Manager or AVP Legal Counsel Compliance & Innovation

About Rainmaker At Rainmaker, we're reimagining how organizations learn, grow, and thrive by blending law, technology, and storytelling.

Our vision is to make organizational learning a catalyst for performance and culture transformation through engaging, dramatized, and impactful compliance and culture solutions.

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Position: Manager / AVP – Legal Counsel – Compliance & Innovation

Experience: Law graduate with 7+ years of post-qualification

experience Type: Full-time

Location: Mumbai

Why This Role Excites Lawyers

● Partner with the business as the go‑to legal strategist on next‑gen compliance and culture solutions, rather than just reviewing work at the end.

● Work at the intersection of law, product, and technology to shape how enterprises experience compliance, ethics, and workplace culture.

● Collaborate directly with senior leadership, product, content, and tech teams, advising on risk, design choices, and responsible innovation.

● Grow in an inclusive, fast-growing environment that values ownership, experimentation, and clear, business-focused legal thinking.

What You Will Do  

Be the legal brain behind compliance products

● Serve as in-house legal counsel for Rainmaker's compliance and culture offerings, from idea to launch and scale.

● Spot, analyse, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and reputational risks across product concepts, scripts, scenarios, product features, and client use-cases.

● Ensure our products and solutions align with Indian law and global best practices across areas like anti‑harassment, anti‑bribery, whistleblowing, data protection, and workplace conduct.

Shape how compliance is taught

● Guide internal teams on legal accuracy, nuance, and positioning for learning programs, simulations, case-studies, and LMS modules.

● Review and refine high-impact content, from scenarios and assessments to videos and tool flows, so that complex legal concepts become clear, practical, and engaging for non-lawyers.

Lead research and thought leadership

● Track and analyse developments in statutes, rules, case law, enforcement trends, and global regulatory standards across focus areas such as DPDP, anti‑corruption, competition, and employment law, etc.

● Convert these insights into advisory notes, perspectives, frameworks, and product ideas that keep Rainmaker ahead of the curve and relevant to general counsels, CHROs, and boards.

Co-create cool legal-tech and compliance tools  

● Partner with Business Development and Client Success teams to design tailored compliance solutions grounded in strong legal reasoning and practical risk assessments.

● Participate in key client conversations to explain legal positions, defend choices in product design, and co‑create roadmaps with in-house legal and HR leaders.

Steward quality and partnerships 

● Ensure all external vendors, consultants, and subject-matter experts meet our legal and ethical standards. ● Review and support contracts, scopes of work, and related documentation for product, content, and tech collaborations as needed.

What We're Looking For

● Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B. or equivalent); LL.M. or additional specialization in corporate / technology / privacy / labour law is a plus.

● At least 7 years of post-qualification experience, preferably with a mix of law firm and in-house exposure in compliance, investigations, employment, privacy/data protection, or regulatory advisory.

● Strong research skills and comfort working with evolving regulations, enforcement trends, and cross-jurisdictional guidance.

● Excellent written and verbal communication - you can turn dense law into crisp, business-friendly advice and narratives.

● High ownership, curiosity about technology and product thinking, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams under time pressure. 

Why This Role Matters

● Influence how leading organizations embed integrity, compliance, and culture into everyday behaviours using modern learning and tech.

● Build a portfolio of innovative compliance and legal-tech work that goes far beyond traditional advisory or contract-heavy roles.

● Grow into a senior, visible role at the intersection of law, product, and strategy, with a clear pathway toward broader leadership in legal, product counsel, or compliance innovation.

If you're a lawyer who loves solving problems, enjoys working closely with business and product teams, and wants to build the future of compliance and culture, this role is for you.