- Develop and implement legal strategies that align with the company's goals and objectives.
- Provide proactive legal advice and guidance to the executive team, and business unit heads.
- Stay updated on changes in laws and regulations relevant to the company's operations and industries.
- Ensure the organization's compliance with evolving IT-related laws and industry standards.
- Stay updated on evolving data protection regulations and recommend necessary actions to maintain compliance.
- Providing time-sensitive support on a wide array of legal inquiries concerning all aspects of your country's operations.
- Keep technology at the forefront of all internal and external solutioning foundations.
- Ability to say no to short term gains that harm long term vision, with a strong rationale.
- Empower company's global contract law through standardization, automation and tooling.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements, including client contracts, vendor agreements, and partnership agreements.
- Prioritize automation for efficient and streamlined operations surrounding contract negotiation and processes.
- Serve as lead counsel on strategic deals, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries
- Develop and execute legal strategies to resolve disputes efficiently.
- Protect and manage the organization's IT-related intellectual property assets, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
- Enforce IP rights and defend against infringement claims.
- Manage the legal department's budget and allocate resources effectively.
- Recruit, train, mentor and manage a team of legal professionals.
- Proven leadership experience in IT legal and compliance roles, with years of relevant legal practice.
- A master's degree or equivalent in law with great academic and law firm credentials
- To keep your composure under pressure
- A passionate and collaborative mindset while also being hands-on
- Confidence making decisions where there's ambiguity or incomplete information
- The ability to handle significant and complex legal matters with short turnaround times
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- To thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure, entrepreneurial environment
Head of Legal - Bengaluru, India - LeadSquared
Description
One of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the CRM space, LeadSquared empowers organizations with the power of automation. More than 2000 customers with 4 lakhs+ users across 25 countries utilize the LeadSquared platform to automate their sales and marketing processes and run high velocity teams at scale. Our USP is our verticalized domain approach in teams and our product being extremely customizable to growing business needs.
We are a 1200+ strong team spread across India, US, Middle East, ASEAN, ANZ, and South Africa, and our customers include Amazon Pay, Poonawalla Group, Bajaj Finance, Practo, Godrej Housing, Manipal Hospitals and more.
About The Role
We are looking for a natural leader with a process focused mindset who will ensure that the company's legal compliance and contracting strategy is ironclad and automated that positively impact our fast-growth and way of working. You'll work closely with the CXOs and head a dedicated legal team that's responsible for responding to high priority, complex and, sometimes, sensitive topics. But who doesn't love a good challenge?
Legal Strategy and Guidance:
Legal and Regulatory Compliance:
Way of Working:
Contract Management:
Litigation and Dispute Resolution:
Intellectual Property (IP) Protection:
Team Management:
What You'll Need