Sr . Manager - Legal & Contracts @ Steria

As part of the legal department, you will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, structuring, interpreting, executing, and/or administering contractual documents with Asteria s named and strategic customers, vendors, and partners worldwide.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Draft and review customer/vendor/partner agreements and contracts, and other legal and operational documents of the company with minimal supervision. Ensure compliance with company policies, corporate guidelines as well as applicable laws or regulations, while ensuring that business goals are accomplished and risks are mitigated

• Perform specific research based on internal stakeholder requirements to close out contractual terms and conditions. Research and draft opinions on queries or legal issues

• Support in filing and enforcing IP rights in co-ordination with external advisors

• Coordinate with external legal advisors in preparing and reviewing legal contracts

• Support negotiation of medium to high complexity legal contracts

• Drive contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and/or contract execution

• Audit existing contracts, manage contract change control process, oversee modifications and related correspondence requiring legal input

• Maintain a deep understanding of company s contract templates, contracts policy, legal risk and liability, and company position on various legal matters

• Support business and other internal teams with advice on matters relating to legal compliance and corporate governance matters

• Track and maintain a database of all contractual agreements entered by the company, and report to management as needed

• Mentor and train less experienced legal professionals

• Conduct analysis of new laws, regulations and contract trends to determine potential impact on the business.

Qualifications: Bachelors or Master s Degree in Law

Relevant Experience: 8+ of relevant legal contract management experience

Desired Skills Characteristics:

• Exposure and experience in handling a variety for contracts for review, drafting and research

• Excellent analytical abilities to grasp key points from complicated details

• Excellent organization, strong written/verbal communication with a keen attention to detail, strong negotiation, and influencer skills

• Highly responsive to the needs of both internal team members as well as external clients

• Problem solving, analytical, and some experience of project management skills are desirable

• Proficiency in working on contract management tools is a plus

• Experience in managing a small team is a plus

• High level of expertise in Microsoft tools (Office, Excel, PowerPoint etc)