Job Description

Provide strategic and operational leadership on all legal regulatory and compliance matters across TBS and Tesco Bengaluru. -Ensure adherence to all applicable in-country laws and regulations by working closely with Operations and Technology teams. - Front-end and represent Tesco in all interactions with in-country regulatory authorities. - Work in full alignment with Group Legal team to build Legal CoE capability within TBS including defining the vision and operating model leading the timely and efficient transfer of services to TBS finding opportunities for continuous improvement and developing effective SLAs and KPIs with UK teams in order to demonstrate effective operation of the transferred processes. - Ensure TBS strategic aspirations are enabled with full compliance to regulations. - Be a strategic partner on all emerging legal and compliance developments/trends and work closely with leadership to proactively manage and address the changing regulatory requirements. - Manage external Legal service providers as appropriate. - Build a team of legal and other experts to ensure best in class capability built in line with TBS and Group Legal aspirations and a pipeline of future talent. - Be a strategic influencer driving Tesco\'s Purpose and Vision across business - Work closely with Property Risk and Compliance Finance Procurement People teams to ensure that the Functions operation in full compliance with legal requirements Qualifications - At least 15 years of prior Legal experience in a leadership role with an MNC (preferably in GCC/GBS/BPO environment) - Experience of legal process outsourcing projects, preferably having led these in a prior role - Lawyer from reputed law schools and Company Secretary qualification preferred - Strong contracts drafting, employment law and litigation and dispute management skills - Experience in dealing with cross border transactions - Management of sizeable teams of employees Additional Information - Ability to work and navigate in a matrix environment - Strong stakeholder management skills - Foresight and strategic planning - Prior experience managing large teams of lawyers and transitioning legal work to India - Leadership in resolving material legal, compliance and company secreterial matters - Experience in managing Legal and Company Secreterial Function preferred - Strong communication and project management skills Important Notice: On behalf of Tesco Bengaluru, we must caution all job seekers and educational institutions that Tesco Bengaluru does not authorise any third parties to release employment offers or conduct recruitment drives via a third party. Hence, beware of inauthentic and fraudulent job offers or recruitment drives from any individuals or websites purporting to represent Tesco. Further, Tesco Bengaluru does not charge any fee or other emoluments for any reason (including without limitation, visa fees) or seek compensation from educational institutions to participate in recruitment events. Accordingly, please check the authenticity of any such offers before acting on them and where acted upon, you do so at your own risk. Tesco Bengaluru shall neither be responsible for honouring or making good the promises made by fraudulent third parties, nor for any monetary or any other loss incurred by the aggrieved individual or educational institution. In the event that you come across any fraudulent activities in the name of Tesco Bengaluru, please feel free report the incident at [HIDDEN TEXT]

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