Senior Counsel

Mastercard • Harrison, NY • 3h ago

Our Purpose

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.

Title and Summary

Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel US Market Job Description

Overview:

Mastercard is seeking an experienced attorney to be responsible for providing comprehensive, end-to-end, strategic support to the U.S. business based in Purchase, NY.

This role will provide support to U.S Markets and the marketing teams. The U.S. markets team builds relationships within the issuer, merchant and processor community to expand acceptance and drive revenue and supports our co-brand, commercial and public sector customers as well as our acquirers and processors. The IMC team builds relationships with various properties and to increase awareness of Mastercard brand and the team also works to establish relationships with individual ambassadors and influencers.

Role:

The Senior Counsel will be an integral member of the highly skilled Americas Region legal team, supporting the largest region at Mastercard, including learning about the Mastercard products and services.

Responsibilities:

Acts as a day-to-day advisor for our sales clients by partnering with the business and legal specialists to deliver on strategy, including expanding Mastercard issuance ad acceptance and securing Mastercard share with issuers, processors, merchants, acquirers, and prepaid program managers.

Structure, draft, and negotiate vendor and talent contracts, sports and entertainment sponsorship agreements as well as content and technology licensing agreements

Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to better understand and be able to advise holistically on our products and relevant intellectual property, compliance and privacy issues.

Works cross-functionally across issuer, merchant, product and services business lines to provide holistic support to the region.

Autonomously structures, drafts, reviews and negotiates complex customer and product agreements, including identifying legal and business risks and recommending solutions

Partners with US compliance, privacy and IP leads to ensure products and services and sponsorship agreements comply with corporate policies.

Identifies needed process improvements and efficiencies; owns and executes solutions to support our transformation strategy and drives towards streamlining processes to increase ease of doing business

Work closely with the business teams on ideating, strategy and execution of charitable and other promotions and advertising and counseling clients with respect to complex marketing program constructs.

Assist with the creation of training materials and guides for the business clients.

Experience and Skills:

Able to work independently and collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced sales environment.

Keen business insight and strong communication skills to interact confidently and effectively with internal clients, Mastercard customers and law department colleagues, including senior management and Mastercard executives.

Complex transactional legal experience at a reputable law firm or as an in-house counsel.

Strong drafting and negotiating skills with the ability to understand and simplify complex concepts, issues and deal structures.

A team player, willing to take on responsibilities and roles that support the team, department, region and the company.

JD from an accredited law school; admitted to and in good standing with the NY bar.

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more.

Pay Ranges

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

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