Head of Legal

Revolut; India; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 15,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut in India seeks a Head of Legal to lead complex legal issues, advise on compliance for new and existing financial products, and manage regulatory interactions in a fast-paced fintech environment.

You will negotiate with partners, coordinate with external counsel, and develop scalable contract processes while ensuring long-term growth and protection for Revolut’s operations in India.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Stakeholder management across internal teams and external partners.
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity and strategic decision making.

Responsibilities

• Advise on compliance and legal issues for new and existing financial products in India.
• Negotiate with external partners on commercial agreements.
• Interpret regulatory changes and advise internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with external counsel for new products and market expansions.
• Design processes for efficient contract negotiation and operations.
• Maintain form agreements and contract management systems.
• Lead strategic deals and resolve issues in existing relationships.
• Drive ongoing compliance review processes and filings.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Decision making

Collaboration

Job description

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 80+ million customers get more from their money every day.

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 80+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About The Role

The Legal team turns complexity into clarity by partnering with teams across Revolut to provide sharp, practical advice that helps the business move fast while staying protected. From structuring credit programmes to navigating new markets, the Legal team ensures growth is secure, compliant, and built for the long term.

We're looking for a Head of Legal to lead some of the most exciting and challenging legal issues that impact our fast-growing, disruptive global fintech in India. You'll be advising and responding to high-priority, complex topics.

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What You'll Be Doing

• Advising on compliance and legal issues surrounding the structuring of new and existing financial products in India
• Negotiating with external partners on a variety of commercial agreements, including third-party, operations, services, and marketing agreements
• Helping to interpret and monitor changes to regulatory guidelines while proactively handling regulatory developments and advising internal stakeholders
• Liaising with specialist external counsel in relation to new products, expansion into new market verticals, and areas of compliance, privacy, or security
• Designing and implementing processes for efficient and streamlined contract negotiation and operations
• Developing and maintaining form agreements, contract management systems, and other databases
• Serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries
• Driving ongoing compliance review processes, including necessary filings, policies, and procedures
• Providing time-sensitive support on an array of legal inquiries

What You'll Need

• 10+ years of experience in a legal function within a regulated entity in India
• An in-depth understanding of the local regulatory landscape in India and how it relates to digital banks
• Expertise in financial regulations related to payments and banking services
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• The ability to remain calm and professional in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• A collaborative mindset
• Confidence making decisions where there’s ambiguity or incomplete information
• Experience providing strategic leadership and direction while remaining hands‑on in execution and with operational details
• A proven ability to navigate complex legal issues and deliver results under tight time constraints
• Knowledge of complex transaction management
• To thrive in entrepreneurial environments while consistently driving results and adapting quickly to shifting priorities

Nice to have

• Experience in regulated startup environments
• Expertise in launching and scaling banking operations
• Knowledge of legal matters relevant to technology companies, such as corporate structuring and intragroup arrangements

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard‑working team.