Description:

Job Title: Head Legal & Company Secretary

Location: Bengaluru

Reporting To: Chief Finance officer / CEO

Experience: 1015 years

Type: Full-Time | On-site

About CMS IT Services

CMS IT Services is in the midst of a bold transformation. Under the CMS 2.0 agenda, we are repositioning ourselves from a legacy IT infrastructure services company to a digital transformation partner, backed by Florintree Advisors and a renewed leadership team. With 3000+ employees, 300+ enterprise clients, and presence in 220+ locations, CMS is solving for scale, governance, and profitable growth across Cloud, Cybersecurity, Automation, and Managed Services.

Role Overview

The Head Legal & Company Secretary will lead the legal and corporate governance charter of CMS IT Services, anchoring statutory compliance, contract governance, corporate secretarial functions, and risk mitigation across the enterprise. This is a key leadership role that interfaces with the Board, investors, CXOs, customers, and regulatory bodies.

You will be responsible for institutionalizing a robust legal and governance framework aligned with CMS 2.0s scale and aspirations.

Key Responsibilities

Legal & Contract Management

- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including MSAs, NDAs, SLAs, partner contracts, licensing, procurement, and employment contracts.

- Provide legal advice on business operations, new service models, liabilities, and regulatory exposure.

- Represent the company in external legal matters including arbitration, litigation, and regulatory inquiries, working with external counsel.

- Oversee compliance with IT Act, Labour Codes, DPDPA, IPR, Contract Act, Companies Act, and related statutes.

Corporate Secretarial Function

- Manage Board and Shareholder meetings, prepare minutes, resolutions, filings, and ROC compliance under Companies Act 2013.

- Ensure adherence to Secretarial Standards, maintain statutory registers, and manage company law disclosures and filings (MGT, AOC, DIR forms etc.)

- Coordinate investor communications and support due diligence processes for fundraising, restructuring, or M&A activities.

Compliance & Governance

- Establish and monitor internal compliance programs covering CLRA, Shops & Establishment, EPF, ESI, POSH, and DPDPA.

- Liaise with external legal advisors, auditors, regulators, and government authorities on all statutory matters.

- Support policy formulation in areas such as ethics, whistleblowing, disciplinary actions, vendor governance, and insider trading (if applicable).

Stakeholder Engagement

- Work closely with CEO, CFO, CHRO, and Delivery/Sales Heads to balance commercial agility with risk management.

- Educate business leaders on contract and legal risks and guide deal-making from a compliance-first lens.

Ideal Candidate Profile

- Qualified Company Secretary (ACS); LLB or LLM mandatory.

- 1015 years of relevant experience in IT services, digital/tech-enabled, or similar B2B regulated industries.

- Strong track record of handling commercial contracts, corporate governance, secretarial compliance, and regulatory affairs.

- Experience engaging with promoters, institutional investors, and regulators.

- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

- High attention to detail, ability to balance legal risks with business imperatives.

- Exposure to high-growth or PE-backed environments will be preferred.

Why Join CMS IT Services

- Be part of CMS 2.0 an organization in transformation, building for the future.

- Play a visible leadership role reporting into the CXO team and the Board.

- Shape the legal and governance framework of a 3000+ people, pan-India enterprise.

- Drive impact across diverse domainstechnology, commercial law, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.