Senior Manager , Legal (MUSIC IP) – Pa Ra Music

Mumbai (HQ)

CTC: ₹18 Lac

Experience: 10 Years

Reporting To: Founders

Team: Individual Contributor

About PaRa Music

PaRa Music is building India’s most valuable music company.

We are a private equity-backed, tech-led Music IP powerhouse focused on owning and monetising large-scale music catalogues across India. Our core asset is Intellectual Property. Protecting, structuring, and maximising that IP is central to our long-term value creation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Manager – Legal (Music IP) with deep domain expertise in Music IP Law.

This role is strictly for candidates who have worked in the music industry, music platforms or music labels.

This is a hands-on, drafting-intensive role focused on protecting and structuring music IP. The selected candidate will work directly with the Founders to build a legally robust, future-ready IP framework for a fast-scaling music company.

This is not a general corporate legal role.

Key Responsibilities

A. Music IP Structuring & Ownership

• Draft, review, and negotiate artist agreements, music production agreements, composer agreements, lyricist agreements, and performer contracts
• Structure and secure master ownership and publishing rights
• Ensure watertight IP assignment and transfer documentation
• Design contracts to eliminate future ownership disputes
• Oversee copyright registrations and maintain structured IP documentation
• Build scalable contract templates for high-volume music acquisition

B. Music Licensing & Monetisation Contracts

• Draft and negotiate sync, brand integration, and content licensing agreements
• Structure digital distribution agreements and aggregator contracts
• Review and manage platform agreements across YouTube, DSPs, and short-video platforms
• Oversee content ID claims, disputes, takedowns, and infringement notices
• Identify and mitigate IP risk exposure across digital ecosystems

C. Legal Governance & Risk Management (Music IP)

• Draft NDAs, vendor agreements, consultancy contracts, and partnership agreements
• Build internal legal SOPs for content acquisition and release
• Coordinate with external IP counsels when required
• Maintain a disciplined, searchable contract repository
• Provide risk advisory inputs to Founders on strategic decisions

Mandatory Eligibility Criteria

• 10 years of post-qualification legal experience
• Direct experience in the Music Industry, Music Platforms or Music Labels (mandatory)
• Strong working knowledge of Indian Copyright Law and IP assignment structures
• Proven experience drafting artist and Music acquisition contracts
• Experience handling music licensing or music partner agreements

Candidates without prior music industry exposure will not be considered.

What We’re Looking For

• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills
• Strong risk-identification capability
• High ownership mindset
• Ability to operate independently in a scaling environment
• High discretion and professional maturity
• Structured and detail-oriented approach

LLB mandatory. LLM in Intellectual Property Law preferred.

Why This Role Is Strategic

• Direct exposure to Founders and core IP strategy
• Opportunity to legally architect a large-scale music catalogue from the ground up
• Work in a private equity-backed high-growth company
• Play a central role in protecting the company’s most valuable asset class – Music IP
• ESOP for High Performers

If you are an IP-focused legal professional from the music industry and want to build and protect a next-generation music powerhouse, we would love to hear from you.