Senior Manager - Legal

Why Corporate Functions? 

Zinnov’s Corporate Functions teams power how the firm delivers at scale—building the internal engine behind high-growth, high-impact work. You’ll get: 

• Hands-on ownership in running and scaling core operations (including Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Governance). 

• Exposure to end-to-end enablement models that strengthen operating engines, employee experience, and scalable processes. 

• A highly cross-functional environment with close collaboration across delivery/PMO and domain teams to drive consistent execution. 

About the Role 

As Senior Manager - Legal, you will protect Zinnov’s reputation by strengthening legal risk management, compliance, and governance across the organization. You will provide proactive, business-focused legal counsel, lead contract and policy workstreams end-to-end, and build scalable processes that reinforce integrity and ethical conduct across the firm.  

This role reports into the Director – Finance and owns Corporate Legal and Compliance responsibilities, partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external counsel to drive timely, high-quality outcomes.  

What You’ll Do 

Legal Advisory & Risk Management 

• Provide proactive, in-depth legal advice that is business-aligned and risk-aware.  

• Protect organizational reputation by identifying, mitigating, and advising on legal and compliance risks.  

Contracting, Drafting & Negotiation 

• Draft, review, negotiate, and close legal and transactional documents and agreements.  

• Ensure agreements are thoroughly vetted in the company’s interest and responded to within agreed timelines.  

• Lead negotiations on complex, high-value contracts with strong attention to detail and commercial practicality.  

Intellectual Property & Trademark Support 

• Support matters related to trademark infringement and associated enforcement actions, as required.  

Compliance, Governance & Policy Building 

• Build and manage Corporate Law, Labour Laws, Corporate Governance, and compliance activities across the organization.  

• Draft and maintain internal manuals and policy documents; drive adherence to internal group policies and procedures.  

• Track regulatory and legal developments; conduct research and share implications with relevant stakeholders.  

Entity Setup & Expansion Enablement 

• Support company formation and entity structuring activities; experience with India and US entity formation is an advantage.  

Litigation, Arbitration & External Counsel Management 

• Coordinate with lawyers and external counsel for notices, replies, petitions, litigation, and arbitration matters.  

Stakeholder Management & Communication