Job Title:

Senior Managing Counsel - Services (North America Markets)

Overview:

Vice President, Senior Managing Counsel - Services (North America Markets)

Overview
• Mastercard is looking for a savvy, energized commercial attorney to join its dynamic Legal team to serve as regional lead legal partner to the North America Markets (NAM) Services group of Mastercard. Mastercard Services provides end-to-end services, products and solutions through its innovative and proprietary transaction data analyses, data-driven consulting, predictive analyses, cyber-security, anti-fraud and marketing and loyalty services to help our clients strategically optimize, streamline, protect and grow their businesses.
• Under the direction of the Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Services & Strategic Growth, this position will provide the lead legal and general support for the Mastercard Services business in NAM.
• The position is located in Purchase, New York, and will manage a team of 5-6 attorneys.

Role
• Structure, draft and negotiate high-volume complex commercial contracts ranging from statements of work to partnership and novel/strategic deals. Typical agreements include master services agreements, statements of work, transactional agreements, consulting agreements, platform agreements, SaaS agreements, marketing and promotional campaign agreements;
• Leadership and liaison roles in aligning and collaborating across various business and legal teams, including with other Services regional leads and NAM regional counsels;
• Develop/Assist with and execute global initiatives to support the evolution of the Services Legal team;
• Collaborate with team members 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 indemnity, liability limitations, 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;
• Manage, support, and develop a team of 5-6 people; develop their leadership skills and facilitate their career progression; and
• Provide back-up support to international colleagues as needed.

All About You
• Solid transactional training and experience (preferably from a highly reputable law firm or multinational corporation); 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; Seeks to develop ever-greater operational efficiency using technology and other levers.
• 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 have strong leadership skills and ability to lead a team; Must embrace the concept of being a great manager, willing to invest time and effort in developing a team;
• 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, admitted to a 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.

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