The chance

We are seeking a Director-level legal transformation specialist for a role with the Credit/Lending Documentation (Legal) function with a leading international bank in India. This newly dedicated role will help shape a multi-year transformation of the bank’s lending documentation function across contract management, AI-assisted document checking and end-to-end workflow.

You will combine deep, current bank-side lending documentation expertise with the ability to translate complex legal and operational processes into practical data, controls and workflows. This mandate suits a self-sufficient leader who can engage senior stakeholders and become productive within the first few weeks.

What you will do
Contribute across contract management, AI-assisted checking and workflow programmes for complex lending documentation.
Break facility, security and guarantee documentation into data points and review rules that technology can assess reliably.
Define where automated checks are appropriate and where expert human validation must remain.
Map and improve the journey from credit approval through documentation review, completion and limit set-up.
Partner with product specialists, front-office teams, legal stakeholders and operations to remove manual handovers and strengthen controls.




Test outputs, identify exceptions and help embed practical solutions in a high-volume banking workplace.

What you will bring

Essential
Director-level credibility and the ability to lead work independently from the outset.
Deep, hands-on experience with complex lending documentation within a large bank, including bilateral and syndicated facilities, security, guarantees and conditions precedent.
A strong understanding of how credit approval, documentation review, completion and limit-setting processes connect in a global banking environment.
The ability to translate legal and operational requirements into transparent data points, controls, workflows and validation steps.
Confidence working across legal, business, credit and operations stakeholders.

Desirable
Implementation experience involving contract lifecycle management, contract management or AI-enabled document review tools.
Experience defining contract data fields, business requirements or review rules for a technology build.
Experience in a bank with a comparable lending documentation or credit documentation operating model.

Location: Bengaluru or Chennai; city and working pattern to be confirmed.

📌 Director, Legal Transformation Credit/lending Operations Tamil Nadu
🏢 NOVA8
📍 Tamil Nadu