Job Description:

Legal Counsel

Location: Bengaluru| Experience: 5-7 years| Team: Legal & Compliance

Role snapshot:

A senior contributor who leads complex negotiations, manages and mentors the team, shapes compliance and defines our privacy & AI risk posture, and sets up the company to scale into exciting new products and geographies.

What youll do:

- Deal Captain: Pod leader for Tier-1 Enterprise MSAs, RFPS, Licensing Structures (banks/telcos/regulated fintech), across multiple regions (India/SEA/MEA/US).

- Privacy & compliance lead: Own the DPDP program, DPIAs, cross-border addenda, sub-processor reviews, incident playbooks, and readiness reporting.

- Product & IP strategy: Advise on AI model guardrails, export-control flags, trademark/brand protection.

- Process architecture: Design legal intake, metrics, and clause governance in CLM; enable self-serve NDAs/OFs; optimize cycle efficiencies.

- Counsel to portfolio & Governance: Work with leadership on board governance, policy updates, and M&A (diligence, ancillary docs, post-close integrations).

What great looks like (milestones):

- Month 3: Close one complex Tier-1 Enterprise Bank MSA; publish Compliance Radar for identified teams/geos, mentoring team.

- Month 6: Lead company wide DPDP Audit and DD, Launch metrics-driven processes; while balance speed and risk.

- Month 12: Efficiency improvements in contract-cycle reduction; org-wide training on privacy.

Must-haves:

- 5-7 years in TMT/fintech/SaaS; evidence of leading complex MSAs and multi-stakeholder compliance programs.

- Hands-on DPDP/GDPR execution; understanding of RBI/SEBI/IRDAI tech-outsourcing and IT Act.

- LL.B. (CIPP/Privacy certifications desirable); stakeholder management across Sales/PM/Sec/Finance.

This role may not be the best fit if you:

- Have a litigation-only background without hands-on commercial/SaaS contracting.

- Havent led enterprise MSAs/RFPs or negotiated liability/indemnity/SLA structures.

- Lack practical DPDP/GDPR execution (DPIAs, sub-processors, incident playbooks).

- Prefer an advisory-only (outside-counsel) model vs. shipping redlines and closing deals.

- Cant work in a hybrid Bengaluru setup with reasonable India/SEA time-zone overlap.

Leadership behaviors:

- Coach Team; raise the bar on drafting quality; negotiate with empathy; impact oriented with demonstrated measurable outcomes.