Job Title:

Senior Counsel, Services

Overview:

Overview

• Mastercard is looking for an energized corporate/commercial attorney to join its dynamic legal team to serve as a legal partner for Mastercard's Services function. Mastercard's Services function provides end-to-end solutions through its innovative and proprietary transaction data analyses, data-driven consulting, and marketing and loyalty services to help our clients strategically optimize, streamline, and grow their businesses.
• Under the direction of the VP, Senior Managing Counsel, Services, this position will provide legal and general support primarily for the Mastercard's Services commercial business in the North America Markets (NAM) region.
• The position will be located in Purchase, NY. Candidates may also be considered for Miami FL, O'Fallon MO, Arlington VA, and Boston, MA.

Role

• Structure, draft, and negotiate high-volume commercial contracts ranging from simple statements of work to complex partnership and novel/strategic deals. Typical agreements include service agreements, consulting agreements, channel sales agreements, partnership agreements, platform agreements, SaaS agreements, government agreements, marketing, sweepstakes and promotional campaign agreements;
• Collaborate with legal colleagues on product development and go-to-market implementation;
• Strategic partner and trusted advisor to a demanding business unit; counseling the business on deal matters as well as general business matters; high level of interaction with business clients;
• Manage wide-ranging issues such as data usage/privacy, intellectual property, compliance, regulatory, and tax by partnering with subject matter experts in these areas and other stakeholder teams, and balancing these issues against reputational risk to ensure product constructs and commercial agreements are consistent with corporate strategy, internal policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations; and
• Provide back-up support to international colleagues as needed.

All About You

• Excellent transactional training, skills and experience (preferably from a highly reputable law firm) and in-house transactional experience;
• Must have strong drafting and negotiations skills with the ability to manage complex issues and deal structure;
• Ability to manage, perform and enjoy repeatable and high-volume work in addition to strategic and unique issues;
• Must be pragmatic, solutions-oriented, business-friendly, creative, thought provoker, and an advocate for the business and have a “let’s make it happen” attitude;
• Must have leadership skills in bringing different perspectives together and work through competing priorities;
• Must be able to work independently and collaboratively, including with our global colleagues, but also take direction from manager and other team members, as appropriate;
• Must multi-task effectively in an extremely fast-paced team environment with short turnaround times;
• Must have strong communication skills to interact with clients and colleagues;
• Must be a team player and willing to take on responsibilities and roles that support the team, region, department and the company;
• Must be interested in significant contact with the business clients on a daily basis with respect to transactional issues as well as other strategic issues that have a significant impact on Mastercard's operations, strategies and financial performance.
• A Juris Doctorate degree and admitted to bar and in good standing

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and the job holder may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time to ensure the smooth running of the Services business.