Assistant Manager, Legal

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Job Description

Your TeamThe Global Legal Support Team (GLST) provides comprehensive support to Invesco’s in-house attorneys in North America, EMEA and APAC. The GLST consists of associates in several cities in the United States and Canada, as well as in Hyderabad. The in-house attorneys are co-located in many of these areas, but also in the UK, France, Hong Kong and other locations. The GLST supports the legal needs of virtually all aspects of Invesco’s business operations throughout the world, and our support is ever-expanding.Your RoleThe Assistant Manager will manage a team of 5-7 legal analysts working out of our Hyderabad office. The Assistant Manager will also be expected to lead one or two of our Practice Areas, which are teams organized around Invesco’s discreet businesses. The Practice Area teams will consist of direct reports and associates reporting to other managers. The Practice Area teams are blended with legal analysts and paralegals from the US, Canada and Hyderabad. The Practice Area teams deploy a “player/coach” model for the Assistant Managers; the Assistant Managers have individual contributor responsibilities for their teams.You Will Be Responsible For:

• Supervise and contribute to legal work from/with in-house attorneys, including but not limited to:
• Drafting, summarizing, and negotiating various agreements and amendments, including software licenses, SaaS/cloud agreements, vendor agreements, partner agreements, confidentiality/non-disclosure and professional services agreements
• Preparing offering documents of various regulated investment products
• Conducting legal research, and
• Supporting the firm’s corporate governance processes.
• Manage your teams in word and deed in accordance with Invesco’s “Way We Work” principles and practices and the Legal Department’s business objectives to promote strategically aligned performance and work/life balance.
• Facilitate partnership within the Americas, EMEA and APAC Legal Teams with daily interactions at many different levels in all regions.
• Learn processes quickly and be able to transfer knowledge / train team members when the need arises.
• Conduct regular One-On-One discussions with all team members and Quarterly Performance Reviews with direct reports to optimize performance, support and align proper career pathing, and retain talent.
• Working timing will be generally be from 12.30 pm to 09.30pm IST, with possible 1 hour adjustments for daylight savings transitions.

The Experience You Bring:

• 7-10 years of legal work experience, preferably with an investment advisor or mutual fund group in legal or other regulatory environment.
• 3 years of people management experience is preferable.
• Working knowledge of back-office operations and securities laws/regulations will be a plus.
• Bachelor of Laws degree or higher legal education
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and strong analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Shall be a good team player
• Proficiency on MS Office suite of applications

General Role Profile

• Manages Business Services employees
• Sets priorities for the Team to ensure task completion
• Coordinates work activities with other Team Leaders

Knowledge

• Requires understanding and application of fundamental business concepts and procedures and practices in own job family

Business Acumen

• Applies understanding of how own Team is impacted by upstream work of other Teams

Problem Solving

• Uses judgment to identify and resolve day-to-day problems where problems are typically well-defined and of limited scope and complexity

Impact

• Impacts the level of service and own Team’s ability to meet quality, volume, and timeliness objectives within own Area

Leadership

• Has formal supervisory responsibilities
• Sets priorities and coaches staff to meet deadlines

Influence and Partnership

• Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange information and address sensitive issues
• May be required to interact with outside customers, vendors, or suppliers

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

NoWorkplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. 

Why Invesco

In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally. 

We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).

What’s in it for you? 

As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world. 

Our benefit policy includes but not limited to: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Flexible, Hybrid Work 
• 30 days’ Annual Leave + Public Holidays 
• Life Insurance 
• Retirement Planning 
• Group Personal Accident Insurance 
• Medical Insurance for Employee and Family 
• Annual Health Check-up 
• 26 weeks Maternity Leave 
• Paternal Leave 
• Adoption Leave 
• Near site Childcare Facility 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Study Support 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
• ESG Commitments and Goals 
• Business Resource Groups 
• Career Development Programs 
• Mentoring Programs 
• Invesco Cares 
• Dress for your Day 

In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence. 

To know more about us 

About Invesco: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/home.html 

About our Culture: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/about-us/our-culture.html 

About our D&I policy: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

About our CR program: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/corporate-responsibility.html 

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