Senior Legal Counsel - Contract & Review Management

About ADM:

We are one of the worlds largest nutrition companies and a global leader in human and animal nutrition. We unlock the power of nature to provide nourishing quality of life by transforming crops into ingredients and solutions for foods, beverages, supplements, livestock, aquaculture, and pets.

About ADM India Hub:

At ADM, we have long recognized the strength and potential of Indias talent pool, which is why we have maintained a presence in the country for more than 25 years. Building on this foundation, we have now established ADM India Hub, our first GCC in India.

At ADM India Hub, we are hiring for IT and finance roles across diverse technology and business functions. We stand at the intersection of global expertise and local excellence, enabling us to drive innovation and support our larger purpose of unlocking the power of nature to enrich quality of life.

Legal Counsel – Contract Review & Management

Level: Mid-level (9–12 years post-qualification)

Employment type: Full-time

Key responsibilities:

First-pass (L1) contract review:

• Perform first-pass review and redlining of various types agreements including commercial and related agreements (e.g., NDAs, MTAs, and other high-volume contract types) using ADMs playbooks.
• Prepare a structured review record for each agreement — what changed, the basis for the position, per-clause and overall risk rating, and open items — so onshore senior counsel can adjudicate and sign off efficiently.
• Apply ADMs standard positions and pre-approved fallback language consistently; identify out-of-playbook terms and escalate to onshore counsel (L2) with a clear summary of the issue and options.
• Meet agreed service levels for initial response and review turnaround, and keep matters moving toward execution.

NDA process management:

• Manage the NDA process end to end — intake through Onit, completeness checks, redlining, negotiation support, and tracking — as the primary point of contact for routine NDA requests.
• Handle incomplete requests, requested changes, and third-party (other-party) paper; resolve standard issues independently and escalate substantive changes to onshore attorneys.
• Maintain a complete, accurate repository (Onit) of executed NDAs and related records to support auditability and reuse.
• Support the phased expansion of the NDA model beyond the U.S. (EMEA and APAC) as scope and volume are defined.

Workflow, quality & continuous improvement:

• Use the legal workflow system (Onit) to receive, route, track, and report on matters; help triage and assign work as volume grows.
• Monitor quality and the L2 override rate; use feedback to refine playbooks and reduce rework over time.
• Partner with onshore attorneys and legal operations to review, validate, and tighten playbook positions before they go live.
• Contribute to a shared, governed Skills library that drives standardization and consistency across the team.
• Identify additional high-volume or lower complexity work suitable for the ACC + AI model and support onboarding of new contract types.
• Champion human-in-the-loop discipline — every AI-suggested edit is reviewed, accepted, or rejected by a qualified reviewer.

Required qualifications:

• Law degree (LLB/JD or equivalent) and qualification/admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of post-qualification experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts and NDAs, ideally in-house or in a corporate/commercial practice.
• Strong working knowledge of common commercial clauses, risk, and standard fallback positions; sound judgment on when to escalate.
• Excellent written English, attention to detail, and the ability to produce clear, well-documented review records.
• Comfort working with technology and AI-assisted tools; proficiency with Microsoft Word (tracked changes) and legal workflow/CLM systems.
• Ability to manage a high-volume queue independently, prioritize, and meet service-level turnaround targets.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience supporting a captive/shared-services or capability-center legal function, or a legal operations environment.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle tools (e.g., Onit) and e-signature (e.g., DocuSign).
• Exposure to legal AI, prompt-based tools, or building templates/playbooks/knowledge assets.
• Experience across multiple regions (U.S., EMEA, APAC) or with cross-border agreements.

Competencies:

• Judgment and risk awareness — knows what to standardize and what to escalate.
• Consistency and rigor — applies playbook standards uniformly and documents clearly.
• Collaboration — works effectively with onshore counsel, legal ops, and business stakeholders.
• Ownership — manages a process end to end and drives it to closure.
• Continuous improvement — turns feedback and data into better playbooks and faster cycles.

Working conditions:

Based at the ADM Capability Center in India. Some overlap with U.S. business hours is expected to coordinate with onshore counsel and stakeholders. ADM is an equal opportunity employer. Confidential – for internal recruiting use.