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Senior Managing Counsel, Global Employment Law
As Senior Managing Counsel, Employment Law for A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company, 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 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. The position reports into the Executive Vice President Employment Law, who provides direct support to A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company's People & Capability (P&C) team, will be an experienced employment lawyer, and coordinates global employment law issues with Region Counsel.

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 A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company.
Ability to offer thoughtful legal advice and counsel on individual employee matters and cross-functional, company-wide programs, projects, and initiatives.
Coordinate with Region Counsels to develop global approach with local compliance.
Assess needs of employment law support across the company.
Serve as a trusted advisor to Region Counsel.
Counsel on an array of people matters such as: 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.
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 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.
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 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.
Commercial contract negotiation experience or a willingness to learn is helpful.

All About You:

J.D. from accredited law school; member in good standing of the New York Bar.
Solid employment law experience. Corporate in-house experience and global exposure preferred.
Experience managing lawyers is a plus.
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.
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; strong verbal and written communication skills.
In the US, A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company is an inclusive Equal Employment 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. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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 A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company 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, A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company'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 A Global Payment Technology Solutions Company's guidelines.