About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Associate level legal professional who can act as a trusted business advisor who works collaboratively across business, sales, and other functions and has the knowledge and experience required to take on a variety of legal assignments, such as employment law advisory, intellectual property advisory and portfolio management, transactional support and assistance, SaaS Agreements with potential customers of Zeta, and agreements with SaaS Vendors who provide SaaS to Zeta for internal consumption or integration within Zeta’s SaaS Offerings.
Responsibilities
Drafting, negotiating, managing internal and external stakeholders, as well as managing external legal advisors assisting the company on such assignments.
Provide legal advice and opinions on all legal matters that impact the business and provide innovative solutions to minimize/manage the legal risks involved with the company’s business operations in various jurisdictions around the world
To communicate effectively with internal stakeholders (such as management, leadership teams, Finance, HR, Information Security etc) and external stakeholders (customers/clients, vendors, investor representatives, industry association representatives).
To constantly improve and evolve the drafts and templates created by the legal team, from learnings from each customer. Strive to simplify drafting in order to achieve quicker turn-around-times and to make legal agreements easier for non-legal stakeholders to understand.
Skills
The candidate must have an excellent grasp of laws and market practices pertaining to a variety of technology agreements such as SaaS Master Service Agreements, Professional Services Agreements, Software Development Agreements; data protection laws and issues under a contract, intellectual property and other affiliated areas.
The candidate should have the ability to work independently and within a team as and when required and must have unimpeachable integrity, honesty and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
The candidate should have excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to communicate with persons across different walks of life and cultures and in order to understand business requirements and communicate the required solutions.
Ability to explain contract risks and obligations to non-lawyers.
Attention to detail, speed, and efficiency in reviewing and drafting documents.
Experience and Qualifications
5 year BA.LLB (Hons) degree from a reputed national law university/college. (Mandatory Requirement) LLM or postgraduate degree in law from a reputed international law university specifically in the field of technology law. (Optional Requirement).
Post Qualification Experience: 7 years In a top tier law firm, preferably within the technology law practice of the firm or at the least some level of experience in technology contracts; and/or As an in-house counsel in a Technology Company (preferably, SaaS however Non-SaaS technology company experience will also be accepted) People with prior experience in law firms, but currently working as in-house counsel will be preferred over people with no prior law firm experience.
Equal Opportunity
Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success
Zeta Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND Office
Directiplex, Old Nagardas Road, Next to Andheri Subway, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 400069
