Associate, Legal, COE AP

Lenovo; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking an Associate for its Global Contracts Team in Bangalore to support contract lifecycle from metadata extraction to activation, ensuring approvals, signatures, and data quality. You will collaborate with Legal, business, and technology teams, manage DocuSign workflows, and help drive process improvements while upholding Lenovo contracting policies.

You will work with a global and cross-functional group to ensure timely contract execution and compliant records, contributing to a

Qualifications

• 1–4 years in contracts, legal operations, or admin workflows.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management tools and DocuSign.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with global teams and follow structured processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract metadata extraction and data quality.
• Prepare contract summaries and manage CLM approval workflows.
• Track and follow up on required approvals.
• Confirm signatories and manage DocuSign process.
• Upload executed agreements into CLM and activate metadata.
• Perform metadata risk reporting and ensure reporting accuracy.
• Coordinate with Legal, requestors, and approvers.
• Respond to Legal COE Support inbox queries.
• Identify process gaps and propose improvements with audit-ready records.

Skills

Strong organization

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (Law degree preferred)

Tools

DocuSign

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools

Job description

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Lenovo is seeking an Associate for its Global Contracts Team (“GCT”), reporting to the Lead Senior Counsel for AP. The Contract Administrator supports GCT EU META by managing the operational and administrative steps of the contract lifecycle. The CA ensures approvals, signatures, activation, and metadata accuracy are completed in a consistent and compliant manner.

Position responsibilities include managing contract metadata extraction and data quality and supporting Legal Operations projects and cross-functional initiatives.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills are essential to collaborate effectively with legal, business, and technology teams, provide user support, and deliver operational solutions that improve legal service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Workflow Approvals
• Prepare contract summaries and manage approval workflows in CLM.
• Track and follow up on all required approvals.
• Execution Management
• Confirm signatories and manage the DocuSign process.
• Ensure timely and complete execution of agreements.
• CLM Upload Activation
• Upload fully executed agreements into CLM.
• Validate documentation and metadata, then activate the contract.
• Metadata Risk Reporting
• Review and quality-check system-generated metadata.
• Ensure accuracy of key fields for reporting and risk assessments.
• Communication Coordination
• Act as the point of contact for contract workflow support.
• Coordinate with Legal, requestors, and approvers.
• Inbox Query Handling
• Monitor and respond to Legal COE Support inbox queries.
• Triage contract-related requests promptly.
• Compliance Process Improvement
• Ensure adherence to Lenovo contracting policies and risk assessment process.
• Identify process gaps, recommend improvements, and maintain audit-ready records.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Law degree preferred).
• 1-4 years in contracts, legal operations, or admin workflows.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management tools and DocuSign.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with global teams and follow structured processes.

Location

Bangalore, India

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