Role: Assistant Manager - Legal
Level: Assistant Manager
Reporting To: Senior Manager - Legal
Location: Bangalore
About The Function
Happay, a business under the MakeMyTrip Group, is a leading spend management platform that empowers enterprises with complete visibility and control over their expenses. Its unified solution simplifies and streamlines all aspects of business spending—ranging from travel and expense to payments and procurement—delivering real-time insights and end-to-end automation.The Legal function at Happay operates as a key enabler of business growth—balancing innovation with compliance in a dynamic, tech-driven environment. Closely integrated with the broader MakeMyTrip Legal charter, it is responsible for navigating complex legal and regulatory landscapes across fintech, payments, and enterprise SaaS. The function plays a pivotal role in structuring commercial agreements, managing risk, ensuring data privacy, and supporting product and operational teams with sound, business-centric legal counsel. With a strong focus on agility and practical problem-solving, the function helps safeguard Happay’s interests while unlocking opportunities for scale.
About The Role
As Corporate Counsel for Happay, the incumbent will take on some of the most dynamic and high-impact legal challenges in the spend management and fintech space. The role involves providing legal guidance across a wide spectrum of matters—including commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and product advisory.The incumbent will be part of a sharp, business-aligned legal function that values agility, commercial acumen, and practical problem-solving. Success in this role requires a collaborative approach and proactive engagement with cross-functional teams across product, tech, finance, and operations. In addition to managing legal risk, the role is expected to deliver strategic, forward-looking counsel that enables business innovation and growth.
What Will You Be Doing
- Review and Analysis of Legal Agreements
Reviewing, analyzing, and ensuring compliance of various legal agreements, including Master Service Agreements (MSA), Data Processing Agreements (DPA), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), Vendor and Supplier Agreements, SaaS Agreements, and Service Provider Contracts.
- Monitoring Legislative Changes and Compliance:
Monitoring and analyzing legislative changes that may impact the company and its affiliates, with a particular focus on technology laws, consumer protection regulations, and data privacy compliance.
- Negotiation and Finalization of Business Agreements:
Engaging with business partners to negotiate and finalize agreements that align with the organization's goals, ensuring favorable terms, risk mitigation, and compliance with legal standards, while fostering strong, mutually beneficial relationships.
- Ensuring Alignment of Legal Documents with Group Standards and Policies:
This involves reviewing and updating legal documents to ensure they align with the company’s established policies and standards, protecting the organization’s interests and ensuring consistency across all legal agreements.
- Providing Business Advisory in Compliance with Legal Frameworks:
Advising the business on legal implications to ensure alignment with current laws and regulations. Guiding key stakeholders on compliance, risk mitigation, and legal strategies. Supporting informed decision-making to protect the company’s interests.
Qualification & Experience
- LL.B. degree from a premier college/university, with 3–5 years of relevant experience — preferably as in-house counsel or at a law firm handling similar responsibilities.
- Proven ability to organize and deliver work within defined timelines while maintaining high standards of quality.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across internal teams and with external business partners.
- High attention to detail and the capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, along with a strong business acumen and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Self-motivated professional with the ability to think strategically while also being hands-on and execution-focused.
