Senior Manager-Legal (Product Compliance) with Daimler

Deadline Open Deadline

Location RMZ Millennia Business Park Campus II, Building 2A, 10th Floor No.143, Dr, MGR Main Rd, Kandhanchavadi, Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600096.

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

Details of the Organization

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, and a full-fledged commercial vehicle player with a brand dedicated to its home market of India: BharatBenz. A unique combination of Indian engineering with German DNA, tailored to local customer requirements, BharatBenz delivers on total cost of ownership, safety, reliability, and comfort. DICV produces and sells in India above 9 to 55-tonne trucks and, under its bus division, BharatBenz buses for school, staff, and tourist segments.

Details of the Job/Internship

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles is hiring a Senior Manager-Legal (Product Compliance) to join their office in Chennai.

Role and Responsibilities

Understand and Implement the Technical Compliance Policy and follow the Rules of Procedure in conducting the Technical Compliance committee meetings for all Safety, Regulatory and Emission-related topics.
Legal & Compliance consultation to management and employees and support management in taking over responsibility for technical compliance.
Provide advice in terms of product-related legal inquiries and processes as well as legal consultation in the application of Regulatory requirements and standards.
Provide legal expertise and advice on questions in the context of product development and Field Vehicles.
Guide in legal grey areas (legal requirements and/or internal guidelines). Ongoing monitoring, analysis, and assessment of relevant legal frameworks including current developments in legislation. Derive a legal assessment of risks, development of methods, processes and systems as well as guidelines and legal advisory opinions.
Create risk awareness in non-legal business units.
Be part of the DICV local clearing team and be involved in the assessment of the clearing cases in coordination with the tCMS R & D team, clearing team, and clearing teams in HQ.
Support the development of technical Compliance Management Systems to avoid liability and reputational risks.
Ensuring all updates on Control measures and processes from HQ are updated to the relevant function and providing adequate support for the completion of the process and controls.
Support to the R &D team on various legal-related R &D queries providing legal opinion on new laws/regulations and sharing legal feedback concerning any grey area in any Act/Regulation.
Support and provide legal feedback on communications to Authorities/Ministry / SIAM.
Updating the team on the latest changes in relevant laws/Acts/Judgements and sharing legal feedback for the queries raised.
Handling Litigation filed against the Company.
Evaluate legal claims and strategize handling of litigation.
Identify and evaluate lawyers for engaging them in handling litigations.
Draft/Vet written statements, counters, rejoinders etc.
Legal research and advise lawyers on the legal precedents.
Close follow-up with lawyers till risks in the litigations are adequately mitigated

Eligibility

Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Law;
Any additional technical qualification and working experience in an OEM or a Manufacturing organization with sound technical knowledge will be an added advantage.