Counsel, Global Prepaid Products in Purchase Mastercard

Who is Mastercard?

We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless at  . We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you.

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Job Title

Counsel, Global Prepaid Products

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments industry. We operate the world’s fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, digital wallet providers, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. Mastercard’s products and solutions enable consumers to conduct transactions, whether in the physical or digital worlds, in a safe, secure and convenient manner.

Are you motivated to be a part of driving a world beyond cash? Mastercard is searching for an attorney with transactional and product development experience (preferably in the payments space) to join our Law Department. This exciting position is based in our Purchase, NY headquarters and will support our Consumer Products & Processing Team with a focus on Global Prepaid Products.

This position will report to the Senior Managing Counsel, Prepaid Products.

Overview

Mastercard is a global leader in the Prepaid space and Prepaid is a growth engine for Mastercard. As a market leader, our legal team is a critical part of our franchise and business helping to drive the identification, development and distribution of products & solutions that meet the needs of our stakeholders and enable continued growth for our Company and customers, a highly diverse group, including financial institutions, program managers and processors, foreign exchange houses, government agencies, post offices and fintechs).

As a legal team, the Consumer Products & Processing team provides best-in-class legal counsel in connection with our products & solutions as they are identified, developed, tested and brought to market with both existing and new customers. We are business relationship managers - actively participating in crafting the strategic direction of payments through cross functional business and subject matter expert teams.

We demonstrate personal accountability to help lead the business forward through hands-on engagement, partnership and strategic value creation.

The ideal candidate is a curious, self-motivated, technology- and payments-minded attorney with transactional experience who can manage day-to-day legal support for dynamic technologists and product developers. The candidate must demonstrate sound business and legal judgment, thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a diverse workload, and have a proven track record of providing pragmatic and proactive legal advice. The candidate must be able to engage at both the tactical and strategic level to support his or her internal clients.

Role

• Partner with the product, technology, sales, franchise, compliance, marketing, communications and others to develop and launch innovative products and solutions that differentiate Master Card and meet our customers’ and cardholders’ rapidly changing needs.

• Engage and assist clients in managing and mitigating legal and commercial risks.

• Manage tactical and strategic legal support related to our products and solutions to drive sustained scalable distribution, adoption and acceptance of our products & services both physical and digital payments and advance Mastercard’s corporate objectives.

• Collaborate with in-house and external specialists (including data protection, information security, regulatory, intellectual property, litigation and competition law counsel) to identify relevant issues and help the business effectively navigate risk.

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts (including complex product and technology agreements, and customer/vendor agreements) to drive issuer and merchant acceptance…