Senior Legal Manager

About Porter

At Porter , were on a mission to move a billion dreams by building the most trusted, efficient, and seamless logistics platform in India. We started in 2014 with a simple vision to transform intra-city logistics through technology. Today, Porter is a late-stage startup , serving millions of users across 21+ cities , backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global , Lightrock , and Sequoia .

We solve real-world problems from empowering micro-entrepreneurs and truck owners, to optimizing last-mile delivery for SMEs and enterprises. Every challenge we take on has real consequences and real impact.

With a sharp focus on user obsession, ownership, and collaboration , were building a workplace where people thrive when they take bold bets, move fast, and build with empathy.

If youre looking to work where scale meets purpose , complexity fuels learning , and culture isnt an afterthought , Porter is the place.

Your Responsibilities:

• Managing the entire lifecycle of commercial agreements, from initial drafting and meticulous review to negotiation and finalization
• Covering both customer and vendor relationships within the complex logistics ecosystem, ensuring all contracts align with business goals and mitigate industry-specific risks
• Acting as a proactive legal partner to diverse stakeholders and end-users across the organization, providing timely, actionable guidance on a wide array of legal issues
• Identifying nuanced legal risks inherent in logistics operations, analyzing potential impacts on the business, and formulating pragmatic solutions
• Ensuring legal strategies efficiently align with core business objectives while strictly minimizing legal and financial exposure
• Focus areas include navigating complex laws and regulations pertaining to logistics and transportation, staying current on all local and international compliance standards
• Providing counsel on general corporate governance, consumer protection statutes, and e-commerce compliance as they apply to the companys operations
• Managing diverse corporate matters, including the comprehensive review and negotiation of a variety of transaction documents
• Handling critical financial and structural agreements such as share subscription agreements, shareholding agreements, and share purchase agreements during corporate transactions
• Coordinating seamlessly with internal cross-functional teams to embed legal compliance into every business function and initiative
• Overseeing and managing the legal team's workflow and output, strategically allocating resources to meet business demands effectively
• Continuously assessing current legal practices to identify bottlenecks and areas for enhancement
• Championing the identification and implementation of process improvements, automations, and efficiencies to streamline legal operations and enhance overall departmental output and speed

Skills and attributes:

• Demonstrate unquestionably high standard of ethics, integrity, and values
• Be able to manage stakeholder expectations in a dynamic environment while maintaining a calm, professional working style
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, including creativity and innovative thinking
• Possess excellent communication skills (oral and written), strong interpersonal and presentation skills interacting with senior stakeholders
• Be able to summarize complex, technical concepts into communications that can be understood by the team and other stakeholders
• Solutions oriented with relentless focus on execution of projects and tasks
• Contributes to process improvement and automation ideas to drive efficiencies

Experience And Qualifications:

• Law Graduate/ LL.B with 6 - 9 years of relevant post-qualification experience
• Sector experience in logistics preferred
• Well-developed analytical, interpersonal, and communication (both verbal and written) skills