About Us
- JMAN Group is a fast-growing data engineering and data science consultancy. We work primarily with Private Equity Funds and their Portfolio Companies to create commercial value using Data and Artificial Intelligence. In addition, we also work with growth businesses, large corporates, multinationals, and charities.
- We are headquartered in London with Offices in New York, London and Chennai. Our team of 400+ people is a unique blend of individuals with skills across commercial consulting, data science and software engineering.
- We were founded by cousins Anush Newman (Co-founder & CEO) and Leo Valan (Co-founder & CTO) and have grown rapidly since 2019. In May 2023 we took a minority investment from Baird Capital and in January 2024 we opened an office in New York.
- We have a global delivery model, which means that we staff our projects with talent from all our locations based on the specific combination of skills needed and we have a global resourcing team that drive this within the business.
About the Role
- We are seeking a capable, commercially minded and self-motivated Legal Counsel to join our growing legal team.
- This position carries significant responsibility for delivering legal support across a broad spectrum of commercial matters. Serving as the primary point of contact for enquiries regarding commercial contracts from both internal stakeholders and clients in the UK, EU, and North America, it plays an integral role in the review and administration of commercial agreements.
- If you adopt a proactive and agile mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems, are highly organisation, self-motivated and have high attention to detail, enjoy collaborating across departments and regions, and will make smart, ethical decisions to help JMAN achieve its goals the right way, this is a great opportunity for you.
Why work at JMAN
- Our vision is to ensure JMAN Group is the passport to our team's future. We want our team to go on a fast-paced, high-growth journey with us when our people want to do something else, the skills, training, exposure, and values that JMAN has instilled in them should open doors all over the world.
Current Benefits:
Competitive annual bonus
Market-leading private health insurance
Regular company socials
Annual company away days
Extensive training opportunities
What you will do:
Commercial Contracts
- Advise on a range of commercial agreements (e.g. NDAs, MSAs, SOW/Order forms, T&Cs, DPAs, change orders, amendments and licenses with JMAN clients, suppliers and strategic partners across the UK, Europe, North America and India using approved templates and playbooks where applicable, escalating deviations and legal issues to the Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Privacy or General Counsel as required.
- Draft, review, negotiate and finalise commercial contracts, with minimal supervision, identifying legal, commercial, and risk issues and proposing pragmatic solutions which are aligned with business objectives.
- Partner with crossfunctional teams to effectively mitigate commercial contract risks and ensure ongoing compliance with contractual requirements.
- Support with the development and maintenance of legal templates, legal clause and legal prompt libraries, and internal playbooks - capturing learnings from negotiations and legal / sector developments - under the direction of the General Counsel.
- Oversee the contracts management function, ensuring contract intake requests and queries are triaged efficiently and JMANs contract lifecycle management (CLM) process and systems are embedded, maintained and audit ready.
Legal Counselling
- Provide strategic legal advice in connection with local office initiatives such as office moves, or new partnerships as required.
- Provide legal support to the India HR team, under the direction of the General Counsel, as required.
- Support with privacy compliance as required including updating RoPAs, completing DPIAs, TRAs and LIAs and responding to data subject requests under the direction of the Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Privacy.
- Identify emerging legal, regulatory, and operational risks, particularly across data protection, AI regulation and commercial law.
- Support legal, regulatory and compliance programmes, including policy refreshes, training, internal investigations, audits, and implementation of new controls.
Governance, Compliance & Operations
- Act as the primary point of contact for front office sales and delivery teams on clientfacing contractual matters.
- Act as the primary point of contact for members of the Chennai office on questions relating to the JMAN Code of Conduct
- Coordinate with local external counsel where required and support the management of local legal workstreams
- Provide guidance, coaching, and oversight to the Contract Manager and other colleagues that engage heavily with contracts.
- Champion a culture of strong governance, high-quality documentation, ethical conduct, and forwardlooking risk management.
About You
Your Educational Qualifications
- Law degree in India (B.A. LLB) or Paralegal qualification, the United Kingdom, the United States, or another Commonwealth jurisdiction.
Your Experience
- 3+ Years to 5+ Years of post-qualification experience, ideally a mix of international in-house and reputable law firm experience
- Experience supporting the review and administration of commercial contracts for professional services or technology focused business
- Strong grounding in contract principles and practical experience applying them in a business environment
- Proven ability to draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements including MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms, T&Cs, NDAs, DPAs, SaaS and PaS licenses.
- Experience handling contract administration (intake, approvals, signature, contract lifecycle management (CLM) hygiene) alongside substantive contract support
- Exposure to data protection preferred
- Familiarity with AIenabled legal tools and an interest in process optimization is preferred.
Key Skills
- Strong commercial contract support and negotiation skills, able to engage constructively and achieve pragmatic outcomes, within approved parameters, aligned with commercial objectives.
- Sound judgement in identifying legal and commercial risks, applying playbooks, and escalating issues when necessary.
- Excellent prioritisation skills, managing competing deadlines and focusing on key matters.
- Clear and confident written communication, able to explain contract processes and terms to non-legal stakeholders.
- Highly organised and detail oriented, with strong follow-through.
- Able to work independently while staying aligned with relevant teams.
- Practical, business-minded approach.
- Collaborative and proactive with a positive attitude.
- Operates effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Proactive mindset takes ownership and welcomes feedback.
- Experience or interest in consulting, data, or technology is valuable.
- Fluency in English
If you feel that you would be a strong addition to our team, but you do not fully meet all the requirements above, we would like to encourage you to please apply anyway. As we expand, we are looking for individuals across all levels, and we will discuss a suitable alternative with you during the interview process.
JMAN is committed to equal employment opportunities. We are a diverse, highly performing team and base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.
