Manager (Legal Counsel / Contracts Management)

Excelra; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelra in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Contracts Specialist to draft, negotiate and finalize corporate contracts, including software and technology agreements. You will maintain the contract repository, support multi-functional teams and provide strategic guidance on legal risks and implications.

You will review documents, prepare contractual instruments, and assist audits and reporting to the Department Head.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience drafting, negotiating and finalizing corporate contracts including software/technology/services agreements.
• Experience reviewing, modifying and finalizing contractual instruments to support business activities.
• Ability to provide legal risk guidance and operational excellence in contract management.
• Exposure to coordinating with multiple departments (commercial, sales, HR, finance, procurement) and audits.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and finalize varied corporate contracts including software, technology and related services agreements.
• Maintain a repository of all executed contracts.
• Support Department Head with multi-functional teams including commercial, sales, HR, finance, procurements, etc.
• Provide legal operational excellence and strategic guidance on risks and implications.
• Review contracts or other documents and assess legal implications.
• Prepare, review and modify contractual instruments to support business activities.
• Report to Department Head on progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with external lawyers.
• Assist in liaising with departments to address identified legal risks and take appropriate actions.
• Assist in review and providing legal advice on documents.
• Provide risk management advice to management on contract management.
• Assist in various audits.
• Provide and interpret legal information.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports.
• Take ownership of maintaining and updating Contract Management tool; maintain repository of risk clauses.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Contract management

Audits

Legal risk assessment

Legal reporting

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Contract management tool

Job description

• 6+ years of Expertise in drafting, negotiating and finalizing varied corporate contracts including on software, technology and related services agreements.
• Maintain a repository of all executed contracts.
• Support to Department Head in working with multi-functional teams including commercial, sales, HR, finance, procurements etc.
• Providing legal operational excellence and strategic guidance/support regarding legal risks and implications, etc.
• Support in reviewing all contracts or any other documentation where the Company has committed itself and assess legal implications.
• Preparing, reviewing and modify contractual instruments to assist and support various business activities.
• Reporting to Department Head on progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers.
• Assist the Department Head to liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken.
• Assist the Department Head in review and providing legal advice on documents.
• Provide support to Department Head in ensuring legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
• Assistance in various Audits.
• Provide and interpret legal information.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports.
• Take ownership of maintaining, updating and implement to the fullest extent of Contract Management tool. To maintain repository of risk clauses for each contract.