Senior Counsel, Mastercard
Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility
Global payments technology company
Posted today
Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- Law degree required; specialization in privacy
- Membership to a Bar (if permitted by law)
- Additional qualifications e.g. Master of Laws degree, IT certifications, CIPM, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, considered as an asset
- Experience, and track record dealing with international privacy laws including the GDPR, CCPA, and other regulatory frameworks
- Expertise in handling data subjects’ requests and complaints
- Relevant experience in identity management, digital identity, open banking, or payments industry a plus
- Legal and analytical mindset
- Pro-active approach and solution driven attitude to privacy compliance to problem-solving; ability to operationalize privacy requirements in a practical manner
- Understanding of complex data systems in order to identify data compliance requirements including Ability to familiarize with new privacy and data driven laws and requirements quickly
- Experience with and excellent understanding of individuals’ data privacy rights and expectations
- Ability to collaborate with various types of stakeholders (business, lawyers, third parties such as customers and vendors and regulators)
- Superior time management, planning, and organizational skills
- Aptitude to design and help implement privacy and data driven controls, and ability to quickly get familiar with new tools (Archer, Open Pages, OneTrust)
- Familiarity with technical documentation and capacity to develop functional requirements from new business ideas and emerging legal concepts
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering. Must work well in both team and individual settings
- Familiarity with the financial services industry and identity management industry, a plus
- Ability to motivate and influence other professionals
What the job involves
- The Senior Counsel - Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility will be part of the DPO Office and ensure privacy compliance is built into Mastercard data-driven products
- The Senior Counsel - Senior Counsel - Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility will support both the strategy and the daily operations of the Europe Data Protection Office (“DPO Office”) and Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility team
- The Senior Counsel must have excellent understanding of individual rights, data portability and consent requirements, whilst having a process driven attitude and ease to communicate with stakeholders globally written and verbally both internally and externally
- Ensure that Mastercard complies with all global, regional and local privacy and data related laws – including the EEA GDPR, UK Data Protection Act, EDPB recommendations and related jurisprudence, as well as EEA and UK Mastercard’s Binding Corporate Rules (“BCRs”)
- Develop and refine Mastercard requirements and needs across the organization for consumer transparency, privacy rights and consent management, taking into account product, platform and regulatory needs in key geographies
- Advise on and identify legal, business and technical infrastructure requirements and controls to enable privacy compliance; work with legal, business, technical teams as well as coordinate with external counsel to ensure implementation and timely compliance
- Work internally and externally with associations and working groups to socialize the product capabilities being developed to ensure product capabilities resonate with the market, are clear and understandable to the consumer and meet the needs and requirements of potential customers
- Help manage the day-to-day operations of the Global Privacy Program and DPO Office, and ensure individuals’ and regulators’ privacy expectations are met, in particular, by managing global data subject requests and complaints
- Management and assist with communications with data subjects, regulators, customers, partners and vendors to explain Mastercard’s approach to privacy rights and consent management and ensure compliance with global privacy and data protection laws
- Assist the team to conduct data protection impact assessments where required, and to identify and implement privacy controls and safeguards to remediate risks
- Support the DPO office in handling government data requests and personal data breach assessments and notifications
- Assist the Global Privacy compliance team in their maintenance and oversight of policies, procedures, wordings and notices in accordance with legal, compliance and regulatory requirements
- Coordinate and enable compliance assurance and monitoring activities, including reporting and analytics pertaining to data-related and privacy and data protection laws
- Engage with the organization to assist in training employees on privacy and data protection requirements and raise employee awareness about privacy and data protection developments
- The position will report to the Head of the DPO Office, will be a member of the Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility team as well as a member of the Law department team
- The position requires the ability to understand new and complex data-related and privacy & data protection laws as well as new technologies, oversight the handling of privacy rights and assess end-to-end consent management requirements (e.g. identity management, data sharing regulations, open banking, etc.)
- This role will be responsible for enabling consumer transparency and control related to individual’s rights beyond GDPR globally
Application process
- End Date: June 15, 2025
Our take
Mastercard is in the global payments business, and operates the world's fastest payments processing network. Its products and solutions have become central to everyday commerce across the world, in activities ranging from shopping and travelling to running businesses.
As the economy has become more and more digitised, Mastercard has been a leading player in helping businesses and individuals across the globe embrace card payments and digital banking. One of the world's largest companies, its revenue has seen consistent gain in the last 20 years.
The challenge for modern payments companies is that payments are always changing, as seen in the astronomical rise of contactless payments over the last decade. Mastercard's acquisition of blockchain systems, and an overall focus on leveraging its technology towards a digital economy, has placed the company in good stead to keep up to date with current trends, like cryptocurrency, in the digitised payments world.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Gym membership
- Share purchase options
- Extra holiday purchase optional
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Pension plan 🇬🇧
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) 🇬🇧
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
Leadership
Michael Miebach
(CEO, not founder)Has served in a variety of roles at the company, including President and CPO. Currently Board Member at IBM, Accion, the World Resources Institute, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the Metropolitan Opera. They are also a Trustee of USCIB.
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