Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection, Mastercard
$151-241k
Office located in Purchase, NY
Global payments technology company
Be an early applicant
Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$151-241k
Office located in Purchase, NY
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
- Bachelor’s degree required, Juris Doctor required
- CIPP certification preferred
- Privacy and data protection experience required
- Legal experience in interactive technology, product development, data-related commercial agreements, processing of human resources data, or data-driven products preferred
- Membership to a Bar
- Expertise in regulatory frameworks, including CCPA, GLBA, GDPR, PIPEDA, and FCRA, and familiarity with industry best practices for collection and use of data
- Understanding of consumer loyalty, marketing and promotions industry
- Understanding of the intersection between privacy and employment laws and regulations, with an emphasis on those in North America
- Familiarity with the financial services industry and payment processing
- Ability to readily distill legal requirements into practical, actionable advice
- Creative thinker able to support innovation while still managing risk
- Motivated Self-starter with ability to excel at multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytic capabilities and written and oral communication skills. Attention to detail is a must
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering; must work well in both team and individual settings
- Ability to work well as part of a team of geographically dispersed highly skilled professionals
What the job involves
- Mastercard is committed to balancing innovation while protecting individual privacy and has embraced privacy and data protection as core to the successful execution of its business strategy
- As part of that commitment Mastercard has established a world-class privacy program and is currently adding talent to its global team
- The Senior Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection will provide key product support based in the North American market to ensure compliance with global privacy and data-related laws while enabling innovation, as well as support the M&A team in the execution of Mastercard's strategy
- The Senior Counsel will work as part of a cross-functional global team of privacy and data protection professionals dedicated to ensuring compliance while continuing to enable business solutions and innovation
- The position will report to Senior Managing Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
- Ensure product and platform alignment and compliance with Mastercard’s policies, procedures and processes and with global privacy and data-related laws, including data localization, outsourcing, and consumer protection requirements
- Support business colleagues and facilitate a Privacy by Design process to ensure privacy compliance is built into all data driven products
- Understand and distill complex global privacy and data protection laws, including CCPA, GLBA, GDPR, PIPEDA, and FCRA, and apply those concepts to challenging business and data constructs and processes
- Facilitate the creation of employee engagement programs that prioritize compliance with prevailing privacy and data protection laws and regulations
- Provide training to internal teams on data privacy, data protection, global privacy and regulatory developments, and how to implement Privacy by Design across Mastercard’s varied products and services
- Perform detailed data flows and analyses of laws and regulations in collaboration with business units to enable business operations and assist in achieving major organizational goals
- Negotiate complex data-related agreements, quickly identifying the legal and strategic implications of contractual terms and conditions
- Strengthen partnerships across the enterprise to ensure data privacy and protection is a key factor considered in product development
- Appreciate the nexus between data privacy, data protection, and the use of data to advance major corporate strategic goals
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 benefits
- Gym membership
- Share purchase options
- Extra holiday purchase optional
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Trust - integrity, respect, openness
- Agility - urgency and value through innovation
- Partnership - working as one team for the benefit of all
- Initiative - taking bold and thoughtful actions
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
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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.
People progressing
Joined as VP in 2008, promoted 4 times in 11 years to their current position of Executive Vice President.
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