Senior Counsel

• Provide legal oversight for various product teams in the Fraud and Decisioning Solutions business unit
• Manage tactical and strategic legal support related to products and solutions to advance Mastercard’s corporate objectives and strategy
• Collaborate with product, technology, sales, franchise, marketing, communications and other stakeholders to launch innovative solutions that differentiate Mastercard and meet our customers’ rapidly changing needs
• Assist clients in navigating "grey areas" and mitigating legal and commercial risks by providing solution-oriented guidance
• Provide strategic counsel during all stages of global product development from ideation to concept to launch and beyond
• Ensure alignment and compliance of products with Mastercard’s policies, procedures and processes as well as applicable laws and regulations
• Provide product legal support on a broad range of commercial and contractual matters, including marketing materials, licenses, pilot agreements, deployment agreements, and other technology agreements
• Work in close collaboration with internal specialists including Franchise, Compliance, Regulatory, Privacy and Data Protection, and Intellectual Property counsel
• Manage outside counsel where appropriate, ensuring compliance with internal policies and budget expectations, and delivering targeted training and guidance to product, sales, and delivery teams

• Minimum six years of solid technology, commercial transactions, complex negotiations, and/or payments experience required
• Qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background, licensed to practice in the relevant jurisdiction in which the job is located
• Able to analyze and identify core legal issues, skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
• Working knowledge of data privacy, regulatory, and intellectual property issues and how they relate to emerging technologies
• A fast learner who can gain rapid familiarity with complex products, services and legal frameworks and maintain knowledge of those changing products, services and legal frameworks
• Possess a positive "can-do" attitude, willing to take initiative and ready to go the extra mile
• Solutions-oriented with excellent time management, planning and organizational skills
• Able to work flexibly under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Strong drafting, writing, oral communication and negotiating skills, able to effectively communicate vision and more detailed approaches to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Global mindset and in-house experience, particularly in a multi-national company, is preferred
• Strong business acumen with the ability to frame legal nuances and implications in practical terms
• Must be flexible, adept at navigating ambiguity, and able to multi-task within tight timelines

Global mindset and in-house experience, particularly in a multi-national company, is preferred