Deputy General Manager - Regulatory Compliance - Telecom - LLB/LLM

DGM Regulatory

- Demonstrable experience in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy in India (and, preferably, South Asia), including telecommunications licensing, regulatory reporting, and regulatory compliance requirements

- Strong knowledge of the types of telecommunications services mentioned above

- Familiarity with new technology/new product rollout, such as IoT, mobile roaming, and cloud-based services.

Key responsibilities include :

- Licensing, ongoing regulatory compliance, preparation of complex reports, supervision of outside counsel, and interaction/negotiation with regulators and other government officials

- Resolving regulatory issues affecting both proposed and existing products (providing overall product guidance as well as answering questions affecting specific sales and business development/strategy), and assisting with new product rollouts 

- Advising commercial attorneys on regulatory issues and assisting with evaluating which contracting methodology might best enable commercial activities while minimizing regulatory risk

- Providing strategic advice to the business on regulatory constraints/issues with respect to markets and/or technologies

- Assisting responsible group with all other telecommunications regulatory compliance matters, and

- Providing support and advising on issues of significant importance to the Company with regulators.

Skills and Qualifications :

- LLB/LLM(or equivalent).

- 12+ years legal experience with a telecommunications company or in telecommunicationsTMT at major law firm with focus in India (and rest of South Asia, preferably).

- Knowledge of general regulatory and corporate law.

- Knowledge of existing and new communications technology.

- Ability to understand and communicate technical information to a non-expert audience.

- Excellent written and oral communications skills.