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Manager - Legal and Company Secretary

Job type: Full Time · Department: Legal · Work type: On-Site

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About the Role:

We are looking for a proactive and business-oriented Legal Counsel to support our global SaaS contracting needs and ensure strong corporate governance. The ideal candidate has solid experience in IT / SaaS contracting and additionally possesses a Company Secretary (CS) degree and practical exposure to corporate secretarial work.

This is a cross-functional role working closely with Sales, Product, Finance, HR and external stakeholders to enable fast, compliant, and risk-balanced decision-making.

What will you do:

1. Commercial and Technology contracting

  • Draft, review, negotiate and close a wide range of SaaS / IT contracts, including:

    • SaaS Subscription Agreements

    • DPAs & Security Addendums

    • Reseller & Partner Agreements

    • NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms

    • Cloud service terms, licensing arrangements

  • Identify risks, propose balanced alternate language, and drive faster closures.

  • Work on documentation pertaining to global customers (US, EU, APAC, Middle East) and internal stakeholders.

2. Corporate & Secretarial Compliance

  • Support the Legal Head on corporate governance matters.

  • Assist with Board/Committee meeting documentation, minutes, resolutions, statutory registers, filings, and corporate record-keeping.

  • Support secretarial compliance across India entity/entities (ROC filings, annual compliances, etc.).

  • Liaise with external CS firms, consultants, and government authorities when required.

3. Data Protection & Regulatory

  • Interpret and apply global data protection laws (GDPR, DPDPA, CCPA) to SaaS transactions.

  • Support internal data-governance initiatives and customer privacy assessments.

  • Review internal policies: InfoSec, privacy, ethics, corporate compliance.

4. Internal Enablement & Process Improvement

  • Support creation of playbooks, templates, and contract automation workflows.

  • Build scalable processes for intake, triage, and contract lifecycle.

  • Conduct internal trainings for Sales, Customer Success, Product & HR.

What are we looking for?

Must have:

  • LL.B. from a reputed law school and Company Secretary (CS) degree 

  • 4–7 years of post-qualification experience in:

  • SaaS/IT contracting (mandatory)

  • Working in a fast-paced product/tech environment

  • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills

  • Strong understanding of:

    • IP, indemnity, liability, data protection, confidentiality, SLAs

    • Contract negotiation with global enterprise clients

    • Indian corporate secretarial framework (Companies Act, MCA filings, etc.)

Good to have

  • Strong business judgement and ability to balance risk vs speed

  • High ownership, responsiveness and stakeholder management

  • Comfort working with cross-border teams in multiple time zones

  • Familiarity with CLM tools, deal desk processes, and internal approvals

  • Ability to manage tasks independently with minimal supervision

Who will you report to: Director - Legal

Why join us

  • Contribute to a product backed by 11 technology patents, showcasing industry-leading innovation.

  • You are passionate about technology and its impact on the high-growth mobile technology space

  • Power personalized engagement at scale, processing over 30 billion events daily and reaching 3+ billion devices worldwide.

  • Flourish in an Environment that Nurtures Growth and Curiosity

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About CleverTap:

CleverTap is the world’s leading AI-first customer engagement and retention platform, helping brands turn data into lasting customer relationships. Powered by its proprietary CleverAI™ Decisioning Engine and Agentic AI-verse, CleverTap enables organizations to maximize customer lifetime value at scale. Its unified platform brings together AI-powered segmentation, personalization, experimentation, journey orchestration, and deep analytics, integrated with 100+ leading martech solutions.

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Backed by Accel, Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global, CDPQ, and 360 One, CleverTap has 600+ employees in offices across the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.For more information, visit https://clevertap.com/ or follow us on Linkedin and X.Join us in shaping the future of engagement.

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