Senior Attorney

Mastercard Inc.; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Attorney in Pasadena, CA, with a strong background in GDPR compliance and a proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration. The role involves guiding day-to-day operational challenges, managing stakeholder relationships in Pasadena, and owning projects from concept through delivery.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of relevant experience, demonstrate self-direction, and maintain a clear sense of prioritization to handle urgent issues in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience as a Senior Attorney or in a comparable role.
• Strong understanding of GDPR compliance and its practical applications.
• Ability to work with multiple teams across locations.

Responsibilities

• Sense when a Pasadena relationship needs a call, not an email.
• Use GDPR Compliance to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity.
• Apply GDPR Compliance and Collaboration to solve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room.
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly.

Skills

7+ years experience

GDPR compliance

Self-direction

Prioritization

Project ownership

Tools

Slack

Job description

$117,000 - $176,000, a Senior Attorney title, and a Pasadena, CA team that ships, that's the offer; GDPR Compliance is the price of entry at Mastercard. Reduce it to essentials and you have $117,000 - $176,000, a CA Senior Attorney seat, 7 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Sense when a Pasadena relationship needs a call, not an email
• Use GDPR Compliance to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
• Apply GDPR Compliance and Collaboration to solve day-to-day operational challenges
• Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly

What You'll Bring

• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• A point of view on Mastercard's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• A Pasadena network, or the hustle to build one from scratch

Everything Mastercard ships starts as an unhurried argument in a Pasadena conference room about how Due Diligence should really work. We keep ego out of code review and let the GDPR Compliance argument win on its merits.

Expect a $117,000 - $176,000 base, a growth path with milestones, a mentor who shows up, and benefits that make staying at Mastercard easy.

Actively staffed and live, this Pasadena, CA opening is no relic.

The team in Pasadena, CA is one strong Senior Attorney away from complete, and that could be you.