Manager - Legal

GEP; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 4 000 000 - 7 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GEP is seeking an experienced Product & Services Counsel to embed with our Legal team and guide the legal, privacy, and AI dimensions of the product roadmap. You will partner with product and engineering to ensure compliance from design through launch, focusing on data privacy and responsible AI.

The ideal candidate brings 5–7 years of product counsel experience at a US/EU SaaS company, deep privacy expertise, and strong contract negotiation skills, with a pragmatic approach to complex

Qualifications

• LL.B./LL.M. from a reputed law school; enrolled as an advocate with a State Bar Council in India.
• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience, including at least 3 years as Product Counsel with a US- or EU-based software/SaaS company.
• Demonstrated product counseling experience, including advising product teams on privacy, commercial, IP, open source, and consumer protection issues; reviewing and drafting tech transaction documents; and assessing issues of first impression.
• Substantive experience advising on data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and comparable frameworks) in a product or technology context.
• Direct experience advising on AI/ML products or features, including familiarity with AI regulatory developments (EU AI Act, U.S. AI laws).
• Experience reviewing or negotiating AI-related contract terms (data processing addenda, AI schedules, model usage rights).
• Familiarity with procurement, supply chain, or enterprise B2B SaaS platforms is a plus.
• Strong business judgment and ability to translate complex legal requirements into actionable product guidance.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the primary legal counsel to the Product and Engineering teams, embedding in planning, design, and sprint cycles to provide real-time legal input on new features and products.
• Advise on legal and compliance aspects of GEP's managed services and consulting offerings through AI and GEP Products.
• Review product features and releases across all legal topics—privacy, AI/ML functionality, IP, consumer protection, and accessibility—before launch.
• Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to build legal reviews into the product development lifecycle.
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical product requirements, working with engineers on consent flows and data retention controls.
• Build trusted relationships with Product, Engineering, Design, and Security leadership; deliver training on regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.

Connaissances

Product counsel

Data privacy

AI regulation

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Formation

LL.B./LL.M. from a reputed law school

Description du poste

Full Time

Job Description

Welcome to GEP

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastestgrowing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software andmanaged services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solvingcomplex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largestorganizations.

How You Grow at GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, workhard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how youwill grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at otherfirms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our teammembers so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities,cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makesyou unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more.And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP agreat place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and giveback.

Are You One of Us

JOB SUMMARY

GEP is seeking an experienced Product & Services Counsel to join our Legalteam. Reporting to the Senior Director, Legal, the successful candidate willbe a strategic advisor who will embed within GEP’s Product and Engineeringorganizations and guide the legal, privacy, and AI dimensions of GEP’sproduct roadmap. The successful candidate will act as the go-to legalpartner for product teams from early design through launch, with particularfocus on data privacy and AI. This role will also serve as the designatedescalation point for the Global Contracts Team on AI schedules and AIrelated contract terms, ensuring consistency between what GEP’s contractspromise and what its products actually do. The ideal candidate is apragmatic, technically fluent attorney who can translate fast-moving productand engineering decisions into sound legal and compliance guidance. This isa great opportunity for a seasoned attorney to join a strong legal team in adynamic role.

REQUIREMENTS

• LL.B./LL.M. from a reputed law school; enrolled as an advocate with aState Bar Council in India.
• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience, including at least 3 years as ProductCounsel with a US- or EU-based software/SaaS company.
• Demonstrated product counseling experience, including (i) advisingproduct teams on all related aspects including privacy, commercial,intellectual property, open source, and consumer protection issues; (ii) reviewing and drafting tech transaction documents; and (iii) assessingissues of first impression.
• Substantive experience advising on data privacy laws (GDPR,CCPA/CPRA, and comparable frameworks) in a product or technologycontext.
• Direct experience advising on AI/ML products or features, includingfamiliarity with AI regulatory developments (EU AI Act, U.S. state AI laws)and their practical application.
• Experience reviewing or negotiating AI-related contract terms (dataprocessing addenda, AI schedules, model usage rights) is stronglypreferred.
• Familiarity with procurement, supply chain, or enterprise B2B SaaSplatforms is a plus.
• Strong business judgment and ability to translate complex legal andregulatory requirements into clear, actionable product guidance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Product/Services

• Serve as primary legal counsel to the Product and Engineering teams,embedding in planning, design, and sprint cycles to provide real-timelegal input on new features and products.
• Advise on legal and compliance aspects of GEP's managed services andconsulting offerings through use of AI and GEP Products, includingservice descriptions and client-facing service commitments.
• Review product features and releases across all legal topics - includingdata privacy, AI/ML functionality, intellectual property, consumerprotection, and accessibility - before launch.
• Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to build legal andcompliance review into the product development lifecycle, rather than asa late-stage gate.
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical productrequirements, working directly with engineers on implementation (e.g.,consent flows, data retention controls, model logging, opt-outs).
• Build trusted, responsive working relationships with Product, Engineering,Design, and Security leadership.
• Deliver training and practical guidance to product and engineering teamson regulatory, legal and compliance related requirements within theProduct.

2. AI Governance & Privacy

• Review AI-powered features and functionality for legal and regulatory risk,including model training data sourcing, output accuracy and liability, biasand fairness testing, and transparency.
• Advise on responsible AI use and emerging regulation, including the EU AIAct, U.S. federal and state AI laws, and sector-specific requirements, asapplied to GEP’s products.
• Own privacy review of new products and features and advise oncompliance with global data privacy laws as they apply to GEP’s platformand AI capabilities.
• Maintain GEP’s internal AI governance framework, risk-tieringmethodology, and product review checklists, updating them as theregulatory landscape evolves.

3. Contracts Escalation

• Serve as the legal escalation point for the Global Contracts Team on AIschedules and other AI-related contract provisions.
• Resolve non-standard AI schedule requests and negotiation escalations,ensuring contractual commitments accurately reflect current productand model capabilities.
• Maintain and update GEP’s standard AI schedule, fallback positions, andplaybook guidance in coordination with the Contracts Team and Productorganization

GEP’s strength is its people. As a leader in procurement and supply chain solutions, we are committed to providing innovative solutions that create a competitive advantage for enterprises worldwide. Our leadership helps us maintain this focus and drives our commitment to deliver the highest value to our clients.

GEP’s leadership is a collective of some of the most experienced and accomplished professionals in the industry. Blending together strong business acumen with rich technical expertise, they are leading GEP’s global workforce into the future

#WeAreGEP

What makes us really stand out from the crowd?

We value and invest in talent. We respect honesty and individuality. We put our clients and our people first. This is what makes us special, and why GEP is an exceptional place to work.