Senior Team Member - Legal

<span class="jobdescription"><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Division</H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Department</H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Sub Department 1</H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Purpose</H2> </div><div><p>Execute legal operations and provide assistance and support to the TechOps Team Leads, independently handle and end to end manage finalization of basic commercial agreements and legal documents. Undertake legal research and assist the respective Team Leads in project and litigation management.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (1/6)</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Drafting, negotiation and finalisation of Commercial Agreements/Legal Documents such as Confidentiality Agreement, Service Agreements, Letter of Authority/Letter of Undertaking etc. within timelines. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Provide adequate support to the respective Team Leads and Relevant TechOps Department for structuring and preparing documentation for commercial deals and ensure adherence to specific state/country laws and regulations</span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Interaction with cross-functional team to modify the existing agreements to capture the applicable provisions</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Review, finalisation and timely completion of the agreements as may be required by the TechOps Legal supporting Departments.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Drafting of confidentiality agreements, service agreements, software agreements, procurement agreements, and other legal documentations in consultation with the TechOps Legal supporting Departments within assigned timelines.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Negotiation and finalisation of such commercial agreements with internal stakeholders (TechOps Legal supporting Departments teams) and external stakeholders (counter party/lawyers).</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Coordination with assigned TechOps Legal supporting Departments for efficient and timely execution of the commercial agreements, highlights the risks and consolidates the comments received from cross functional teams.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assistance in modification of the legal agreements by identifying the areas of concern and modifying the drafts in line with the latest legal amendments</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">reviews and provides observations to the Team Lead regarding legal and commercial risks associated with transactions and their potential impact on TechOps Legal supporting Departments, and suggest appropriate mitigating measures</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Deals with critical and difficult internal stakeholders and ensures finalisation of the agreements within the timelines stipulated by the TechOps Legal supporting Departments and handles the pressures and delivers the work smoothly without any escalations.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (2/6)</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Providing advisory in relation to any queries raised by the TechOps Legal supporting Departments teams.</p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">To provide advisory and necessary assistance and support to Team Leads to implement the best legal practices and execute all activities in compliance with Cipla standards to ensure smooth and uninterrupted flow of TechOps Legal supporting Departments operations from a legal standpoint.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Reviews and provides observations to the Team Lead regarding legal and commercial risks associated with transactions and their potential impact and suggest appropriate mitigating measures</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Provides adequate support to the respective Team Leads and Relevant TechOps Department for all matters as applicable to the TechOps Legal supporting Departments in line with prevalent law.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (3/6)</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;, sans-serif">Provide adequate support to the respective Team Lead in day-to-day advisory/opinions to the businesses</span></span></p>

<ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">To provide guidance to the junior team members for discussing legal issues and contractual obligations with the internal stakeholders and ensure all relevant documents required for giving the opinion/advisory are available. </span></span></li> </ul>

<ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Prepare the draft opinion/advisory after obtaining all the relevant facts and application of applicable laws. </span></span></li> </ul>

<ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Finalise the non-critical/operational advisory/opinion in consultation and guidance from the manager.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Knowledge of pharma industry law, regulations and practices for assigned territories</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">To provide guidance for end-to-end management closure of non-critical/operational advisory/opinion to the business.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assist the manager in finalisation of critical opinion by preparing initial draft opinion along with the reference to applicable laws and precedents. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assist the manager in preparing a learning deck from the opinions to be circulated among the key stakeholders</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;, sans-serif">Knowledge of pharma industry law, regulations and practices for assigned territories</span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (4/6)</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Provide adequate support to the respective Team Lead in day-to-day advisory/opinions to the relevant TechOps Department.</p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Coordinate with the TechOps Legal supporting Departments team to obtain relevant information, collation of documents and preparation of list of events etc. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Prepare accurate interpretation of contract documents and provide observations to the Team Lead</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assist the Team Lead in preparing justifications to inquiries regarding existing contract obligations and revisions, identify risks and issues, and suggest alternatives for it.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (5/6)</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Undertake various ad-hoc projects assigned by the Team Leads from time to time.</p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assist in preparing brief/project deck/reports after examination of the documents collated and provided by the internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Research and prepare notes on the applicable laws and regulatory landscape for the identified territories and keep abreast herself/himself about the legislative changes in pharmaceutical industry in those territories.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Coordinate with the internal stakeholders and external stakeholders. Prepare update deck for the team.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Update and maintain data relating to contracts management.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities (6/6)</H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Major Challenges</H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Deal with multiple functions in Tech-ops and Corporate with large volume work</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Dealing with critical functions such as manufacturing agreements, IT, Finance/Tax, Logistics and Secretarial and ensuring timely closure of agreements.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Independent handling of basic commercial agreements end to end and support to Team Lead as required for timely handling of volume of assignments.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Time Management and organised work is essential to manage multiple stakeholders</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Project Management for coordinating with cross functional stakeholders in driving excellence and closure of transactions with result oriented and solution oriented approach</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Technology skills and using technology as a tool to deliver and simplify work</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Interactions (1/2)</H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">TechOps Legal supporting Departments and cross functional team teams to understand the TechOps Legal supporting Departments requirements and provides the required agreements or advisory</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Interacts with other team members of legal and discusses the issues which may have been dealt by other and understands the actions or stand taken and provide solutions or inputs on the TechOps Legal supporting Departments queries </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Interactions (2/2)</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Legal counsel, lawyers, consultants of counter party</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">TechOps Legal supporting Departments team of counter party</li> <li style="text-align:justify"> </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Dimensions (1/2)</H2> </div><div><ul> <li> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Quality of output</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Turnaround time</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Internalising all Legal work and legal research and opinion</li> </ul> </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Dimensions (2/2)</H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Decisions (1/2)</H2> </div><div><table class="MsoTableGrid" style="margin-left:23.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height:19.75pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 54.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-54.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Recommendations</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Value addition in contracts by thoroughly reviewing and recommends changes in the standard documents basis the issues arisen to minimise the risk</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 0.55pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.55pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Review and finalisation of agreements with minimum supervision</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 0.75pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Highlights the critical issues and discusses the way forward</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 0.75pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.75pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Inquisitive to learn new things, takes up additional work load and takes up the new challenges</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 0.75pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.75pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">End to end management of basic contracts and legal documentation.</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:3.5pt"> <td style="width:235.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0.0cm 5.4pt 0.0cm 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0cm 1.5pt 0.75pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.75pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Value addition in critical commercial agreements</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Decisions (2/2)</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Dedication, legal knowledge and technical skill, development of subject matter expertise, logical and business orientation. Understanding relevant departments requirements and delivers the work on committed timelines. Ability to learn new things. Strong communication skills and customer relation management is critical.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Education Qualification</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">LLB</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;, sans-serif">(LLM may be preferred)</span></span></p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Relevant Work Experience</H2> </div><div><p style="margin-bottom:2.0px;margin-top:2.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">5 to 7 years of total legal experience <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Pharma industry preferred</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p></div></div></div> </span>