Branch Manager at Pylon Management Consulting
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Team Lead - Legal (4-7 yrs)
Responsibilities of the new recruit
The new recruit will complement the activities of the members of the onshore team by:
- being responsible for drafting and negotiating of various contracts, including non-disclosure agreements, vendor agreements, Standard Terms and Conditions, engagement letters or statements of work with the firm's clients for various services, including audit and advisory services and vendors
- coordinating with other departments and specialists regarding: risk management, privacy, litigation, compliance, information security, and technology development
- responding to miscellaneous engagement contract-related enquiries
- providing advice on engagement contract and related matters
- drafting and advising on contract terms
- providing solutions to engagement contract-related problems
- helping with the development of policies on engagement contracting risk
- helping with the development of the process documents, playbooks and other materials
Job Requirements
Mandatory Skills
- Qualifications: LLP or LLM
- Total Experience: The candidate must have minimum 4 years of relevant experience in a similar role, preferably with a Big 4 firm or expertise in technology agreements in a large MNC
- Skillset: Contract Specialist
Preferred Skills
- experience handling legal or contracting queries and drafting or amending legal documents
- Indian or US qualified attorney/lawyer with minimum of 4 to 7 years of relevant post qualification experience
- analytical abilities with attention to details
- ability to articulate points in writing and orally, clearly and succinctly
- ability to persuade where necessary
- negotiating abilities
- capabilities in Outlook, Word and use of websites
- willingness to acquire knowledge of OGC's practices and processes
- ability to be calm under pressure
- ability to handle difficult or pressurized situations or people
- commercial judgement and the ability to balance conflicting demands
- initiative, self-confidence and authority
- understanding of the risks faced by providers of professional services
- awareness of cultural issues affecting regulated professional services firms
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Client-service orientation with the ability to create effective working relationships cross-functionally, including interfacing with internal and external stakeholders on legal and business matters
Preferred specific experience
The person appointed will have particular experience in the following areas:
- contracts for complex business advisory projects, such as business transformations
- contracts for services relating to IT systems integration, and large IT installations
- software licensing agreements and contracts with software suppliers
- experience of negotiating multi-jurisdictional master service agreements
Personal qualities
The key personal qualities required for each person appointed are as follows:
- task management abilities - ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines with consistently high-quality work product in a fast-paced environment
- energy, drive and resilience
- team skills
- client service skills
- common sense.
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