Job Title: Head – Contracting

We are looking for a Senior Contracting leader to own and strengthen contract governance, standards, and risk management for high-value and critical contracts across multiple business unit
s. The position will also oversee contract lifecycle governance through structured handovers, performance reviews, and compliance monitoring for critical contracts.

Key Responsibilities
Contract Governance & Standards
- Own and manage business-wide contracting standards and governance for high-value and critical contracts
- Build, maintain, and continuously improve a centralized clause library, including fallback positions and approvals
- Develop and maintain standard contract templates, drafting guidelines, and negotiation across contract types
- Drive adoption of standardized documents across business units and control non-standard deviations for critical contracts
- Ensure robust version control, auditability, and traceability through CLM systems

Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Define criteria to identify critical contracts and associated risk thresholds




- Review and approve risk mitigation plans for high-risk contracts
- Maintain pre-contract risk registers and align risks to clauses, templates, and approval frameworks

Negotiation Support (Critical Contracts)
- Act as a senior advisor during negotiation bottlenecks, providing structured risk positions and fallback options
- Support alignment between business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders (without owning frontline negotiations)

Regulatory & Policy Compliance
- Embed applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies into templates, clauses, and workflows
- Coordinate periodic reviews with Legal, Tax, Compliance, HR, and other stakeholders to reflect regulatory changes
- Own and update internal contracting policies and standards

Contract Lifecycle & Performance Governance
- Ensure seamless handover of executed contracts with transparent obligation ownership, milestones, and KPls
- Ensure al

📌 Head of Contracts (Hyderabad)
🏢 Shrofile
📍 Hyderabad