Senior Manager - Legal

Raise Fintech Ventures; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise Fintech Ventures in Mumbai seeks a seasoned legal professional to lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts and vendor agreements. You will manage vendor empanelment, due diligence, and end-to-end contract lifecycle, ensuring regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, template development, and effective governance across finance, procurement, and technology teams.

Qualifications

• LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a recognized university.
• Relevant experience in a Legal function, preferably within financial services, fintech, stock broking, capital markets, or a corporate environment.
• Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts and vendor agreements.
• Hands‑on experience in vendor empanelment, legal due diligence, onboarding documentation, and contract execution.
• Strong understanding of contractual clauses relating to indemnity, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, warranties, and dispute resolution.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, vet, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements including vendor agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, MOUs, and other contracts.
• Manage vendor empanelment, including due diligence, contractual terms, risk assessment, and execution.
• Oversee the contract lifecycle from drafting and negotiation to renewal, amendments, termination, and record maintenance.
• Identify and mitigate legal and contractual risks related to liability, indemnity, confidentiality, data protection, IP, SLAs, and disputes.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology, Business, Information Security, and other internal teams to ensure timely execution of agreements.
• Establish and maintain standard templates, approval workflows, and contract trackers; manage empanelment records.

Skills

Drafting contracts

Vendor management

Negotiation

Stakeholder coordination

Contract lifecycle

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Education

LL.B. or equivalent

Job description

Role Summary

Raise is built on this core philosophy, we will bring exceptionally great products, awesome user experience and best-in-class customer service to our users.

We started with our first consumer product, Dhan, an investment and trading platform. Today, Dhan ranks #8 amongst stock brokers in India and continues to be one of the fastest-growing platforms in the investment and trading ecosystem.

We are looking for an experienced Legal professional to lead and manage core legal activities, with a primary focus on drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing legal agreements, vendor empanelment, and contract lifecycle management. The role will involve working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure legally sound agreements, effective vendor onboarding, risk mitigation, and adherence to applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Legal Drafting Contract Management: Draft, review, vet, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including vendor agreements, service agreements, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), NDAs, MOUs, commercial contracts, and other business-related legal documents.
• Vendor Empanelment Onboarding: Manage the legal aspects of vendor empanelment, including review of vendor documentation, due diligence, contractual terms, risk assessment, and execution of agreements.
• Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution, renewals, amendments, termination, and record maintenance.
• Legal Risk Assessment: Identify and mitigate legal and contractual risks relating to liability, indemnity, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, service-level obligations, termination, and dispute resolution.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology, Business, Information Security, and other internal teams to understand requirements and ensure timely execution of agreements.
• Vendor Governance: Establish and maintain standard templates, approval workflows, vendor agreement trackers, empanelment records, and contract management processes.
• Policy Process Development: Develop and update legal templates, internal policies, SOPs, and guidelines to improve consistency and efficiency in contracting and vendor management.
• Regulatory Compliance Support: Ensure agreements and relevant processes align with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, including requirements relevant to the financial services and capital markets industry.
• Legal Research Advisory: Conduct legal research and provide practical guidance on contractual obligations, commercial arrangements, vendor-related legal matters, and emerging legal or regulatory requirements.
• Dispute Escalation Management: Support the resolution of contractual disputes, vendor escalations, breaches, and other legal issues, coordinating with external counsel wherever required.
• Legal MIS Reporting: Maintain accurate records of executed agreements, pending contracts, renewals, vendor empanelments, and key legal risks; provide periodic updates to senior management.

What We're Looking For

• LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a recognized university.
• Relevant experience in a Legal function, preferably within financial services, fintech, stock broking, capital markets, or a corporate environment.
• Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts and vendor agreements.
• Hands‑on experience in vendor empanelment, legal due diligence, onboarding documentation, and contract execution.
• Strong understanding of contractual clauses relating to indemnity, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, warranties, and dispute resolution.
• Ability to independently manage contract negotiations, assess legal risks, and provide commercially practical solutions.
• Experience in developing standard legal templates, contract management processes, and approval workflows.
• Good understanding of applicable corporate laws and regulatory requirements; familiarity with SEBI, NSE, BSE, and CDSL regulations would be an added advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple agreements and priorities while ensuring accuracy and timely closure.