Senior Counsel

• The Senior Counsel role will ensure compliance with privacy and data protection laws in the Eastern Europe Middle East Africa region ("EEMEA") while enabling data-driven innovation, with particular focus on supporting the Services organization within Mastercard.
• The position will report to the Senior Managing Counsel, Consumer Acquisition & Engagement, Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility, and will serve as a member of both the Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility and the Law & Policy team.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to think and act both strategically and tactically with respect to the needs of business clients and their objectives while ensuring that the corporation remains compliant with data protection laws, AI laws, and other laws relating to data as well as industry best practices in EEMEA.

Role
• Engage with business and legal stakeholders to conduct privacy by design reviews for new Services products and services in EEMEA.
• Among other things this involves reviewing benefits and loyalty programs following the Mastercard privacy by design process, supporting our analytics and anonymization businesses in light of the legal guidelines for data analytics, providing limited regional support to fraud and security products, supporting Turkish privacy compliance plan, and ensuring newly acquired entities comply with the Mastercard privacy standards.
• Identify business requirements resulting from new and evolving privacy laws and regulations in EEMEA and provide guidance and thought leadership on topics relevant to the Services organization, including but not limited to data anonymization, cookie regulations and artificial intelligence.
• Educate the business on privacy developments and controls for the further development of Services products and services.
• Document and update a range of stakeholders including executives on identified privacy compliance gaps and recommended remedial measures.
• Draft and negotiate data processing terms and agreements with vendors and customers, including in relation to international data transfers, consent and notice representations and other liabilities.

All About You
• JD from an accredited law school and admitted to at least one bar in the EEMEA region.
• Demonstrated experience and technical familiarity with data analytics, computer science, and/or mathematics preferred.
• Expertise in privacy and data regulatory laws and frameworks in EEMEA and familiarity with the GDPR and privacy principles that are common across global laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated experience in relevant technologies including data anonymization, cookie regulations and artificial intelligence, and familiarity with ethical frameworks, data governance, and accountability.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies and associated privacy implications.
• Strong analytic capabilities and written and oral communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering with legal, business, and technical colleagues.
• Ability to motivate and influence highly-skilled professionals to achieve major organizational goals.
• Familiarity with Privacy by Design methodologies.
• Strong writing skills and ability to simplify technical material for other audiences, including business teams, legal departments, and regulators
• Deep understanding of Mastercard products and services, or financial services in general.

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.