Senior Managing Counsel/Vice President, Mastercard
Regulated Cross-Border Money Transmission
$208-400k
Salary dependent on location
Occasional travel
Global payments technology company
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Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$208-400k
Salary dependent on location
Occasional travel
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
- Significant legal experience in payments and product development, preferably covering money transmission and emerging technologies
- Proven ability to lead global teams and influence senior stakeholders in a complex, fast-paced environment
- Expertise in multi-jurisdictional transactions, regulatory frameworks, and risk management
- Comfort advising on emerging areas of law, such as blockchain-based solutions
- Strong negotiation and advisory skills; ability to simplify complexity and drive practical outcomes
- JD (or equivalent) required; active bar membership
What the job involves
- Transfer Solutions, a business unit within Mastercard’s Commercial & New Payment Flows (CNPF) organization, delivers market-leading money movement solutions
- We are seeking a Senior Managing Counsel/Vice President, to lead global product legal for Cross-Border Services
- This role provides proactive, globally-coordinated legal guidance to support product development, manage risk, and deliver practical solutions for the Cross-Border Solutions business team
- This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel, CNPF, and partners closely with the Cross-Border Services leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor for global product development for Cross-Border Services, providing guidance on complex regulatory, commercial, and risk considerations
- Partner with Product, Technology, Operations, Treasury, Commercialization, and other stakeholders to design and launch innovative solutions that meet evolving customer needs
- Structure, draft, and negotiate high-value commercial and technology agreements with financial institutions, fintechs, and strategic partners
- Monitor and interpret global regulatory developments impacting payments and inform policy positions in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborate with specialists in Regulatory, Compliance, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Competition to navigate risk effectively
- Develop and maintain legal playbooks, templates, and approval processes to streamline execution and ensure consistency across markets
- Provide legal frameworks for emerging capabilities, such as blockchain-based solutions
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of product counsels, fostering collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth
- Create processes and provide training to enable compliant product development and commercialization
- Engage and manage external counsel, when needed
- 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
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 digitized, 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 digitized payments world.
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
Leadership
Michael Miebach
(CEO)Michael has served in a variety of roles at the company, including President and CPO. They are currently a 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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