Legal Manager

NIIT Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NIIT Limited in Gurugram is seeking a senior legal professional to draft, vet and negotiate complex agreements for managed training services, content creation and learning technologies.

You will advise on RFP responsiveness, raise queries, and support business units, balancing deal momentum with rigorous compliance, law fundamentals and company standards. Experience of 8–10 years in the service sector will be valuable.

Qualifications

• Mandatory: L.L.B
• Institute preference: DU, National Law Schools at Bhopal, Jodhpur, and New Delhi, GNLU, BHU, AMU, etc.
• Good Drafting Skills.
• Proficient in MS Office suite of products.
• Researches on Legal Search Engine.

Responsibilities

• Negotiating and drafting/vetting wide-ranging agreements relating to managed training services, content creation, learning technologies and other training services.
• Advice on responsiveness to RFP, providing queries and highlighting concerns in the RFPs.
• Support and pre-emptive advisories to the business units.

Skills

Drafting skills

Contract negotiation

Research skills

Oral and written communication

Time management

Education

LL.B

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Responsibilities

Negotiating and drafting/vetting wide-ranging agreements relating to managed training services, content creation, learning technologies and other training services.

Advice on responsiveness to RFP, providing queries and highlighting concerns in the RFPs.

Support and pre-emptive advisories to the business units.

Attributes/Behavioural Skills

Awareness of issues in Corporate Training Program, Content Creation, Managed Training Services, learning technologies, etc.

Must have experience in working on complex transactions, typically international in scope with unusual and complex pricing structures, multiple towers, multiple countries, and other complexity factors.

Good knowledge of the Contract Act, PE, WHT, FEMA, GDPR, Arbitration Law.

Resilient under high pressure; able to balance between moving a deal forward and maintaining objectivity about the soundness of the deal and compliance with the Company’s principles and standards.

Sound research skills on legal propositions.

Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Proficient in MS Office suite of products.

Key BSC Parameters

Customer - Quality: Responsible for the quality of contracts on our complex deals. This will be measured by TAT and leadership satisfaction metrics.

Speed to Closure: Measure and take appropriate actions to ensure transactions are closed as quickly as possible (balanced with quality outcomes) and that appropriate measures are taken to work with the supervisors if there are significant delays in closure within the Organization’s control. Number: The number of contracts and issues closed during the given time frame.

Internal Process

Learning & Growth

Education Qualification

• Mandatory: L.L.B
• Institute preference (If any): DU, National Law Schools at Bhopal, Jodhpur, and New Delhi, GNLU, BHU, AMU, etc.

Technical Skills

• Preferred: Good Drafting Skills.

Soft Skills

• Mandatory: Proficient in MS Office suite of products.
• Preferred: Researches on Legal Search Engine.

Experience

• Minimum (# of years): 8
• Maximum (# of years): 10
• Relevant experience (should not be less than minimum experience): 5 years in the service sector.

Preferred Industries/companies

IT & ITES

Additional Details

Candidates with sound knowledge of fundamentals of law shall be preferred.