About Zeta
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.
Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.
Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced legal professional who can take on all manner of issues impacting the business of Zeta, but most critically has the knowledge and experience required to take on SaaS Agreements with potential customers of Zeta as well as agreements with SaaS Vendors who provide SaaS to Zeta for internal consumption or integration within Zeta’s SaaS Offerings.
Responsibilities
- To be the primary owner of Zeta’s customer agreements with Banks and Fintechs around the world. This would include drafting, negotiating, managing internal and external stakeholders, managing other subject matter experts whose inputs are necessary for such agreements 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 and lead discussions 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.
- To be a business enabler and work in a manner where the legal team is aligned to the speed of delivery and culture of teamwork within Zeta.
- Attention to detail, speed, and efficiency in reviewing and drafting documents.
Skills
- The candidate must have an excellent grasp of laws and market practices pertaining to SaaS Master Service Agreements, data protection, 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
Experience and Qualifications
- Educational Qualifications:
- 5 year BA.LLB (Hons) degree from a reputed national law university/college. (Mandatory Requirement)
- LLM or post graduate degree in law from a reputed international law university specifically in the field of technology law. (Optional Requirement)
- Post Qualification Experience:
- 10-12 years
- In a top tier law firm within the technology law practice of the firm; and/or
- As an in-house counsel in a SaaS Technology Company (persons with prior experience in law firms but currently working as in-house counsel will be preferred over persons 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
