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BlueOptima, a profitable software analytics company founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel based in Bangalore to own and lead the company's legal function on a full-time basis. This is a high-autonomy role supporting BlueOptima's enterprise SaaS business across multiple jurisdictions.
You will be the primary legal point of contact for the group, with responsibility for commercial contracting that underpins the business. You will negotiate directly with large enterprise counterparties—including Fortune 50 companies and major global banks—on complex, high-value deals governed by England & Wales, New York, or Swiss law. You will lead negotiations from engagement through redlining to close, explaining standard terms and holding the company's negotiating positions with minimal supervision.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading enterprise contract negotiations with Western and international counterparties through to close
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating MSAs, order forms, SOWs, NDAs, and DPAs across multiple governing laws
- Serving as the legal point of contact for the India entity, covering employment law and local statutory compliance
- Owning, maintaining, and optimizing standard templates, contract policies, and the contract-management system
- Reviewing and negotiating vendor, SaaS, and professional-services agreements
- Managing data-protection matters (including GDPR obligations), negotiating DPAs, and supporting InfoSec policy
- Supporting IP protection and assignment strategy
- Embedding AI tooling across legal workflows and advising on AI-related legal and regulatory questions
The role reports to the UK-based Head of Finance and requires meaningful working-hour overlap with UK and US business operations. BlueOptima operates offices across the UK, India, Mexico, the United States, and Japan, and you will support a genuinely multi-jurisdiction group.
The company offers hybrid working (2 days work-from-home per week), modern equipment, and a personal professional-development budget. Additional benefits include 32 days of holidays, company-matched Provident Fund contributions, private medical insurance (employee + spouse + 2 children + 2 parents), 12 weeks paid paternity leave, 6 months maternity leave, 50% childcare support, work-from-home equipment allowance, and up to 4 weeks per year flexible work-from-long-distance.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials, qualified to advise on England & Wales and New York law. England & Wales qualification is the target profile; equivalent demonstrable experience drafting and negotiating under E&W law will be considered.
- 4+ years' post-qualification experience (PQE) in a corporate/commercial team at a leading law firm and/or comparable in-house environment.
- Proven experience leading negotiations directly with Western/international enterprise counterparties through to close—not solely reviewing or marking up documents.
- Multi-governing-law commercial drafting experience—comfortable working across England & Wales, New York, and Swiss law.
- Working knowledge of Indian employment law and local statutory compliance (India bar enrolment not required).
- Working knowledge of the company's other locations: Mexico, UK, Japan, US.
- Strong commercial drafting across MSAs, DPAs, and NDAs, plus sound data-privacy knowledge for the SaaS industry.
- Genuinely independent and self-sufficient—able to own the function with minimal day-to-day UK oversight.
- Excellent written and spoken English; clear communicator with internal and external stakeholders.
- Willing and able to work hours with meaningful overlap with the UK and US business day.
DESIRABLE:
- Experience with AI—whether using AI tools within legal workflows or advising on AI legal/regulatory frameworks.
- US (New York State) qualification and/or experience under Swiss-governed contracts.
- Prior in-house experience in a SaaS/enterprise software business serving Western enterprise clients.
- Breadth across IP and InfoSec policy management.
