Senior Counsel

Position

Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel will provide comprehensive legal counsel to the global Financial Inclusion, Sustainability, Debit and Prepaid product teams, supporting product development, commercialization, compliance and risk management.

The role will:

• Provide legal oversight during ideation, prototype, pilot and commercialization of Mastercard’s financial inclusion and sustainability products and services.
• Support the Global product team in negotiating commercial transactions to pilot and commercialize debit, prepaid, financial inclusion and sustainability programs.
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts (including complex product and technology agreements, partnership and pilot agreements, memoranda of understanding, licenses, and terms of enrollment) to drive sustained scalable distribution, adoption and acceptance of our products and services.
• Identify, manage and mitigate legal and commercial risks within new product consumer experiences and transaction flows.
• Work cross-functionally with various product and legal teams, including data privacy, intellectual property, anti-trust, regulatory affairs, public policy, and franchise functions to provide holistic support to Mastercard’s global and regional products strategy.
• Work with internal and external regulatory counsel and regional colleagues to help ensure compliance with laws and government regulations relating to Mastercard's consumer products.
• Review and revise sales materials, program terms & conditions and marketing materials as technical solutions evolve.
• Assist with the creation of training materials, product guides, franchise standards and development activities to advance the business objectives in accordance with company policies.
• Work closely with executive and senior management teams to help define and deliver strategic objectives and priorities.

• Minimum six years of solid technology, commercial transactions, complex negotiations, and/or payments experience.
• Qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background, licensed to practice in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Ability 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 technology.
• Interest in and familiarity with issues of sustainability and financial inclusion is a plus.
• Experience or interest in working with artificial intelligence to help drive operational excellence.
• Fast learner who can gain rapid familiarity with complex products, services and legal frameworks and maintain knowledge of those changing frameworks.
• 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.
• 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.
• Must be flexible, solutions oriented and able to multi‑task within tight timelines.

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

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