Senior Subject Matter Expert - Legal

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Senior Subject Matter Expert - Legal in Pune, India.

We are seeking a highly motivated and business-focused professional to support the Global Procurement and Supply Chain (GPSC) Legal function. This role combines contract management, contracts review, stakeholder engagement, data analytics, and AI-driven transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle including review across Asia, EMEA, and the Americas while driving process excellence, automation, and business-impacting legal operations initiatives.

This position requires a strong commercial mindset, contracting skills, project management capabilities, and the ability to leverage technology and data to improve operational efficiency and stakeholder experience.

• Drive the end-to-end contracting process from intake through execution, renewal, amendment, and closure.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage a broad range of procurement and supply chain agreements.
• Manage contract workflows and ensure timely progression of contract reviews and approvals.
• Maintain contract records, metadata, and documentation within Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems and other legal repositories.
• Issue, upload, track, renew, and maintain contracts and related legal documentation in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Draft, structure, implement, and manage contractual documents that support business objectives while mitigating risk.

• Identify, analyze, and escalate contractual risks, liabilities, and business exposures.
• Provide guidance on interpretation and implementation of executed agreements.

• Partner closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Business Leadership, and Legal teams across Asia, EMEA, and the Americas.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business partners by balancing commercial objectives with risk management considerations.
• Lead cross-functional discussions to facilitate contract execution and business decision-making.

• Lead AI-driven legal operations initiatives focused on increasing productivity and reducing cycle times.
• Design, implement, and manage legal automation solutions, including AI-powered contract review tools, chatbot solutions, workflow automation, and contract intelligence platforms.
• Partner with technology teams to create bots and digital solutions that enhance stakeholder experience and operational efficiency.
• Identify automation opportunities within contracting, reporting, knowledge management, and legal service delivery processes.
• Develop business cases and success metrics for automation initiatives and digital transformation projects.

• Develop and maintain legal operational dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Analyze contract volumes, cycle times, workload distribution, risk trends, and stakeholder engagement data.
• Generate data-driven insights and recommendations for leadership to support strategic decision-making.
• Create executive reporting and presentations highlighting business impact, efficiency gains, compliance metrics, and value delivered by the legal function.

• Bachelor's degree in law.
• 3+ years of experience in contract management, or legal operations.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating procurement, supply chain, technology, manufacturing, and commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of contract lifecycle management systems and legal operations best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in legal technology, workflow automation, AI tools, chatbot development, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, reporting tools, and data analytics platforms.
• Key Competencies in Contracts Management, Contract Negotiation & Risk Management, AI & Automation, Data-Driven Decision Making, Stakeholder Management, Process Improvement, Project Management, Executive Communication, Global Collaboration

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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