Mastercard Senior Counsel - Data & Services, EEMEA Jobs in South Africa
Summary
• Mastercard is looking for an energized commercial attorney to join its dynamic legal team to serve as a legal partner to the Data & Services (D&S) group of Mastercard. Mastercard D&S provides end-to-end solutions through its innovative and proprietary transaction data analyses, data-driven consulting, predictive analyses, and marketing and loyalty services to help our clients strategically optimize, streamline, and grow their businesses.
• Under the direction of the VP, Senior Managing Counsel, this position will provide legal and general support for the Mastercard D&S business, primarily in Eastern Europe and Middle East & Africa region (EEMEA).
• The position is located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Other locations across EEMEA may be considered.
Role
• Structure, draft, and negotiate high-volume commercial contracts ranging from simple statements of work to complex partnership and novel/strategic deals. Typical agreements include transactional agreements, consulting agreements, platform agreements, SaaS agreements, marketing and promotional campaign agreements;
• Align and collaborate across various business and legal teams, including with other D&S legal team members and EUR and EEMEA regional counsels;
• Develop/Assist with and execute global initiatives to support the evolution of the D&S 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 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; and
• Provide back-up support to other colleagues on the D&S legal team, as needed.
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