Manager Legal Services Corporate Governance MA Integration

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Manager, Legal Services (Corporate Governance, M&A Integration)

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Manager, Legal Services

Based in Purchase, NY, the Manager, Legal Services (M&A Integration) will be a member of the Global Legal Entities (GLE) team and serve as the governance bridge between transaction execution and ongoing legal entity ownership. This role is responsible for supporting the governance and legal entity integration aspects of acquisitions, investments, strategic partnerships, and other corporate transactions. The position will work closely with Corporate Development, Legal, Treasury, Tax, Controllers, integration teams, and regional stakeholders to ensure acquired entities are successfully transitioned into Mastercard's governance framework.

The successful candidate will help drive governance readiness throughout the deal lifecycle, beginning with due diligence activities and continuing through post-closing integration, remediation, and transition to steady-state ownership. This role requires strong organizational skills, legal entity governance experience, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions and complex entity structures.

• Serve as the primary governance integration lead supporting acquisitions, investments, and strategic transactions from due diligence through steady-state ownership.

• Coordinate legal entity onboarding, governance readiness activities, and post-close integration efforts to ensure acquired entities are aligned with Mastercard governance standards and operating requirements.

• Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, Treasury, Tax, Controllers and cross-functional integration teams to manage governance-related work streams throughout the transaction lifecycle.

• Support the assessment, documentation, and remediation of governance matters identified during diligence, onboarding, and integration activities.

• Maintain accurate legal entity data, ownership records, organizational structures, and governance documentation within Mastercard systems and repositories.

• Drive integration readiness and transition planning to facilitate the successful handoff of acquired entities to ongoing legal entity ownership and business-as-usual governance processes.

• Coordinate governance support for banking, signatory, KYC, UBO, entity management, and related corporate maintenance activities arising from acquisitions and strategic initiatives.

• Develop and monitor integration plans, remediation trackers, status reporting, and governance metrics to enhance visibility, accountability, and execution.

• Identify opportunities to improve governance processes, data quality, operational efficiency, and controls through automation, technology solutions, and AI-enabled capabilities.

• Support Global Legal Entities team priorities and special projects, including assigned attorney engagement activities, governance transformation initiatives, audit, regulatory and compliance-related projects, and other legal entity governance matters as needed.

• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent legal entity governance experience.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in corporate governance, legal entity management, paralegal services, subsidiary management, M&A integration, or related legal operations functions required.

• Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, legal entity structures, board and shareholder actions, and corporate…