Senior Manager - Legal

Raiseholding; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is seeking an experienced Legal professional to lead core activities, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing legal agreements, vendor empanelment, and contract lifecycle management, from Mumbai.

You will collaborate with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology and Compliance to ensure legally sound contracts, risk mitigation, and regulatory alignment with SEBI, NSE, BSE and CDSL rules in a fast‑growing fintech.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, vet, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including vendor agreements, service agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, MOUs, and other contracts.
• Manage the legal aspects of vendor empanelment and onboarding, including reviews and due diligence.
• Oversee the end-to-end contract lifecycle from drafting to renewal, termination, and record maintenance.
• Identify and mitigate legal and contractual risks related to liability, indemnity, confidentiality, data protection, IP, SLAs, termination, and disputes.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology, Business, and Information Security to ensure timely execution of agreements.
• Establish and maintain standard templates, approval workflows, vendor trackers, and empanelment records.
• Develop and update legal templates, policies, SOPs, and guidelines for contracting and vendor management.
• Ensure agreements comply with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies including financial services regulatory requirements.
• Conduct legal research and provide guidance on contractual obligations and vendor-related legal matters.
• Support dispute resolution and vendor escalations, coordinating with external counsel as needed.
• Maintain MIS and reporting on executed agreements, pending contracts, renewals, and key legal risks.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract management

Vendor empanelment

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

LL.B. or equivalent

Job description

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 launched in November 2021. 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.

In September 2026, Dhan was also recognised as Fintech Startup of the Year at the Global Fintech Festival, reflecting the innovation, product excellence and customer focus that continue to shape the platform. Backed by a passionate team of builders, believers, designers and problem-solvers, we are building a trusted ecosystem of financial products that empowers millions of users to make smarter financial decisions.

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.

We are a start-up organization focused on fast growth with quality products; hence, the ability to work in a fast‑paced environment goes without saying!

Our People & Culture:

Be super obsessed about ensuring customer satisfaction.

We have a single opportunity to serve.

Respect your work, your team, your co‑workers and our customers.

Speed is all that matters. Ship right and ship faster.

Humility & politeness over arrogance & over‑confidence.

Quality over quantity.

Make your hands dirty irrespective of who you are.

Talent and Competency over Credentials.

Entrepreneurial, ownership driven and disciplined.

Less words, more action.

Flat hierarchy with open culture & conversations.

Passionate about the business you are a part of.

Raise is an equal opportunity employer.

Why Join Raise?

We’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work for three consecutive years, reflecting the culture we’ve built and the way we work together. At Raise, you’ll experience a flat hierarchy, open conversations, high ownership and a strong bias for action. We value people who bring passion, humility and curiosity to their work, and who care deeply about building great products and creating meaningful customer impact.

We believe in growth with ownership, speed with thoughtfulness and ambition with humility. We celebrate wins, learn from challenges and give people the ownership and responsibility to build and make an impact. If you enjoy building from the ground up, working with passionate people, and being part of a high-growth fintech ecosystem, Raise offers an environment where you can do meaningful work and grow with the business.

About Raise Financial Services

Raise Financial Services is building technology‑led financial products and infrastructure for India’s financially aware and digitally savvy consumers.

Our ecosystem spans multiple aspects of financial services, with Dhan as our flagship investment and trading platform. Alongside Dhan, we are building and scaling businesses across the financial ecosystem, including Millions, Upsurge, Filter Coffee, Stratzy, Pluto Insurance, Fuzz and several other emerging products and platforms.

Our ambition is to build a trusted ecosystem of financial products and experiences that make investing, trading, wealth creation and other financial services simpler, smarter and more accessible

Our philosophy is simple:

• Build great products.
• Deliver awesome experiences.
• Provide exceptional customer service.

Explore More:

• Connect with us: www.raiseholding.co
• Learn more about our Investing & Trading Platform – www.dhan.co
• Follow our Instagram page #LifeatRaise for a glimpse into our people and latest culture happenings.

Raise is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace

Required Skills

Legal Drafting Advisory Legal Risk Assessment Contract Lifecycyle Management Legal Vendor Empanelment contract Management