Senior Counsel, Regulatory – Brazil

MasterCard; São Paulo; Presencial; BRL 400 000 - 650 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Mastercard in Brazil seeks a Senior Counsel, Regulatory to lead its regulatory agenda across products, business models, and policy developments. You will advise regional leadership on regulatory strategy, manage the day-to-day relationship with the Central Bank of Brazil, and drive proactive responses to evolving regulations to safeguard innovation and compliance.

The role requires substantial experience in financial regulation within payments or fintech, strong risk judgment, and the ability to

Qualificações

• Qualified lawyer with substantial experience in financial regulation, payments, banking, fintech, or another regulated sector.
• Strong track record with regulatory approvals and cross-functional implementation projects.
• Experience interacting with the Central Bank of Brazil and advising leadership on regulatory strategy.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the regulatory analysis of new products, business models, rule changes and strategic initiatives.
• Advise local and regional leadership on regulatory positioning and risk.
• Track regulatory and legislative change and translate it into guidance.
• Own the day-to-day relationship with the Central Bank of Brazil and manage key interactions.
• Drive strategy and timelines behind Central Bank matters and proactive posture.
• Define responses to new regulations and support Compliance with practical controls.
• Set Mastercard's advocacy strategy on consultations and policy developments.
• Act as a technical reference and manage external counsel on complex matters.

Conhecimentos

Regulatory law

Portuguese

English

Financial regulation

Payments regulation

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Our Purpose 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. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Counsel, Regulatory – Brazil

Overview Mastercard Brazil is seeking a Senior Counsel, Regulatory to lead its regulatory agenda in an increasingly complex environment shaped by the Central Bank of Brazil. This is a senior role covering the full regulatory cycle from the analysis of new products and business models to managing the day-to-day relationship with the Central Bank, supporting the compliance response to new regulations, and driving Mastercard's regulatory advocacy. The role advises local and regional leadership on regulatory strategy, positioning, and risk, ensuring the business can innovate and operate with legal certainty.

Role

• Lead the regulatory analysis of new products, business models, rule changes, and strategic initiatives, bringing regulatory input early so compliance and commercial goals work together and the business has a clear path forward.
• Advise local and regional leadership on regulatory positioning, risk, and where the opportunities are.
• Track regulatory and legislative change, assess how it affects Mastercard's schemes and participants, and translate it into practical guidance.
• Own the day-to-day relationship with the Central Bank of Brazil, acting as a consistent point of contact and leading the key interactions - meetings, formal responses, authorization requests, and strategic agendas - while defending Mastercard's positions.
• Drive the strategy and timelines behind Central Bank matters, keeping a coherent and proactive posture.
• Define how Mastercard responds to new and evolving regulations and support the Regulatory Compliance team in turning requirements into practical, proportionate controls.
• Set Mastercard's advocacy strategy on consultations, proposed rules, and policy developments, working with the Government Affairs team and representing Mastercard before industry associations, working groups, and public forums.
• Act as a technical reference for the team, developing more junior lawyers and managing external counsel on complex matters.

All About You

• Qualified lawyer with substantial experience in financial regulation, payments, banking, fintech, or another regulated sector.
• Strong track record with product reviews, regulatory approvals and cross-functional implementation projects.
• Deep knowledge of the Brazilian regulatory environment and direct experience interacting with the Central Bank of Brazil.
• Independent legal judgment combined with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach to risk.
• Strong writing, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills, including with senior audiences.
• Ability to lead complex matters autonomously and prioritize across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Fluent in Portuguese and English.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that 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 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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.