Legal Head - Manufacturing

Key Result Areas

Role-specific:

- Provide expert and strategic legal advice to management. Advising executive members on new laws, existing laws and legal rights that would impact functionality of the business

- Managing, structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating various contracts. Leading the negotiation on

commercial contracts with business clients is one of the key requirements of the role.

- Spare head the legal team in transactional legal work involving partnership, mergers and acquisition and all forms of organic and inorganic growth

- Interface with regulators / Government offices, external counsel, clients etc.

- Implement Data Privacy policies and procedures across the organization

- Maintaining knowledge of the company's legal documents and operations

- Crafting and reviewing legal strategy in response to any litigation

- Keeping a record of all legal documents and proceedings for the company

- Facilitating filings of licensing forms and other statutory compliances

- Filing for intellectual property rights and its management

- Analyze legal risks and opportunities to company in light of evolving and dynamic regulatory and competitive environments

- Overseeing the legal matters of the business as a whole, including acting as the business' legal representative

- Create associations of trust and respect with key stakeholders

- Imparting compliance training across operational departments and improve legal quotient in the organization.

- Attract, develop, direct, motivate and drive performance from team

- Formulate appropriate internal procedures and infuse automation for process efficiencies

- Drive compliance audits for assurances

As a leader:

- Put people at the heart of our success by providing clear, active leadership framework setting high standards of people management, career planning and talent retention as a priority.

- Foster a corporate culture that promotes an environment, occupational health, safety, and sustainability (EHSS) mindset as well as the highest standards of quality, integrity, and compliance.

Education and Experience:

Education:

- Required: A Master's degree in Law from nationally reputed university is required.

- Preferred: IP certification

- Added advantage: Practice in M & A, Commercial Contracts

Industry Experience:

- 17-20 years of relevant experience in Services B2B industry. Some pharma, CRO, CDMO experience will be an advantage

- International exposure and experience (preferable US/UK markets)