AGRIM - Head - Legal

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ABOUT US

HEAD OF LEGAL

AGRIM

Agrim is Indias largest agri-input e-commerce platform, empowering lakhs of retailers across the country with better access, pricing, and service.

Were backed by marquee investors and are growing fast.

With 800+ employees and ambitious plans to grow 2x in the next two quarters, we are transforming how agri-retailers buy and grow their business.

Our culture is rooted in five values: Delivery Excellence, Ownership, Frugality, Simplicity, and Transparency.

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ROLE OVERVIEW

The Head Legal & Compliance will lead and own all legal, regulatory, and compliance aspects of AGRIMs operations.

This is a senior leadership role that positions legal as a strategic partner to the business, not a downstream approver.

This role will work directly with the Founders to design legally sound but commercially viable operating models in a fragmented, evolving regulatory environment.

It combines commercial legal advisory, regulatory engagement, contract ownership, risk management, and corporate governance, with a strong emphasis on startup experience and operating in evolving regulatory landscapes.

The ideal candidate is a builder - someone who can take legal positions where the law is incomplete, engage constructively with regulators, and create scalable compliance infrastructure while enabling speed and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Legal Advisory & Strategic Support

- Provide proactive legal counsel to founders and senior leadership on business decisions, product strategies, partnerships, and corporate governance.

- Act as a thought partner to business, product, operations, and finance teams.

- Translate complex legal issues into practical, business-first advice.

Regulatory Strategy & Compliance

- Lead compliance across key regulations including licensing, registrations, central & state approvals, industry specific laws, and e-commerce rules.

- Actively monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on business operations and new initiatives.

- Design compliance frameworks that support fast scaling across multiple states.

- Engage directly with regulators and government bodies to clarify compliance obligations and represent AGRIMs positions.

- Take legal positions in evolving regulatory landscapes with documented rationale, internal alignment, and regulator-engagement strategy.

- Build AGRIMs credibility with regulators, industry bodies, and policy stakeholders through structured engagement, consultations, and representations.

Business Model Structuring & Policy Interpretation

- Partner with founders and product teams to legalize new business models (e.g., agent onboarding, platform operations flows, new product categories).

- Interpret ambiguous laws and design risk-controlled pilots and launch frameworks.

- Balance legal risk with commercial urgency enabling speed, experimentation, and iteration rather than defaulting to business shutdowns.

Commercial Contracting & Legal Operations

- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts including vendor, supplier, logistics, SaaS, channel partner, and partnership agreements.

- Own legal process design, documentation workflows, and contracting turnaround time improvements.

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Litigation, Enforcement & Crisis Management

- Oversee litigation, arbitration, regulatory investigations, inspections, show cause and enforcement proceedings while managing budgets, external counsels and case strategy

Risk, Policies & Internal Controls

- Develop enterprise risk assessments, compliance frameworks, SOPs, and internal control systems.

- Build early-warning systems for regulatory and compliance risks.

Corporate Governance & Fundraising Support

- Ensure compliance with company law requirements, board processes, statutory filings, and regulatory disclosures.

- Support audits, fundraising, investor diligence, and strategic transactions.

REQUIREMENT

- LLB / LLM or equivalent; bar membership preferred.

- 8-10+ years of post-qualification legal experience.

- Significant in-house legal leadership experience in startups or high-growth companies with evolving regulatory landscapes (e.g., fintech, e-commerce, gaming, regulated marketplaces, digital platforms).

- Demonstrable track record of working directly with regulators and managing compliance in dynamic legal regimes.

- Strong experience in commercial contracting, regulatory strategy, litigation/notice management, and product/business advisory.

- Exposure to corporate governance, investor diligence, and multi-state compliance.

- Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.

- Business-first mindset with the ability to translate law into actionable business advice

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

- Has a builder mentality creates systems, not just opinions

- Takes ownership beyond legal silos

- Balances speed with integrity

- Is comfortable operating in regulatory uncertainty

- Believes legal should enable innovation, not block it

WHO THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR?

- Lawyers who require fully settled law before business execution

- Professionals uncomfortable in engaging directly with regulators

- Those seeking a purely advisory or documentation-heavy role

- Risk-averse profiles who default to no in ambiguous situations

WHY JOIN US?

At Agrim, you will shape the engine of a Bharat-scale startup on its path to IPO.

This is an opportunity to build one of Indias most impactful playbooks while working with a mission-driven team solving one of Indias largest distribution challenges.

We are in Gurgaon.

This is Work from Office role