Company Overview
We are the force behind the meteoric rise of India's leading telecom operator Jio with 400 Million+ customers. Our company has powered an exhaustive list of digital apps & services that deliver functionality, usability, engagement, scale, and loyalty. With a focus on B2C and B2B solutions, we offer end-to-end 5G solutions and cloud-native products that simplify network operations.
Job Overview
Legal IT Technology and Telecom Procurement Assistant Manager role located in Navi Mumbai with Jio. Full-Time employment for candidates with 0-5 years of experience. Skills required include Legal Compliance, Contract Negotiation, IPR, Telecom Procurement, and more.
Qualifications And Skills
- L.L.B. (required), LL.M. (preferable)
- Legal Compliance expertise
- Proficiency in Contract Negotiation and Drafting
- Experience in Vetting Procurement Contracts
- Knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- Legal support for IT, Technology, and Telecom Procurement
- Experience in Telecom Procurement processes
Roles And Responsibilities
- Drafting, vetting, negotiating and executing various strategic commercial agreements relating to Procurement and Contract (P & C) for telecom, enterprise information technology, e-commerce, with both domestic and international third parties.
- Prepare standard forms of contract, process for implementation, guidelines for execution of contracts (including prepare template of IPR licensing clauses in agreements).
- Facilitate interactions with cross functional teams like direct/ indirect tax, IPR, industrial relations, & regulatory teams for various contracts, transactions etc.
- Advisory services:
- Assisting company in providing day to day legal advice to concerned teams, and ensuring compliance with industry specific laws and other general law.
- Advice business on strategies due to change in laws, to various stake holders on various legal and compliance issues on need basis.
- Providing solution oriented, guidance on specific issues as may be sought by different functions.
- Advice business on IPR strategies to identify and manage the most effective structure for protection/use of IPR owned by Reliance, royalty arrangements, licensing and sub-licensing of IP in order to ensure efficiency, risk mitigation and revenue optimization by Reliance.
- Providing legal support to brand protection initiatives.
- Provide necessary support as required by the litigation team.
- Monitor business processes and practices at NHQ and ensure organization is operating as per defined policies and guidelines under the Indian Legal system and various statutory and regulatory guidelines.
- Minimize the legal risk involved in contracts, and ensure adherence to Reliances policies & practices.
- Response to all complaints and issues/disputes raised within a reasonable time.
- MIS reporting for Business related activities.
- Hire, train and manage talent at NHQ.
- Strong contract drafting, vetting, reviewing and negotiating skills individually with attention to detail.
- Strong capabilities of training the legal team for creating backup.
- Strong capabilities to lead the team in case of need.
- Sound legal knowledge driven by logical and reasoned approach.
- Pragmatic, solutions-based approach to achieving business objectives in a legal manner.
- Ability to interpret and apply laws to practical business scenarios.
- Good communication skills (written as well as spoken) and analytical abilities
- High degree of passion & motivation
- Willing to handle a wide variety of challenging assignments
- Ability to work and collaborate across functions and within the legal team
- Open to learning and adapting to new environment.
