Ice Cream Senior Legal Associate

6267 Magnum ICC IN Service Co; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Magnum Ice Cream Company in Pune invites a Senior Legal Associate to join the GBS Hub and provide business-focused legal support to the global function. You will handle contracting, governance, compliance and stakeholder management across multiple jurisdictions.

Key responsibilities include drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, ensuring data privacy and information security compliance, and partnering with Legal, Procurement, Privacy, and Infosec teams to drive efficient processes

Qualifications

• LLB from a recognised university with bar eligible.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in commercial contracting or procurement law.
• Experience in large, complex corporate environments.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across supplier agreements.
• Experience with CLM, legal tech and AI tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Ensure data privacy and information security clauses are included.
• Collaborate with Privacy, Infosec and Procurement teams.
• Maintain accurate legal records and monitor regulatory changes.
• Support governance schedules and contract templates.
• Manage cross-time zone stakeholders and external counsel.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Legal research

Stakeholder management

Contract lifecycle management

Data privacy

AI tools

Education

LLB

Tools

CLM software

Legal templates

Data privacy tools

Job description

ABOUT ICE CREAM:

Life Tastes Better with Ice Cream The Magnum Ice Cream Company is the world's leading ice cream business, with over 100 years of experience delivering a diverse range of indulgent, yet responsible, craft food experiences and treats delighting consumers across the globe. With a portfolio of 35 iconic brands, including three billion-euro powerhouses, Magnum, Wall's, and Ben & Jerry's, we operate in more than 60 countries and generate over $8 billion in annual revenue. All our brands are driven by a commitment to transform moments into memories through indulgent yet responsibly made and marketed products. Backed by a well-defined growth strategy, we are clear about where to play and how to win, enabling us to deliver sustainable growth and long-term value creation. At The Magnum Ice Cream Company, we turn the ordinary into extraordinary by creating unique and innovative ice cream experiences that make life taste better. Through creativity, innovation, and the passion of our people, we are shaping the future of ice cream, bringing moments of joy to consumers and the communities we serve. Making ice cream is about more than creating great products. We are serious about happiness. With warm hearts and entrepreneurial spirit, we craft the coolest products in the world, sparking moments of delight and creating memories that last a lifetime.

JOB SUMMARY AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Legal Associate will be a part of the legal function at our Pune GBS Hub and shall provide business-focused legal support to the global Legal function and wider business. You will be responsible for:

Contracting

• Review, draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements and related documents, using TMICC templates where appropriate and negotiating third-party paper to protect TMICC’s legal and commercial interests.
• Ensure that contracts include the appropriate data privacy, information security, responsible partnering, regulatory, artificial intelligence and other risk-specific schedules, where applicable.
• Work closely with Legal Business Partners and subject matter experts across Privacy, Information Security, Procurement and other relevant functions to apply current templates, clauses, playbooks and legal positions.
• Make recommendations to enhance the end user experience on the CLM tool, process reengineering to drive efficiency and solution driven.
• To manage contracts in line with agreed playbooks, service levels and escalation procedures, exercising sound judgment and escalating non-standard matters to Legal Business Partners.

Core Legal

• Conduct legal research and analysis.
• Support business and legal teams in relation to monitoring emerging regulations.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date legal records and files.
• Track key actions, deadlines, decisions and supporting documentation for legal matters.
• Supporting the management and administration of contracts.
• Simplification and innovation; supporting innovation and use of technology to simplify and improve the provision of legal services.
• General administrative and office support as needed.

Governance & Compliance

• Support the operation of governance schedules and processes.
• Understand changes to standard clauses, and highlight deviations and risks, if outside of standard clauses.
• Ensure the organisation's internal contract document templates are accurate and up to date.
• Identify opportunities to improve current contract processes and devise plans to implement these changes.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, data privacy and confidentiality standards.

Stakeholder Management

• Support the development and management of stakeholder relationships within The Magnum Ice Cream Company and with key third parties, including within Legal, Procurement, Finance, Digital Marketing, HR, local Data Protection Officers and other businesses.

Key Interfaces

• Legal (including external legal counsel)
• Procurement
• Privacy, Cybersecurity and Infosec

Relevant Experience

• Recognised professional qualification in Law (LLB).
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in commercial contracting, legal operations, procurement legal support or a related legal advisory role.
• Experience working within a large complex business environment requiring analysis of data and making balanced risk decisions.
• Strong drafting, contract negotiation skills across commercial, procurement and supplier agreements.
• Experience delivering contracting work across multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of contract lifecycle management (CLM), legal technology and AI tools.
• Excellent communication and strong stakeholder management.
• Ability to work with colleagues across multiple time zones and countries.
• Willingness and drive for process excellence.

Preferable

• Experience within a consumer goods or retail environment.
• Previous people management experience.

Leadership Behaviors

• Ownership and Accountability
• Bias for Action
• Growth Mindset
• Consumer and Customer Focus
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Partnership

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Magnum Ice Cream Company embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender identity (including gender reassignment), race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could! You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

Roles with real accountability and visible impact. Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done. Continuous learning and development as the business grows. Reward linked to performance and contribution. Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

We take pleasure seriously.

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps. If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.