About this role
Job details
• Proposed designation
Director • Role type
Supervisory • Reporting to
Associate Partner • Work timings
2 pm to 10:30 pm IST
Roles & responsibilities
• A leader with experience of managing a pool of experienced lawyers who provide required contract review, negotiation and related queries support, and setting up a process to support OGC teams of Member Firms • Oversees team’s operations including hiring, staffing, training execution and quality control • Serve as primary liaison between KPMG U.S. Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) leadership and KPMG Global Services (“KGS”) lawyers. • Partner with OGC leadership to develop and operationalize individualized and collective strategy for using KGS legal resources, including identifying work best suited for transition, scaling successful capabilities, optimizing the allocation of work, and evolving the relationship. • Proactively identify and recommend new legal initiatives, services, improvement opportunities, and higher-value uses of KGS lawyers. • Establish and maintain service expectations, knowledge-sharing practices, and quality controls focused on responsiveness, quality, productivity, and value. • Build trusted relationships across OGC and KGS; promote a unified-team culture and support adoption of new ways of working.
Educational qualifications
• LLB or LLM
Work experience
• The candidate must have minimum 15-20 years of post qualification relevant experience in a similar role, preferably with a Big 4 firm or expertise in commercial and technology agreements in a large MNC