Counsel, Employment Law

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

Counsel, Employment Law

Job Description Summary: Counsel, Employment Law
Overview
As 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 24,000 employees who sit in close to 90 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 role, where you will learn new things every day, is based in Purchase, NY and offers hybrid (in-office/remote) work location options. 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:
•Review, revise, and draft P&C policies and procedures for alignment with local law and company philosophies and objectives.
• Monitor relevant employment law and regulatory developments and provide strategic guidance to P&C regarding compliance with labor and employment-related legal requirements.
• 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 by updating, developing, and managing user-friendly tools, templates, and other resources.
• Provide thoughtful and strategic legal advice and counsel on individual employee matters (e.g., recruiting & hiring, talent acquisition and development; EEO matters; diversity & inclusion; reasonable accommodations; leave management; contingent workforce; global mobility; immigration; performance/discipline management; wage-hour; benefits and compensation; terminations; separation negotiations and agreements; restrictive covenants; job restructurings/reductions in force; OFCCP/affirmative action compliance; and EEO-1 reporting).
• Manage key employment law programs.
• Assist P&C with developing employee training.
• Defend the company and provide strategic advice on attorney demand letters, internal legal investigations, agency charges/complaints, litigation, regulatory inquiries and proceedings; partner closely with and manage outside counsel

All About You:
• JD from an accredited law school and admitted to practice in the U.S.
• Solid employment law experience.
• 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.

• Demonstrated ability to manage workloads involving tasks of varying priority and complexity
• Has to be able and motivated to independently handle employment law matters and understand which issues warrant collaboration and escalation.
• Ability to simultaneously manage a heavy workload, pivot to address change, and execute with excellence in a fast-paced team environment.
• Excellent legal and business judgment; top notch analytical, problem-solving and end-to-end execution abilities; highly organized and detail oriented; excellent project management skills; strong verbal and written communication skills.
Salary range:
$151,000-241,000

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $151,000 - $241,000 USD