Senior Legal Professional (Contract Management & Legal Operations Support) at Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai (10-15 Years PQE)

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation and part of the Tata group. TCS is hiring a Senior Legal Professional for its Contract Management and Legal Operations Support function, based in Mumbai.

TCS is deploying a Senior Legal Professional (10+ years' PQE) to support its customer. The role focuses on strengthening contract management practices, establishing standardized legal processes, and enabling efficient legal operations through structured, high-quality outputs.

The selected candidate will work closely with the TCS Customer Legal team under a supervised delivery model, ensuring alignment with internal legal standards, risk frameworks and business expectations. This is described as a high-impact individual contributor role requiring a blend of contracting expertise, legal operations capability and stakeholder collaboration.

• LLB / LLM from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3).
• Experience: 10 - 15 years.
• 10+ years of experience in contract management, commercial/legal documentation, and legal operations or process optimization.
• Strong experience working with contract templates and playbooks, global stakeholders, and legal review and risk assessment frameworks.
• Candidates should be flexible with rotational / night shifts.

• Support the development and refinement of contract templates and playbooks, including the Contract Approval Process playbook as a priority deliverable, under Customer legal team supervision.
• Deliver high-quality legal documentation support, including drafting agreements based on Customer templates, preparing execution-ready documents, formatting, proofreading and cross-reference validation, creating redlines and comparison versions, and supporting development of policies, guidance notes and presentations.
• Once playbooks and escalation frameworks are established, perform initial review of customer contracts and negotiated documents, apply defined playbooks and identify deviations, and escalate risks in line with agreed escalation matrices.
• Deliver output subject to Customer legal review and sign-off.

• Support process mapping, documentation and governance activities across legal workflows.
• Lead development of the end-to-end Contract Approval Process, including process maps, RACI frameworks, operating procedures (SOPs) and business-facing guidance documentation.
• Assist in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Support administration and lifecycle management of legal documentation and guidance materials.

• Assist with targeted contract and document review on request.
• Summarize key provisions, risks and obligations in line with Customer instructions.
• Provide structured outputs to support legal decision-making.

• Strong contract drafting and review expertise.
• Proficiency in contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools (preferred).
• Experience in process mapping tools.
• Strong documentation and redlining capabilities.
• Legal operations and process improvement mindset.
• Ability to translate legal processes into business-friendly guidance.
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, with high attention to detail and quality control.
• Ability to work under supervision while maintaining ownership.
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration, and adaptability to evolving processes and frameworks.

Interested candidates may apply online through the official TCS careers portal (TCS iBegin) against job reference 421591J using the link provided below. The posting does not state a last date for applications.

TCS notes on its careers portal that it does not ask for any sort of payment or security deposit from candidates.