Senior Counsel, Employment Law

Mastercard; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard in Purchase, NY is seeking a Senior Counsel, Employment Law to support the global employment law function within the Law Department. The role focuses on providing strategic, practical advice for US employment law matters to enable business initiatives across the organization.

You will collaborate with P&C and regional teams, advise on complex personnel issues, and help align policies with local laws and corporate philosophies.

Qualifications

• J.D. from accredited law school; member in good standing of the New York Bar.
• Solid employment law experience with in-house and global exposure preferred.
• Strong ability to partner with stakeholders in a matrixed global organization.
• Analytical, strategic and solution-oriented mindset with proactive problem solving.
• Experience negotiating complex employment contracts and advising on regulatory matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a U.S. employment law expert with a global mindset, providing timely, compliant legal advice tailored for Mastercard.
• Support US employment law aspects of integrations, coordinating with Region Counsel.
• Counsel on a wide range of people matters including recruitment, leave management, compensation, and mobility.
• Negotiate and draft employment contracts, offers, and other employment documents.

Skills

US employment law

M&A integration

Contract drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Education

J.D. from accredited law school

New York Bar

Massachusetts Bar (plus)

Job description

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, Employment Law

Overview

As Senior Counsel, Employment Law for Mastercard, you will be part of a dynamic and fast-moving culture that has decency at its core and is highly motivated to connect and power an inclusive digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. You will join an experienced and collaborative legal team that provides best-in-class, strategic employment law support on a wide range of issues for our U.S. and global businesses that are fueled by 40,000 employees who sit in more than 200 countries. Your solid U.S. employment law knowledge, strong counseling experience, willingness to dive into new and emerging issues, and ability to effectively collaborate with your U.S. and Region Counsel colleagues will be key.

This challenging role, where you will learn new things every day, is based in Purchase, NY and offers a hybrid (3 days/week on average in-office) work location arrangement. The position reports into the Global Employment Law group in Mastercard's Law Department and provides direct support to Mastercard's People & Capability (P&C) team.

Role

• Serve as a trusted U.S. employment law expert with a global mindset who provides sound, timely, compliant, and practical legal advice that is tailored for Mastercard.
• Provide US employment law support for the integration of Recorded Future, a recent cybersecurity acquisition with a global footprint, and coordinate with Region Counsel in connection with the integration.
• Ability to offer thoughtful legal advice and counsel on individual employee matters and cross-functional, company-wide programs, projects, and initiatives.
• Counsel on an array of people matters such as: recruiting and hiring, talent acquisition and development; EEO matters; community and belonging; reasonable accommodations; leave management; contingent workforce; global mobility/ immigration; performance/discipline management; wage-hour; benefits and compensation; terminations/job restructurings/reductions in force; separation negotiations and agreements; restrictive covenants; and compliance, including reporting obligations.
• Defend the company and provide strategic direction on attorney demand letters, internal legal investigations, agency charges/complaints, litigation, regulatory inquiries and proceedings; partner closely with and manage outside counsel.
• Negotiate and draft complex employment contracts, offers of employment, agreements, and other employment documents.
• Ability to actively advise on (or willingness to learn about) the U.S. employment and benefits aspects of corporate M&A transactions such as acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures through the due diligence, contract negotiations/signing, deal closing, and integration phases.
• Advise on P&C policies and procedures for alignment with local law and company philosophies and objectives.
• Monitor relevant employment law and regulatory developments in order to help P&C develop responsive strategies for the Company's compliance obligations.
• Support and advance the Global Employment Law team's ability to scale and efficiently deliver high-quality legal advice, learnings, and solutions for U.S. and global audiences through user-friendly tools, templates, and other resources.
• Assist P&C with developing employee training.
• Benefits and compensation and government contractor experience are a plus.

All About You

• J.D. from accredited law school; member in good standing of the New York Bar. Member in good standing of the Massachusetts Bar would be a plus.
• Solid employment law experience. Corporate in-house experience and some global exposure preferred, particularly in the context of integrating a global business.
• Flexible, proactive, team-oriented player who will identify, take on, and champion new and unfamiliar subject matters with an eye toward making lasting positive impact.
• Strong ability to view and analyze issues through a multi-dimensional lens, think proactively and strategically with a solution-oriented mindset, and prioritize what things get done and how.
• Ability to effectively partner with a variety of internal P&C and other stakeholders at multiple levels and across a highly-matrixed global organization.
• Must be able to distinguish and articulate the risks and rewards and help the business move forward and resolve matters thoughtfully, expeditiously, and efficiently.