We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal, Vendor and Worker Compliance Intern to join our Legal and Compliance team. This role provides hands-on experience in handling legal negotiations, vendor and worker governance, contract lifecycle management, and ensuring regulatory compliance and internal ad-hoc legal and compliance requirements across multiple geographies.
Key Responsibilities
- Contract Negotiations & Drafting:
- Responsible for negotiating various resource augmentation and IT service contracts with customers and vendors globally.
- Responsible for reviewing pre-bid customer SOWs and supporting sales in negotiating terms and conditions in line with vendor delivery capabilities.
- Draft and review legal documents, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and other commercial agreements.
- Contract Execution & Lifecycle Management:
- Ensure 100% flow-down of applicable customer SOW terms to vendor SOWs.
- Responsible for timely execution and renewal of vendor SOWs.
- Prepare a detailed analysis of risks arising from non-availability or delays in vendor SOWs.
- Ensure appropriate internal approvals before executing documents.
- Compliance & Governance:
- Manage vendor and worker governance related to compliances through timely review of SOWs impacting customer delivery.
- Liaise with vendors for onboarding and review of onboarding documentation.
- Support in strengthening vendor onboarding checks and closing any gaps in documentation.
- Create a culture of high performance and ownership within the compliance process.
- Support liaising with Vendors for Customer and Internal audit requirements.
- Dispute Resolution & Risk Management:
- Responsible for developing innovative approaches in contract dispute resolution.
- Manage and resolve vendor SOW disputes in favor of the company.
- Should be able to identify potential legal risks in vendor contracts.
- Prior experience in negotiating penalty terms and claiming service credits is an advantage.
- Monitoring & Reporting:
- Responsible for reporting weekly progress of SOW sign-offs with vendors.
- Observe and propose changes to existing SOW clauses to enhance vendor performance and adherence to SLAs.
- Ensure accountability and success of the Vendor Contract Management Process.
- Other Support Activities:
- Liaise with existing vendors to close gaps in onboarding documentation.
- Support onboarding of vendors for new programs and apply contract management skills to source the best field engineers.
Qualifications & Skills
- Final year student of LLB/LLM from a recognized university.
- Strong research, legal drafting, and contract negotiation skills.
- Exposure to corporate law, resource augmentation, IT service contracts, and compliance frameworks preferred.
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, global environment.
What You'll Gain
- Real-world exposure to resource augmentation contracts, vendor and worker compliance processes.
- Mentorship and collaboration with experienced legal, CS and procurement professionals.
