Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel role at Mastercard Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Title and Summary Senior Counsel – Recorded Future Integration Overview Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments business, connecting cardholders, customers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses worldwide. In December 2024, Mastercard acquired Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company in Boston and Gottenburg, Sweden. The role provides commercial legal support and counsel to the MA Integration Team, Recorded Future, and Mastercard Services (Security Solutions) business units. Role This full‑time role supports the product legal commercialization of various new and emerging technologies related to threat intelligence product development and synergies within Mastercard. It also supports the transaction product commercialization required when moving from a privately held to a publicly traded corporation. The role reports to the Vice President for Recorded Future Integration and Cybersecurity Solutions and will provide product support, commercial and government contracting support, and regional legal support for cross‑vertical SSO products as needed. You Will Work with business to bring synergy products, new Recorded Future products, and/or scale various products to market. Provide support to the Security Solutions global, regional and sales teams to support product sales initiatives. Provide legal support for cross‑vertical SSO products in region, including coordination with regional product lawyers, regulatory and anti‑trust counsel, and involvement in OneTrust work, pricing initiatives, mandates, and related projects. Provide legal advice to all integration legal team stakeholders to simplify products, reduce purchase decision frictions and sales cycles on commercial, contractual and product regulatory matters. Provide legal advice and leadership to all integration stakeholders to manage the development, timelines, and priority of mitigations in a manner to optimize the transaction’s risk/reward profile. Create, draft and negotiate technology agreements, including vendor, license, partnership and reseller agreements. Manage contractual negotiations with financial institutions, service providers, merchants and vendors. Work with internal and external regulatory counsel on the impact of local laws, government regulations and directives on Recorded Future/Services solutions. Act as product counsel and be part of the business/product development team, advising on creation, development and launch stages of solutions. Draft pilot agreements, review product concepts, and provide input for Product Counsel and Studio processes for Recorded Future and other SSO products. Identify and advise on intellectual property, cyber and data privacy product risks, with support from Mastercard’s IP, information security and data privacy counsel. Provide legal and business risk assessment and analysis on new product constructs to commercial agreements. Take responsibility for special projects while handling day‑to‑day matters. Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures. Manage external counsel within agreed policy and budget. Develop strong relationships with product development, business, sales and senior management. Provide applicable training to the LFI, sales and product teams. All About You Qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background. Strong leadership skills, communication skills, values‑driven and an ability to model courage and set boundaries. Extensive legal experience, preferably including in‑house experience. Experience in technology, security and/or payments agreements is a distinct advantage. Strong business acumen, high Mastercard IQ and keen interest in technology. Strong drafting and negotiating skills across complex commercial contracts and ability to analyze and identify core legal issues. Fast learner who can rapidly familiarize with complex and evolving products and solutions. Exposure to a broad range of transactional, commercial and technology law issues. Strong working knowledge of data privacy and intellectual property issues. Team player with a great attitude and sense of humor. Self‑starter and ability to work independently. Experience working on global agreements across multiple jurisdictions and time zones. Solutions‑oriented, flexible, able to work under pressure and with tight deadlines. Lively interest in the business of Mastercard and enjoyment of working in a fast‑paced environment. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information and networks carry inherent risk. Every person working for or on behalf of Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach; Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines. Seniority Level Mid‑Senior Level Employment Type Full‑time Job Function Legal Industries Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet #J-18808-Ljbffr