Senior Corporate Legal Counsel Manager - IT

Our Tier1 MNC Client is Hiring Senior Corporate Legal Counsel Manager in Pan India Location

Job Summary -

Lead, conduct, and oversee "corporate compliance" ("Conduct Counts" or "CC") investigations arising out of alleged misconduct raised through Company various reporting channels.

Key Responsibilities -

- Actively assist and/or conduct investigations of CC and personnel-related allegations of misconduct registered through company various reporting channels

- Oversee and conduct legally privileged investigations (at the direction of an attorney), which includes: defining scope, reviewing documentation, developing investigative plan, notifying appropriate personnel, conducting interviews, compiling investigation status and reports, recommending and implementing proper remedial measures, concluding matters appropriately

- Provide advice to organizational leadership concerning risk and appropriate remedial measures related to CC allegations

- Collaborate with internal and external resources assembled to address and resolve allegations of misconduct or allegations of other improper processes/practices.

- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support attorneys and other investigative personnel assembled to conduct CC-related investigations

- Draft and/or review analyses to address risks of CC-related misconduct

- Consult with and advise HR leadership concerning nature, risks, investigation and remediation of matters

- Work with regional Corporate Investigators, Geographic Legal and HR Leads, Global leads of internal functions, and other Global leadership on investigations

- Stay abreast of legal developments affecting investigations, rights of reporting individuals, rights of accused, and compliance-related standards

- Promptly identify and escalate CC matters to Regional Leads for oversight

- Develop internal guidelines on CC-investigation related issues

Supervises:

- Collaborate with local HR/ER/Legal professionals to effectuate investigations

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

- Strong interpersonal skills, strategic business acumen, confidence, and capability in addressing sensitive and complicated ethical conduct/compliance and personnel-related matters

- Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks

- In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws

- Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations

- Team oriented, yet able to work independently

- Experienced to work in a multi-national and culturally diverse environment

- Ability to significantly influence senior executive management decisions; commands respect of executives

- Ability to present careful, balanced, objective, lawful and well-reasoned solutions

- Responsive and follows through on commitments

- Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills

- Ability to influence, strong executive presence

- Excellent oral and written communications

Basic Qualifications:

Law/Higher degree

Skills & Work Experience:

- Minimum of 4 years' experience conducting workplace investigations, minimum 14 years' experience in relevant legal function, employment law/litigation/dispute experience, and fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Employment Law Experience

- Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations