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Title and Summary

Senior Counsel, Mastercard Move

Overview

Mastercard Move is Mastercard’s portfolio of money movement capabilities powering a variety of payment experiences. Mastercard Move provides banks, non-bank financial institutions, direct disbursers, and their customers with a fast, transparent, secure and efficient money transfer solution, domestically and internationally. Mastercard is seeking an experienced lawyer to join the global product legal team supporting Mastercard Move.

Role

The role requires strong commercial knowledge and experience in payments, remittances or related financial services. The role will act as an advisor for Mastercard Move Product and Sales teams by partnering with the business to deliver on commercial objectives and strategy. This role will report to the Senior Managing Counsel in the Mastercard Move legal team based in New York.

The key responsibilities for the role include:
•\tProviding end-to-end support for the development of new products and capabilities for Mastercard Move.
•\tStructuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of contracts, including managing updates to standard customer documentation.
•\tCollaborating with in-house and external specialists (including Regulatory, Compliance, and Data Privacy) to identify relevant issues, help the business effectively navigate legal risks, and implement appropriate controls.
•\tTraining and educating clients on processes, risks, and the current legal landscape.
•\tIdentifying needed process improvements and efficiencies; streamlining processes to increase ease of doing business.
•\tTaking responsibility for special projects while continuing to handle a steady stream of day-to-day matters.

All About You

•\tUS qualified lawyer with extensive experience, preferably including both law firm and in-house work experience. Familiarity with laws and regulations in the payments and remittances spaces will be considered favorably.
•\tAble to work independently as well as collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize, and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced environment.
•\tAble to effectively communicate complex legal concepts to legal and business executives, product owners, and other stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
•\tStrong drafting and negotiating skills with the ability to understand and simplify complex concepts, issues, technologies, and deal structures.
•\tSolution-oriented and able to work flexibly, under pressure, and with tight deadlines.

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

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, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $163,000 - $261,000 USD

Purchase, New York: $187,000 - $300,000 USD