At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal support for Real Time Payments, managing contracts and addressing various legal issues.
- Company: Join a leading global payments company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for travel and collaboration across time zones.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the fast-paced payments sector while developing your legal expertise.
- Qualifications: Qualified lawyer with experience in commercial contracting and regulatory frameworks.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Location: London or Harrogate, UK. The role may require support in other time zones and some travel.
Overview: We are looking for an experienced lawyer to join our legal team, providing support and advice to the Real Time Payments business, primarily focusing on Vocalink Limited, with possible additional support across the RTP division as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Handle the full range of legal issues for a supervised entity within a global group.
- Commercial: Put in place and manage the full lifecycle of commercial relationships/contracts with customers, suppliers and partners.
- General: Identify and manage a wide range of legal issues including privacy, regulatory, employment, litigation, property and corporate matters in collaboration with legal and business teams.
- Represent legal interests on a day‑to‑day basis and as primary and deputy at governance forums such as Exco, Board, risk, audit committees.
- Collaborate with internal legal SMEs across regulatory, privacy, intellectual property etc. as necessary.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders across commercial, account management, finance, strategy, operations, risk, compliance, Treasury and product teams.
- External Counsel Coordination: Instruct and manage external legal advisors within agreed policy and budget.
Qualifications:
- Qualified lawyer with a strong academic background and experience.
- Ability to identify key legal issues, contextualise them for the business, and articulate solutions.
- Rapid understanding and knowledge of complex products, services and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience with regulatory, competition law, data privacy and intellectual property issues and ability to resolve them.
- Ability to apply experience to new situations and areas of law.
- Strong drafting, writing, oral communication and negotiating skills.
- Experience in relationship building, stakeholder management and partnering.
- Can‑do attitude, self‑motivated and capable of delivering against objectives.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Prior experience with commercial contracting, technology and/or payments sector is critical.
- Prior experience working in a regulated environment is a strong asset.
- Experience as an in‑house lawyer in a multinational company is desirable but not essential.
Corporate Security Responsibility:
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
- Ensure confidentiality and integrity of accessed information.
- Report any suspected information security violations or breaches.
- Complete periodic mandatory security trainings per Mastercard’s guidelines.
Senior Counsel in Harrogate employer: Mastercard
Join a dynamic and innovative team at Mastercard, where we prioritise employee growth and development in a collaborative work culture. As a Senior Counsel in London or Harrogate, you will have the opportunity to engage with diverse legal challenges in the fast-paced Real Time Payments sector, while enjoying competitive benefits and a supportive environment that values your contributions and fosters professional advancement.
