Legal Manager

Role summary

The Legal Manager will oversee practical legal execution across TeamZoro's commercial, operational, and internal business activities in Sri Lanka. This role supports contract review, legal advisory work, governance documentation, internal policy guidance, and structured collaboration with leadership and operating teams.

This position suits a commercially aware legal professional who can translate legal issues into clear decisions, usable documentation, and operationally workable guidance. The role requires strong drafting discipline, sound judgment, and the ability to move comfortably between legal detail and business execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day legal review across contracts, business documents, internal policy matters, and operational questions.
• Provide practical legal guidance to operations, finance, marketing, procurement, and company teams.
• Support governance documentation, approval records, policy updates, and internal legal tracking routines.
• Review risk exposure in commercial arrangements and recommend clear contractual or procedural protections.
• Partner with the Director of Legal & Compliance on escalations, strategic matters, and outside counsel coordination.
• Maintain legal templates, clause libraries, review workflows, and documentation standards that improve consistency.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent legal qualification from a recognized institution.
• 5+ years of legal experience across commercial contracts, advisory work, or business-facing legal operations.
• Strong drafting, issue-spotting, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to balance legal rigor with practical business needs in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred experience

• Attorney-at-law qualification in Sri Lanka or equivalent professional standing.
• Experience supporting technology, digital platform, procurement, or operational businesses.
• Exposure to governance, data handling, or control documentation.
• Experience working with external counsel or multi-stakeholder legal review processes.

Skills

• Commercial contracting
• Legal drafting
• Risk review
• Governance support
• Policy interpretation
• Stakeholder advisory
• Documentation control
• Judgment and escalation

Benefits

• Monthly gross salary in LKR with structured performance review cycles.
• Paid annual leave and public holiday entitlements in line with company policy.
• Health and wellbeing support available to full-time employees.
• Direct exposure to company governance, commercial decision-making, and institutional work.
• Professional development support for role-relevant training and certifications.

Equal opportunity

TeamZoro is an equal opportunity employer. We assess applicants based on capability, experience, judgment, and role alignment without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Application instructions

Apply through TeamZoro Careers with an up-to-date CV. Include examples of contract review, legal advisory work, governance support, or policy drafting where possible. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage.