Sr. Manager, Legal India
ElasticElastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role
We seek to hire an Indian based Senior Commercial Counsel in either Pune or Bangalore with 8+ years' experience to join our Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) legal department in this fast-growing, truly globally distributed company. We Elasticians are welcome, open, and empathetic and your legal co-workers are sharp and motivated to do their best work. Reporting to the Senior Director & Head of International Legal, this is primarily a work-from-home position, and we are focusing our search in the Pune and Bangalore region.
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead a team of three counsel and contracts professionals responsible for negotiating and structuring a wide variety of commercial contracts (including channel agreements, cloud/ SaaS and software subscription contracts, procurement, NDAs, RFPs, and related professional services in India, the APJ region, and beyond.
- Provide regional legal support associated with APJ Compliance, Employment, Litigation, and Investigation matters.
- Engage closely with the wider Legal Department globally and other key Elastic stakeholders.
- Supporting APJ & Global Legal team members on ad hoc projects – as needed.
- Help to build and strengthen workflow processes between the Legal Department and other departments within Elastic to enable dealmaking and compliance initiatives. This includes leaning into AI tools and automation opportunities.
What You Bring
- Legal authority to practice law in India with 8+ years in house and/or in a law firm, or some combination thereof, of proven experience in the drafting and negotiation of technology contracts.
- Experience with India and APJ compliance, emp
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