Assistant Manager - Legal

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Assistant Manager - Legal located in Chennai

This is for a Legal team, and we are looking for the incumbent who has knowledge in Contract Management - Commercial / Procurement Agreements. Loading, Validating, getting Approvals, Segment alignment and has agility in communicating with Business periodically.

What a typical day looks like:

• To support Team Lead/Business E2E Contract Lifecycle Management System (s).

• Ensuring business compliance to stay-on-top of the process.

• Understanding of various Forms of Contract (s): MSA/DSA/DMSA/SOWs/Amends/Addendums/Ancillary Agreements etc.

• Understanding of Contractual Structure: Master>Child>Parent>Child.

• Supporting Team Lead/Business day-to-day requests in timely manner.

• Meet the SLAs/Quick turnaround.

• Open contract matter in CLM tool (Apttus / aQuire)

• Follow up with business leads on contract progress

• Process through Apttus- eSAM, approvals, signatures and dissemination email

• Manage and respond to audits.

• Manage and respond to business (customer) requests

• Provide reporting to legal for segment executive teams.

• Abstraction of Legal and Business Data using a Business Requirement Guidelines for analytical database and repository for key information in relation to top Contractual Terms and Conditions

• Rating Business and Legal Risk score using business definition and weighting guidelines

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies or related field or equivalent experience and training.
• 5-7 years of professional experience in contract management/contract reviews.

•  Excellent interpersonal skills (proficient in English), both in written and verbally.

• Strong team player, resourceful and able to initiate and direct collaborative efforts with all stakeholders (internal and external).

• A “hands on” individual who is prepared to “roll up his/her sleeve” to get work done and work to accommodate international time zones.

• High level of integrity, professionalism and attention to detail

• Strong overall computer skills, and proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Independently apply Organizations’ specific contract management tools and other technologies to support/manage processes\

• Organized, able to multi-task and prioritize, and work well under pressure in an intensely timeline-oriented and multi-cultural team environment

• Strict compliance with applicable laws, company policies and highest standards of professional integrity and ethics

• Knowledge / working experience on Legal spend.

• Position based in Chennai

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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Job CategoryLegal

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