Associate Director Legal Counsel (Contracts)

Department Icon Legal & Regulatory
88+ Applicants
Posted: 1 week ago
12-18 years
Bengaluru
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Key responsibilities
Leadership Team Management
  • Lead and manage a team of legal and non-legal professionals to deliver efficient, accurate, and compliant global support.
  • Allocate and monitor work to meet SLAs, quality standards, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Provide coaching, performance feedback, and development support; build a high-performing, inclusive culture.
  • Serve as the escalation point for complex or non-standard matters.
Contracting Advisory
  • Oversee drafting and negotiation of complex contracts across all listed categories; ensure alignment to Haleon templates and playbooks.
  • Advise on pre-contract structuring, template optimization, and risk-based positions during negotiations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, Compliance, Procurement, Commercial) to enable business objectives.
Operational Excellence
  • Partner with Legal Operations and functional leaders to implement process improvements, automation, and standardization.
  • Drive best practices in contract lifecycle management (CLM) and support reporting/analytics on COE performance.
  • Participate in new service line design, pilot programs, and technology implementations.
Qualifications and Essential skills
Education

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  • Bachelor of Law (LL.B) or equivalent legal qualification.
Experience
  • 12 18 years post-qualification, with exposure to global contracting and team leadership.
  • Prior experience in legal operations, legal shared services, or an in-house legal function.
Technical Skills
  • Expertise in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
  • Familiarity with global contracting standards and risk frameworks.
  • Experience building new processes and continuously refining existing workflows to drive efficiency and best practices.
  • Experience with legal technology (e.g., leading CLM/workflow/document automation tools).
  • Experience delivering contracting work across global jurisdictions.

Skills

Contract ManagementLegal ResearchVettingLawLegal DocumentationCorporate LawArbitrationLegal ManagementCommercial ContractsContractingContractsAdvisoryLegalLegal OperationsReportingLegal Counsel

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Application Deadline

01 Apr 26, 04:03 PM IST

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