Senior Manager - Legal Compliance

Job Summary

The Senior Manager - Legal Compliance fills a critical leadership role in driving legal governance, contract lifecycle discipline, and regulatory compliance across a global research institute and its commercial operations subsidiary in India.

This position operates across two distinct operating structures - a non-profit development organization and a commercial research entity. The primary objective is to act as a strategic enabler who facilitates programmatic and commercial success while maintaining robust legal guardrails and risk mitigation strategies.

Reporting To: Director - Finance Administration

Location: New Delhi, India (Hybrid: ~3 days/week in-office)

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Legal Guidance Risk Control

- Serve as the primary point of contact for all organizational contracts, agreements, legal queries, and risk frameworks.
- Balance business facilitation with regulatory rigor-establishing solid guardrails without creating operational friction.
- Act as the India Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for regional and global risk, legal, and compliance leadership.

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)

- End-to-end management of contract drafting, review, negotiation, and execution (grant agreements, collaboration agreements, commercial contracts, leases, NDAs, and MoUs).
- Manage the CLM tool and repository to enforce approval workflows, track Turnaround Times (TATs), and deliver executive reporting.

Statutory Compliance Governance

- Lead full legal and regulatory compliance across both Non-Profit and For-Profit commercial operations.
- Oversee statutory compliance management platforms to track adherence to DPDP Act, EU GDPR, Civil/Criminal frameworks, and New Labour Codes.




- Maintain working knowledge of non-profit and commercial financial/regulatory requirements in India (FCRA, FEMA, Transfer Pricing, GST).
- Ensure full compliance across corporate secretarial, real estate lease, and employment law domains.

Team Leadership Stakeholder Management

- Direct management of two (2) legal and compliance team members-providing work allocation, coaching, review, and capability building.
- Collaborate across internal program divisions, infrastructure units, global leadership teams, and external legal counsel.

Candidate Profile

Educational Background

- Mandatory: Bachelors degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized university.
- Preferred: Company Secretary (CS) certification and/or Master of Laws (LLM).

Required Experience

- 10-12+ years of progressive legal and compliance experience.
- Prior experience in Social Development, Non-Profit, NGO, Academic Research, or Global Public Health sectors is strongly preferred.
- Proven experience handling cross-border agreements, grant workflows, and complex multi-stakeholder contracts.
- Experience utilizing legal technology tools (CLM software, compliance tracking platforms, document management systems, and e-signatures).

Core Competencies

- High Emotional Intelligence: Calm, composed, and empathetic communication style suited to a social development culture.
- Balanced Judgement: Ability to make nuanced decisions on when to grant operational exceptions versus when to enforce hard legal boundaries.
- Proactive Ownership: A self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

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📌 Senior Manager - Legal & Compliance (New Delhi)
🏢 Arthan
📍 New Delhi