Are you a law graduate/ legal professional looking for job opportunities as a Legal Head? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
About:
Exotel is the emerging market’s leading full stack customer engagement platform and business-focused virtual telecom operator. Exotel has also recently received a virtual telecom operator license to offer cost-effective end-to-end VoIP telephony services, making the company a 100% compliant cloud calling operator. Exotel was founded in 2011 and has an impressive cloud-based product suite that drives 70 million conversations every day for more than 6000 businesses in India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Today, the omnichannel contact centre, communication API suite, and conversational AI platform from Exotel help some of the fastest-growing businesses in emerging countries manage their customer engagement. They have a $50 million ARR and a $100 million Series D funding round.
Role:
Legal Head
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated alignment with Exotel’s values, ability to solve problems in a practical manner inclusive of sensitivity to the interests of all stakeholders;
- Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and the flexibility and ability to work with fast-changing priorities;
- High degree of independence, initiative and decisiveness but also a desire to be challenged and think outside the box;
- Be proactive and have good planning and organization skills, have good judgment, a high level of professional integrity and the discretion, tact, meet deadlines and follow through on assignments and ability to maintain confidentiality;
- Outstanding legal and business judgment especially in ambiguous situations – Ability to analyze complex legal and regulatory matters and communicate their implications in clear and simple language;
- Demonstrate success in managing and conducting a variety of matters stated above including litigation;
- Work independently with minimal supervision and take strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership for success of a given task;
- Constantly updating self and teams of changes in Law, industry happenings and case laws and applying them day to day;
- Ability to assess size, scope and overall risk/issues of contemplated transactions and to tailor contracts as per SOP;
- Highly responsive with ability to manage high workload volumes efficiently and effectively;
- Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment and ability to work cooperatively with other team.
- LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a top tier university in India and licensed to practice law in India;
- A minimum of 8+ years of experience as a lawyer with Internet/ Telecommunication Services /Platforms with a reputed service provider(s);
- Expertise in contract law, telecom laws, contract laws, data protection & privacy in all jurisdictions Exotel operates
Responsibilities:
- Drafting, reviewing, advising, negotiating & finalizing on contracts of all kinds consistent with Exotel’s SOP, goals, applicable laws, mission vision and values that are relevant to transactions – ensuring that all contractual documents developed are compliant with them;
- Managing own workflow, apply expert knowledge and provide business and legal advice regarding potential issues stemming from contracts, develop strategies to address issues, risks identified and escalate/flag issues early;
- Partnering with cross-department stakeholders and constantly communicating progress, issues, challenges, risks and benefits, document all assumptions, dependencies, to all users/appropriate management levels in all jurisdictions;
- Understanding business goals and how they impact the various products, solutions’ & services;
- Map applicable laws, mission vision and values and policies to Exotel’s products , services and solutions and keep them update;
- Ensuring that accurate and sufficient contractual documentation is developed to effectively document transactions to protect Exotel’s interests;
- Proper and timely maintenance of records and registers, preparing and maintaining internal contract summary reports and ensuring compliance post contract;
- Developing and implementing training programs in all important areas;
- Supporting the legal department and the organization on all legal matters, business, set up, handling the legal issues unique to that business, etc.
- Continuously monitor compliance with statutory and contract obligations, advise management accordingly and propose process improvements;
- Representing Exotel’s in litigation & helping with the litigation process;
- Participating in M&A- other similar activities, bring legal perspective to such areas;
- Work on various projects as may be assigned from time to time by the CFO or Management from time to time.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (click here)
