General Counsel, Ge Healthcare South Asia

**Job Description Summary**: Jobs that have leadership responsibility for the full scope of legal function within the business, manage multiple Job Families within this function including Corporate Social Responsibility, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and JV board governance. Typical job within a job family of this type might include General Counsel, and sit at a P&L or sub P&L level of the organization. Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

**Roles and Responsibilities**

**Strategic Leadership**
- Provides strategic leadership for the organization’s legal function, operating at the enterprise level. Responsible for setting legal strategy, ensuring compliance, managing legal risk, and advising senior leadership on complex legal matters.
- Plays a pivotal role in shaping legal strategy and policy within a specific business unit, segment & functional area. This position holds significant influence over budgetary decisions and operates within established functional policies. The role contributes to the development and refinement of operational guidelines and legal policies on critical matters impacting the business.
- Leads others to address complex problems, evaluating quality of information received. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision. Keeps oneself and team abreast of latest revisions and amendments to legal frameworks.
- Applies strong analytical acumen to assess the quality and reliability of diverse information sources. Draws on a wide network of internal stakeholders and external experts to support informed, strategic legal decision-making.
- Provides leadership to the legal team demonstrating, strong talent management capabilities, including attracting, developing, and retaining high-performing legal talent.
- The incumbent will also carry Directorship responsibility for GE BE Pvt Limited ( GE Joint Venture with Bharat Electronics Limited)

**Enterprise Risk Management (ERMC)**
- Create and maintain overall structure for managing enterprise risk, including policies, procedures, and tools and lead implementation of ERMC framework across the organization.
- Identifying potential risks (both threats and opportunities) across the organization and assessing their likelihood and potential impact.
- Developing and implementing strategies to reduce the likelihood or impact of risks, and continuously monitoring the effectiveness of those strategies.
- Ensuring that risk management activities are aligned with the organization's overall strategic goals and objectives.
- Partnering with various business units and functions to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to risk management.
- Communicating risk information to relevant stakeholders, including senior management and the board of directors.

**Corporate Social Responsibility**
- Developing and implementing comprehensive CSR strategies that align with the company’s mission, values and business objectives.
- Managing and overseeing CSR programs and initiatives, including sustainability projects, community outreach and philanthropic activities.
- Collaborating with internal (Board, CSR committee, management) and external stakeholders (NGO, Governmental Institutions) to identify and address social, environmental and ethical issues relevant to the business.
- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of CSR initiatives, providing regular reports and recommendations to senior management.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, standards and best practices in corporate social responsibility.
- Promoting awareness and engagement in CSR activities among employees and the broader community.
- Representing the company at CSR-related events, conferences and forums to enhance our reputation and build partnerships.

**Accountability for Wipro GE Healthcare Joint Venture Governance Structure**
- As Legal Counsel for Wipro GE Healthcare and it’s subsidiaries and GE Healthcare’s other subsidiaries in South Asia the incumbent shall
- Provides all forms of legal oversight and guidance, ensuring the joint venture operates within legal and regulatory frameworks while protecting its interests.
- Provide leadership to ensure high standards of corporate governance, works closely with the joint venture's leadership team, and shareholders/parent companies Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the JV agreement and other related contracts (e.g., operating agreements, supply agreements, financing agreements).
- Ensuring the JV complies with all applicable laws and regulations, and that its corporate governance structure (e.g., board composition, decision-making processes) is sound, and complies with joint venture agreements and related documents in spirit & in letter.
- Identifying and mitigating legal risks associated with the JV, including potent