Senior Manager - Legal

Role Summary: Raise is built on this core philosophy, we will bring exceptionally great products, awesome user experience and best-in-class customer service to our users. We started with our first consumer product, Dhan, an investment and trading platform launched in November 2021. Today, Dhan ranks #8 amongst stock brokers in India and continues to be one of the fastest-growing platforms in the investment and trading ecosystem. In September 2026, Dhan was also recognised as Fintech Startup of the Year at the Global Fintech Festival, reflecting the innovation, product excellence and customer focus that continue to shape the platform. Backed by a passionate team of builders, believers, designers and problem-solvers, we are building a trusted ecosystem of financial products that empowers millions of users to make smarter financial decisions. We are looking for an experienced Legal professional to lead and manage core legal activities, with a primary focus on drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing legal agreements, vendor empanelment, and contract lifecycle management. The role will involve working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure legally sound agreements, effective vendor onboarding, risk mitigation, and adherence to applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities: • Legal Drafting & Contract Management: Draft, review, vet, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including vendor agreements, service agreements, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), NDAs, MOUs, commercial contracts, and other business-related legal documents. • Vendor Empanelment & Onboarding: Manage the legal aspects of vendor empanelment, including review of vendor documentation, due diligence, contractual terms, risk assessment, and execution of agreements. • Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution, renewals, amendments, termination, and record maintenance. • Legal Risk Assessment: Identify and mitigate legal and contractual risks relating to liability, indemnity, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, service-level obligations, termination, and dispute resolution. • Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with Procurement, Finance, HR, Technology, Business, Information Security, and other internal teams to understand requirements and ensure timely execution of agreements. • Vendor Governance: Establish and maintain standard templates, approval workflows, vendor agreement trackers, empanelment records, and contract management processes. • Policy & Process Development: Develop and update legal templates, internal policies, SOPs, and guidelines to improve consistency and efficiency in contracting and vendor management. • Regulatory & Compliance Support: Ensure agreements and relevant processes align with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, including requirements relevant to the financial services and capital markets industry. • Legal Research & Advisory: Conduct legal research and provide practical guidance on contractual obligations, commercial arrangements, vendor-related legal matters, and emerging legal or regulatory requirements. • Dispute & Escalation Management: Support the resolution of contractual disputes, vendor escalations, breaches, and other legal issues, coordinating with external counsel wherever required. • Legal MIS & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of executed agreements, pending contracts, renewals, vendor empanelments, and key legal risks; provide periodic updates to senior management. What We’re Looking For: • LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a recognized university. • Relevant experience in a Legal function, preferably within financial services, fintech, stock broking, capital markets, or a corporate environment. • Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts and vendor agreements. • Hands-on experience in vendor empanelment, legal due diligence, onboarding documentation, and contract execution. • Strong understanding of contractual clauses relating to indemnity, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, warranties, and dispute resolution. • Ability to independently manage contract negotiations, assess legal risks, and provide commercially practical solutions. • Experience in developing standard legal templates, contract management processes, and approval workflows. • Good understanding of applicable corporate laws and regulatory requirements; familiarity with SEBI, NSE, BSE, and CDSL regulations would be an added advantage. • Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills. • Ability to manage multiple agreements and priorities while ensuring accuracy and timely closure. We are a start-up organization focused on fast growth with quality products; hence, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment goes without saying! Our People & Culture: People and culture are the most important aspects of our business. We are looking for team members just like us, in simple words - good people to work with and demonstrate following personality traits: • Be super obsessed about ensuring customer satisfaction. (We are here because of our customers, and will be here only if we serve our customers) • We have a single opportunity to serve. (Our customers will give us one opportunity to serve - we can’t let them down. Be it product, uptimes, customer service or any interaction we have to deliver a wow experience.) • Respect your work, your team, your co-workers and our customers. (The only way to get respect is to give it first) • Speed is all that matters. Ship right and ship faster. (You either help the team move ahead fast, or you slow it down. We prefer the first.) • Humility & politeness over arrogance & over-confidence. (If you are the smartest one in the room, bring up others to speed. We are here to serve our customers, not to prove a point.) • Quality over quantity. (It is fine if you pick up a few things to do, but do them exceedingly well.) • Make your hands dirty irrespective of who you are. (Our CEO responds to customers every day. Our CTO codes every day. This is us.) • Talent and Competency over Credentials. • Entrepreneurial, ownership driven and disciplined. (We trust you to help us gain and retain the trust of our customers and our stakeholders) • Less words, more action. (Believe in something? show it by doing things. Not just by talking about it) • Flat hierarchy with open culture & conversations. (You are among all of us, and we all are with you) • Passionate about the business you are a part of. (Do it because you are passionate about it, not because it’s your job.) • Raise is an equal opportunity employer. (We celebrate diversity and inclusion. Why Join Raise? We’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work for three consecutive years, reflecting the culture we’ve built and the way we work together. At Raise, you’ll experience a flat hierarchy, open conversations, high ownership and a strong bias for action. We value people who bring passion, humility and curiosity to their work, and who care deeply about building great products and creating meaningful customer impact. We believe in growth with ownership, speed with thoughtfulness and ambition with humility. We celebrate wins, learn from challenges and give people the ownership and responsibility to build and make an impact. If you enjoy building from the ground up, working with passionate people, and being part of a high-growth fintech ecosystem, Raise offers an environment where you can do meaningful work and grow with the business. About Raise Financial Services Raise Financial Services is building technology-led financial products and infrastructure for India’s financially aware and digitally savvy consumers. Our ecosystem spans multiple aspects of financial services, with Dhan a