Senior Executive Legal Counsel

About Axtria

Axtria is a global provider of award-winning cloud software and data analytics to the life sciences industry. Axtria's solutions are used to digitally transform the entire product commercialization process, supporting RWE/HEOR, medical affairs, pricing and market access, product launch and post-launch, and marketing and sales operations to drive growth and improve healthcare outcomes for patients. Our focus is on delivering solutions that help pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics companies complete the journey from data to insights to action and get superior returns from their investments. As a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Axtria is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption and taking actions that advance societal goals. For more information, visit www.axtria.com

About Axtria's Products and Solutions

Axtria is proud to work with 16 of the top 20 life sciences companies. From our roots as a trusted consultant to our status as one of the world's leading providers of cloud-based pharmaceutical management software, Axtria has been powering the digital transformation of life sciences. Our experts call upon years of domain experience in the industry to guide pharma giants from brand launches to retirement. Our products go even further. Axtria InsightsMAx™ helps everyone from the C-suite to junior associates uncover trends to make better decisions. Axtria SalesIQ™ helps optimize field forces and provider engagements. Axtria CustomerIQ™ leverages AI-enabled next-best-action omnichannel choices. Axtria MarketingIQ™ turns investment analyses into pinpoint strategies. And Axtria DataMAx™ and DataMAx™ for Emerging Pharma is the data management framework that pulls it all together with best-in-class security and integration.

Job Description – Legal Counsel

Designation: Senior Executive/L2

Experience: 4–5 Years

Location: Gurgaon.

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Legal Counsel with 4–5 years of relevant experience in contract drafting, review, and negotiation. The role involves supporting business teams in managing commercial agreements, ensuring contractual compliance, highlighting contractual risk, and coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial, client, vendor, procurement, technology, and operational agreements.
• Support end-to-end contract management activities, including contract intake, drafting, review, negotiation, execution, amendments, renewals, obligations and tracking.
• Identify contractual, legal, operational, financial, and compliance risks, and provide practical mitigation recommendations aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with business, finance, procurement, delivery, information security, privacy, and compliance teams to support contract execution and implementation.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, applicable laws, regulatory requirements, and client contractual obligations.
• Support client and vendor negotiations, including redlining and resolution of contractual issues in coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Maintain and manage contract repositories, trackers, approval workflows, and related documentation to ensure accurate record management and accessibility.
• Prepare contract summaries, deviation notes, risk assessments, reports, and management updates for internal stakeholders.
• Support audits, internal reviews, and compliance assessments related to contractual obligations and third-party engagements.
• Initiate and coordinate the contract execution/signature process upon completion of legal and business reviews.
• Ensure proper documentation, version control, filing, and record retention of all executed agreements and related contract documents.
• Continuously support process improvement initiatives related to contract lifecycle management and operational efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in law (LLB) or equivalent qualification.
• 4–5 years of experience in in reviewing technology, data privacy, outsourcing, or service agreements is preferred.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in IT/ITES, consulting, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or technology industries.
• Knowledge of data privacy laws, AI-related contractual provisions, and compliance frameworks is an added advantage.