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Legal Manager-Customer ContractingMaersk · India, Mumbai, 400079
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Legal Manager-Customer Contracting

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🗓️ Posted 2026-10-14 India, Mumbai, 400079 Full-time Hybrid Legal
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market ₹150,000–₹250,000/mo

About the Company

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence. At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve. With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics. Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk. Job Summary: We are looking for an experienced Legal Manager to lead a team of approximately 5 to 10 legal professionals supporting the review and negotiation of customer contracts across our international shipping business. The team primarily handles agreements relating to the international transportation, while also supporting contracts covering other logistics and supply chain services. It is a high-volume, fast paced environment, involving multiple customers at the same time, different stakeholders and legal considerations across multiple jurisdictions (including the United States and Europe). This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial contracting expertise with

Responsibilities

  • ● People Leadership
  • ● Lead, coach and develop a team of approximately 5 to 10 legal professionals responsible for customer contract review and negotiation.
  • ● Set clear priorities and expectations and ensure effective allocation of work across the team.
  • ● Provide guidance and escalation support on complex negotiations and contractual issues while developing the team's ability to operate independently.
  • ● Establish and maintain high standards for quality, consistency, responsiveness and commercial judgment.
  • ● Help the team develop strong capabilities in the effective and responsible use of AI tools, including appropriate human review and validation of AI-supported work.
  • ● Customer Contracting
  • ● Oversee the review, drafting and negotiation of customer contracts, primarily relating to ocean transportation and international logistics services.
  • ● Personally support or lead negotiations involving complex, high-value, strategically important or escalated contracts.
  • ● Ensure adherence to applicable contracting policies, templates, playbooks, approval processes and risk parameters.
  • ● Work closely with commercial, product and other legal teams to resolve contractual issues and support timely conclusion of customer agreements.
  • ● Technology & AI
  • ● Manage a high-volume contracting environment, balancing turnaround expectations with appropriate legal quality and risk management.
  • ● Continuously improve contracting processes, including workflows, templates, playbooks, escalation mechanisms and standard positions.
  • ● Use data and operational insights to identify recurring negotiation issues, bottlenecks and opportunities for standardization or automation.
  • ● Candidate Profile
  • ● The successful candidate must have:
  • ● A law degree and strong professional grounding in commercial and contract law.
  • ● Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to draft and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements in English.
  • ● Significant experience in commercial contract drafting, review and negotiation.