Legal Counsel - TMT/FinTech/SaaS - LLB

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Legal Counsel
Location: Bengaluru| Experience: 5-7 years| Team: Legal & Compliance
Role snapshot:
A senior contributor who leads complex negotiations, manages and mentors the team, shapes compliance and defines our privacy & AI risk posture, and sets up the company to scale into exciting new products and geographies.
What youll do:
- Deal Captain: Pod leader for Tier-1 Enterprise MSAs, RFPS, Licensing Structures (banks/telcos/regulated fintech), across multiple regions (India/SEA/MEA/US).
- Privacy & compliance lead: Own the DPDP program, DPIAs, cross-border addenda, sub-processor reviews, incident playbooks, and readiness reporting.
- Product & IP strategy: Advise on AI model guardrails, export-control flags, trademark/brand protection.

- Process architecture: Design legal intake, metrics, and clause governance in CLM; enable self-serve NDAs/OFs; optimize cycle efficiencies.
- Counsel to portfolio & Governance: Work with leadership on board governance, policy updates, and M&A (diligence, ancillary docs, post-close integrations).
What great looks like (milestones):
- Month 3: Close one complex Tier-1 Enterprise Bank MSA; publish Compliance Radar for identified teams/geos, mentoring team.
- Month 6: Lead company wide DPDP Audit and DD, Launch metrics-driven processes; while balance speed and risk.
- Month 12: Efficiency improvements in contract-cycle reduction; org-wide training on privacy.
Must-haves:
- 5-7 years in TMT/fintech/SaaS; evidence of leading complex MSAs and multi-stakeholder compliance programs.
- Hands-on DPDP/GDPR execution; understanding of RBI/SEBI/IRDAI tech-outsourcing and IT Act.
- LL.B. (CIPP/Privacy certifications desirable); stakeholder management across Sales/PM/Sec/Finance.
This role may not be the best fit if you:
- Have a litigation-only background without hands-on commercial/SaaS contracting.
- Havent led enterprise MSAs/RFPs or negotiated liability/indemnity/SLA structures.
- Lack practical DPDP/GDPR execution (DPIAs, sub-processors, incident playbooks).
- Prefer an advisory-only (outside-counsel) model vs. shipping redlines and closing deals.
- Cant work in a hybrid Bengaluru setup with reasonable India/SEA time-zone overlap.
Leadership behaviors:
- Coach Team; raise the bar on drafting quality; negotiate with empathy; impact oriented with demonstrated measurable outcomes.