can manage a varied contract pipeline, make sound risk-based decisions, and build strong relationships across the business. You will partner closely with colleagues in Security, Privacy, Finance, and other teams to resolve issues efficiently and improve how Commvault contracts with its vendors.

What you’ll do…

• Act as a trusted advisor to the business.
• Serve as Legal’s primary partner to Procurement on vendor contracting, providing timely advice on issues that require legal judgment.
• Review and negotiate vendor agreements and provisions referred to Legal under agreed escalation criteria, with direct involvement in complex or higher-risk matters.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of vendor contracting playbooks, templates, fallback positions, and escalation guidance that enable efficient handling of routine issues.
• Identify recurring issues and improve guidance, training, and processes to reduce unnecessary escalations.
• Inform procurement strategy and manage other procurement related processes.
• Partner with Security, Privacy, and relevant business stakeholders to resolve escalated vendor contract issues, particularly those involving data protection, security, and operational commitment.

Who you are?

• Law degree and professional qualifications appropriate to the hiring location.
• At least two years of legal experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including experience with technology vendor contracts.
• Experience assessing escalated contract issues, negotiating departures from standard positions, and advising business stakeholders on practical resolutions.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and recognize when an issue requires further escalation.
• Working knowledge of the technology sector, particularly SaaS, cloud services, and related vendor agreements.
• Strong business judgment and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

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