Senior Lead - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - GO/JC/4803/2026

Golden Opportunities; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Opportunities in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Lead for Contract Lifecycle Management to steer enterprise CLM COE strategy, operating model, and roadmap, including AI-enabled obligations extraction and playbooks.

You will advise CXOs on post-award governance, monitor obligations and SLAs, lead risk and renewal management, and drive dashboards for continuous improvement and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions (Mandatory).
• At least 4-5 years of team management experience in CLM and post-contracting operations.
• Hands-on experience implementing and scaling at least one enterprise-grade CLM (Icertis, Sirion, DocuSign CLM, etc.) including integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise-wide CLM COE roadmap and success metrics for post-contracting.
• Define Post-contracting operations and outcomes and lead the COE that monitors obligations, SLAs, KPIs, renewals and variations for all in-scope contracts.

Skills

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)

Commercial Contracts

Legal Operations

Contract Management

Education

LLB / Law Graduate

Tools

Icertis

Sirion

DocuSign CLM

Job description

Job Title – Senior Lead Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)

Job Location – Hyderabad

Work Model – Work from Office

Candidate Expectations –

Total Experience – 10+ years and Relevant Experience – 5+ years

Candidate Location – Anywhere

Skills – Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management

Candidate Industry – BPO / KPO / Shared Services

Education and Certification –

Qualification: LLB / Law Graduate (Mandatory)

Specific Remarks: Distance education cannot be accepted. 1st and 3rd Saturday working

Detailed Job Description

Post‑contracting Tower Head to ensure contractual obligations, SLAs and risks are monitored and governed across all businesses.

Act as enterprise CLM CoE Head, work closely with CLM SME, CLM Post Contracting Head and CLM Head in shaping CLM strategy, operating model, and roadmap (including AI‑enabled obligations extraction, clause libraries, and playbooks) for the CLM framework for the Group.

Provide advisory / functional consulting to business and leadership along with Head- Post Contracting on post‑award governance, not just support, and build future self‑sufficiency in business contract managers.

Key Accountability

Define and maintain enterprise-wide CLM COE roadmap, and success metrics for post-contracting.

Define Post‑contracting operations and outcomes and Lead the Post‑contracting COE that monitors obligations, SLAs, KPIs, renewals, penalties and variations for all in‑scope contracts.

Set processes and guardrails for CLM COE which shall be measured on outcomes (reduction in non‑compliance, leakages, missed renewals, disputes).

Escalate systemic risks and recommend corrective actions and commercial levers to business and Legal along with Post Contracting Head.

Advise CXOs, business heads and deal teams on post‑award governance models, RASCI, approval workflows and risk allocation in high‑value/strategic contracts.

Run contract performance reviews with business (quarterly/bi‑annual) and present dashboards on compliance, value leakage, and improvement programs.

Partner with Head – Post Contracting and Contracting for Business to translate risk appetite and policies into practical playbooks, fallback positions, and KPIs for contract managers.

Co‑lead the CLM/AI charter with the central AI/data team for clause extraction, obligation tagging, and risk scoring.

Skill Set

Strong understanding of post‑award lifecycle, obligations management, and common‑law / Indian‑law contracting. Hands‑on experience implementing and scaling at least one enterprise‑grade CLM (Icertis, Sirion, DocuSign CLM, etc.), including integrations. Exposure to AI/ML in legal or contract context (even via POCs) and comfort working with data/AI teams.

Minimum 10+ years of experience in Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions (Mandatory).

At least 4-5 years of team management experience in CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) and post-contracting operations.

• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Post-Contracting Governance
• Commercial Contracts
• Obligations Management
• SLA & KPI Monitoring
• Change Orders / Variations Management
• Contract Risk Management
• Claims Management
• Contract Compliance & Performance Reviews
• Contract Reconciliation & Closure

Experience in Infrastructure, Airports, Energy, EPC, Construction, or similar sectors preferred.

Key Skills

Mandatory Key Skills - Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions, Contract Risk Management, Claims Management, Contract Compliance, Contract Reconciliation, Obligations Management, Change Orders

Good to Have Skills - Contracts Management, Commercial Law, or Business Administration will be an added advantage.