Details of the Organization

PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments company with 50 crore (500 Million) registered users and 3.7 crore (37 Million) merchants covering over 99% of the postal codes across India. On the back of its leadership in digital payments, PhonePe has expanded into financial services (Insurance, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, and Lending) as well as adjacent tech-enabled businesses such as Pincode for hyperlocal shopping and Indus App Store which is India's first localized App Store.

Details of the Job/Internship

PhonePe is looking for a candidate for the position of Associate Director Legal - Contracts and Advisory with 13 to 14 years of experience.

Role and Responsibilities

• Keep abreast of legislative changes and improve contract versions including for digital payment solutions (payment aggregation, payment gateway, third party app), e-commerce marketplace models, tech and commercial contracting.
• Develop commercial understanding of the businesses and product lines for risk assessment including what is mandatorily required under various regulations. Evaluate impacts of any new regulation, anticipate issues and proactively solve for open gaps, eliminate or mitigate risks.
• Deal with complex matters that cut across legal and compliance especially in regulatory requirements, especially pertaining to e-commerce marketplace models.
• New product approvals, research on applicability of law like data protection, new license regulations (if any) and structure product flows. Solve for questions on applicability and interpretation.
• Support business teams in solving for distribution, marketing strategies, product design and customer purchase flows. Provide expert & strategic legal advice on various aspects of business including optimising the contracting process, TAT expectations, stamping, e-sign, repository access etc.

• Drive high stake and complex contracts including negotiations and contract finalisation.

• Build an engaged and motivated team with dedicated SPOCs for various product lines.

• Build a strong independent first line of SMEs. Delegate work by category, key accounts or specialisation towards achieving optimisation and right use of resources.

Eligibility

• LLB (addl. qualification of LLM will be an advantage).
• Minimum 13-14 years post-qualification experience in contracting and product advisory. A right mix of law firm and in-house counsel (start-ups, new age companies) experience is preferred.
• Strong drafting, communication and influence building skills with past record of leading teams.
• Exposure to a variety of contracts – Complex IT/software development, e-commerce marketplace, payments, real estate to variety of vendor, supplier, employment, service and partner contracts etc.
• Committed and ready to work under constraints/ pressure.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity, excellent judgement and analytical skills, good interpersonal skills.

Salary/Stipend

Compensation details will be finalized during the interview process with the selected candidate.

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

State

Karnataka

City

Bengaluru

Address

Green Glen Layout Road, PhonePe Private Limited Office-2, Floor 4,5,6,7, Wing A, Block A, Salarpuria Softzone, Service Road, Green Glen Layout, Bellandur Bengaluru, Karnataka-KA, Pincode- 560103, Bengaluru East, Karnataka 560103, IN

Application and Registration Details

After you apply, you will receive the next steps of the application process via email. 

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