Assistant General Counsel Job in Arcadia

What we re looking for: We are seeking an Assistant General Counsel to join the Legal team and support our fast-growing enterprise data analytics business. This role is for a business attorney with substantive experience negotiating SaaS contracts, IP licensing, and technology transactions. This role will be an individual contributor and will not manage direct reports at this time. This role is based in Chennai, with the possibility of a remote setting, and will initially report to the Associate General Counsel, based in the United States. Additionally, the Assistant General Counsel will collaborate frequently with other members of the legal team and the enterprise platform business team. This individual should be curious, energetic, self-reliant, and able to distill complex problems to provide streamlined, actionable legal advice to an extremely fast-paced commercial business team. What you'll do: Transactional: Draft, review, edit, and negotiate contracts with a wide range of individuals, non-profits, and business organizations Product counsel: Provide advice to the enterprise product team on the design, creation, and deployment of new products and features; advise on major business transactions; prepare and maintain standardized contract terms and negotiation playbooks. Leadership: Lead by example as a member of the legal team to foster a workplace with the highest moral, ethical, and legal standards to deliver an environment that promotes respect, innovation, and creativity; help establish the legal team as a trusted partner and key ingredient to business growth What will help you succeed: Must-haves: License to practice law in India. 5+ years of transactional legal practice, including demonstrated success as in-house counsel and/or outstanding and highly relevant experience at a top law firm. Contracts and negotiation expert with subject-matter expertise in SaaS, IP licensing, and/or technology transactions, able to independently draft contracts, negotiate redlines via email and live video conference, and demonstrated ability to manage contract negotiations from inception to signing. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Extremely practical and business-oriented approach with strong attention to detail. Client-service orientation and demonstrated success in handling competing deadlines for multiple internal stakeholders with minimal supervision. Willingness to take feedback, learn, and grow; an ethos of continuous self-improvement. Demonstrated excellence at assessing risk with a flexible risk tolerance matched to the company s objectives. Able to accommodate a daily schedule that overlaps at least 4 business hours in US East Coast timezone (UTC -5h). Outstanding judgment and uncompromising professional ethics.