Associate Counsel

About the Position

We are seeking an Associate Counsel to join Commvault’s Trust Team. Reporting within Legal, you will serve as the primary legal partner to the Procurement team, focusing on the review, negotiation, and closing of vendor contracts. This position is well suited for a resourceful, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and seeks to build expertise across multiple legal disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to the business.
• Serve as Legal’s primary partner to Procurement on vendor contracting, providing timely advice on issues that require legal judgment.
• Review and negotiate vendor agreements and provisions referred to Legal under agreed escalation criteria, with direct involvement in complex or higher-risk matters.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of vendor contracting playbooks, templates, fallback positions, and escalation guidance that enable efficient handling of routine issues.
• Identify recurring issues and improve guidance, training, and processes to reduce unnecessary escalations.
• Inform procurement strategy and manage other procurement related processes.
• Partner with Security, Privacy, and relevant business stakeholders to resolve escalated vendor contract issues, particularly those involving data protection, security, and operational commitment.

Requirements

• Law degree and professional qualifications appropriate to the hiring location.
• At least two years of legal experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including experience with technology vendor contracts.
• Experience assessing escalated contract issues, negotiating departures from standard positions, and advising business stakeholders on practical resolutions.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and recognize when an issue requires further escalation.
• Working knowledge of the technology sector, particularly SaaS, cloud services, and related vendor agreements.
• Strong business judgment and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Be part of a leading company in the AI era.
• Collaborate with a diverse and talented team.

About the Company

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) delivers continuous recovery for the AI era. We help organizations stay ready for constant disruption by returning critical data, applications, identities, and AI systems to a clean, trusted state. Our purpose-built recovery solutions span cloud-native and hybrid environments, leveraging AI to enable resilience at enterprise scale.

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

Location: Bangalore, India

Employment Type: Full-Time

Apply now to join our team and contribute to our mission of delivering continuous recovery for the AI era.