Senior Lead - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Location: Hyderabad
• Experience: Senior Level
• Openings: 1
Job description
Job Details
Job Title – Senior Lead Contract
Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Job Location - Hyderabad
Work Model - Work from Office
Candidate Expectations
Total Experience – 10+ years and Relevant Experience – 5+ years
Candidate Location – Anywhere
Skills – Contract
Lifecycle Management (CLM), Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract
Management
Candidate Industry – BPO / KPO / Shared Services
Education and Certification
Qualification: LLB / Law Graduate (Mandatory)
Specific Remarks: Distance education cannot be accepted. 1st and 3rd
Saturday working
Detailed Job Description
Post‑contracting Tower Head to ensure contractual obligations,
SLAs and risks are monitored and governed across all businesses.
Act as enterprise CLM CoE Head, work closely with CLM SME, CLM
Post Contracting Head and CLM Head in shaping CLM strategy, operating model,
and roadmap (including AI‑enabled obligations extraction, clause libraries, and
playbooks) for the CLM framework for the Group.
Provide advisory / functional consulting to business and
leadership along with Head- Post Contracting on post‑award governance, not just
support, and build future self‑sufficiency in business contract managers.
Key Accountability
Define and maintain enterprise-wide CLM COE roadmap, and success
metrics for post-contracting.
Define Post‑contracting operations and outcomes and Lead the Post‑contracting
COE that monitors obligations, SLAs, KPIs, renewals, penalties and variations
for all in‑scope contracts.
Set processes and guardrails for CLM COE which shall be measured
on outcomes (reduction in non‑compliance, leakages, missed renewals, disputes).
Escalate systemic risks and recommend corrective actions and
commercial levers to business and Legal along with Post Contracting Head.
Advise CXOs, business heads and deal teams on post‑award
governance models, RASCI, approval workflows and risk allocation in high‑value/strategic
contracts.
Run contract performance reviews with business (quarterly/bi‑annual)
and present dashboards on compliance, value leakage, and improvement programs.
Partner with Head – Post Contracting and Contracting for Business
to translate risk appetite and policies into practical playbooks, fallback
positions, and KPIs for contract managers.
Co‑lead the CLM/AI charter with the central AI/data team for
clause extraction, obligation tagging, and risk scoring.
Skill Set
Strong understanding of post‑award lifecycle, obligations
management, and common‑law / Indian‑law contracting. Hands‑on experience
implementing and scaling at least one enterprise‑grade CLM (Icertis, Sirion,
DocuSign CLM, etc.), including integrations. Exposure to AI/ML in legal or
contract context (even via POCs) and comfort working with data/AI teams.
Minimum 10+ years of experience in Commercial Contracts, Legal
Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions (Mandatory).
At least 4-5 years of team management experience in CLM
(Contract Lifecycle Management) and post-contracting operations.
Contract
Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Post-Contracting
Governance
Commercial
Contracts
Obligations
Management
SLA & KPI
Monitoring
Change Orders
/ Variations Management
Contract Risk
Management
Claims
Management
Contract
Compliance & Performance Reviews
Contract
Reconciliation & Closure
Experience in
Infrastructure, Airports, Energy, EPC, Construction, or
similar sectors preferred.
Key Skills
Mandatory Key Skills - Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions, Contract Risk Management, Claims Management, Contract Compliance, Contract Reconciliation, Obligations Management, Change Orders
Mandatory Key Skills - Commercial Contracts, Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Post-Contracting functions, Contract Risk Management, Claims Management, Contract Compliance, Contract Reconciliation, Obligations Management, Change Orders
Good to Have Skills - Contracts
Management, Commercial Law, or Business Administration will be an added
advantage.