Senior Manager - Legal

Job Description      Senior Manager, Legal Counsel - India Legal Team

Location:

Mumbai, India - Hybrid (onsite 2-3 days a week)
NIQ India is seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and business oriented lawyer to join our India Legal team as  Senior Manager, Legal Counsel .oriented lawyer to join our India Legal team as
In this role, you will serve as a  strategic legal advisor , partnering closely with business leaders to guide decision making and enable growth across NIQ's Commercial business and India Hubs/Centers. Your focus will be on anticipating legal and regulatory developments, partnering on business strategy, and supporting the business in contracting work (clients and vendors) as well as providing counsel that balances innovation with risk management for India business and India Centers/hubs.making

and enable growth across NIQ's Commercial business and India Hubs/Centers. Your focus will be on anticipating legal and regulatory developments,
Responsibilities:
Advising Business/leadership on legal and regulatory issues impacting data, employment landscape, analytics, and operations.
Providing guidance on governance, compliance, and risk mitigation to strengthen operational resilience.
Support business teams navigate the evolving role in the retail and manufacturer landscape.
Collaborating across teams to ensure legal considerations are integrated into business planning and execution. With the rapid expansion in India, candidate should possess a strong risk mindset on new laws and impact on our commercial and hub operations, etc.
Draft, review, negotiate and manage (contracts, including license agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, data license agreements,) and supporting documents.
Partner with the HR team in addressing labour and employment related queries and matters with legal overplay and collaborate with Global Labour and Employment (L&E) team as required
Partner with the HR team in drafting and implementation of HR and employment related policies/ guidelines/ documents, etc.
Collaborate with Global Investigations & L&E teams in people actions, recommendations, etc. and advice from India law perspective.
Manage compliance related queries including POSH requirements and related advisory, etc. Develop and conduct trainings or awareness sessions on legal and compliance programs or processes including POSH.
Partner with and provide cross-functional support to global and regional corporate departments (Finance, Tax, Technology/IT, Privacy, Security, Intellectual Property, HR, etc.) for contracting matters and other matters as needed.
Have a strong outlook on identifying gaps and improvement opportunities to ensure consistency in processes, feedback, outputs, and documentation across Commercial and Hubs/Centers in India from a legal perspective.
Work with team in managing litigations (minimal) including ongoing legacy employment matters and co-ordinate with external lawyers for status, progress and strategy
Possess an understanding of privacy laws and frameworks.
Be a strong enabler and strategic partner in supporting the implementation of strategy and growth initiatives for commercial operations and hubs.

Qualifications
Qualified Lawyer/LLB and LLM will be an added advantage
10+ years of work experience (experience at a law firm and/or MNC in-house is preferred).

Skills:

High attention to detail
Ability to challenge status quo and suggest new ways of doing things
Demonstrate ability to think and decide quickly, and to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely to lawyers and non-lawyers alike
Understanding of the need for responsiveness and an eagerness to work directly with internal business teams to answer questions and give guidance as needed
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a remote environment, within a globally distributed team, and a fast-paced business environment.
Experience in handling employment matters, litigations and labor advisory
Strong interest in emerging Legal tech/simplification of processes etc.
Maintain a global mindset in performing responsibilities and demonstrate a high degree of initiative with minimal direct supervision

Additional Information       Our Benefits
Flexible working environment
Volunteer time off
Linked In Learning
Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
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