BlueOptima provides industry-leading objective metrics in software development using its proprietary Coding Effort Analytics, enabling large organisations to deliver better software, faster and at lower cost. Founded in 2006, BlueOptima is a profitable, independent software company whose core technology was originally devised in research carried out at Cambridge University.
Headquartered in London, UK, BlueOptima operates through subsidiaries and offices across the UK, India, Mexico, the United States and Japan. Its technology is deployed by global enterprises — including Fortune 50 companies, major global banks and leading S&P; constituents — to drive value from their software development activities, running complex analytics over very large source-code data sets.
BlueOptima is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Job Description
We are looking for an independent, commercially-minded lawyer, based in India, to own BlueOptima’s legal function on a full-time basis. The role principally supports the contracting that underpins our enterprise SaaS business and owns,
maintains and improves the legal framework that supports a fast-moving, multi-jurisdiction group.
Commercial deals are sold through our UK and US entities, and BlueOptima contracts on its own standard paper governed by England & Wales, Recent York or Swiss law. You will negotiate directly with counterparties — including some of the world’s largest enterprises — so the ability to lead difficult, high-value negotiations to a clean close with limited supervision is central to the role.
In addition to the group commercial work, you will be the legal point of contact for the India entity, covering Indian employment law and local statutory compliance. The role reports to the UK-based Head of Finance and requires working hours with meaningful overlap with the UK and US business day.
Duties And Responsibilities
Enterprise contract negotiation. Lead negotiations directly with large enterprise counterparties — from en