# Senior Counsel, Blockchain & Digital Assets **Company**: Mastercard **Location**: Purchase, New York **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $204,000 - $325,000 USD **Category**: Legal **Industry**: Finance **Apply**: https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CorporateCareers/job/Purchase-New-York/Senior-Counsel--Blockchain---Digital-Assets_R-295593-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/senior-counsel-blockchain-and-digital-assets-383df75d-21b/ ## Description Mastercard is seeking an experienced lawyer to serve as a key legal advisor supporting the integration of BVNK and the development of next-generation digital asset, stablecoin, cross-border payments, and embedded finance solutions. As Senior Counsel, you will be a member of the Law Department supporting Blockchain & Digital Assets team under Mastercard’s Core Payments business. You will handle product development and support legal matters for the business on a day-to-day basis, identifying and analyzing relevant issues and helping the business effectively navigate legal and regulatory risks and implement appropriate controls, policies and processes. Responsibilities: - Manage legal support for the daily operations of Mastercard’s global digital assets products and services - Manage tactical and strategic legal support related to products and solutions to advance Mastercard’s corporate objectives - Develop strong relationships with product development and business and sales clients - Collaborate with product, technology, regulatory, sales, franchise, marketing, communications and others to develop and launch innovative products and solutions - Assist in managing and mitigating legal, regulatory and commercial risks - Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of applicable laws and government regulations affecting the operation and product development of Mastercard’s digital assets business - Inform policy and regulatory positions related to Mastercard’s products and innovation with relevant internal and external stakeholders - Advise from the concept through development to launch stage and beyond of various solutions and services - Identify needed process improvements and efficiencies; own and execute solutions to support Mastercard’s transformation strategy and streamline processes to increase ease of doing business - Take responsibility for special projects while continuing to handle a steady stream of day-to-day matters - Instruct and manage external counsel within agreed policy and budget Requirements: - A qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background, licensed to practice in New York - Experience in the financial services industry, emerging technology, stablecoin and other digital currencies, and the use of public and private blockchains - Experience working on products and solutions involving digital assets and advising on related legal issues - Good working knowledge of the regulatory landscape and legal issues relating to digital assets - Experience across a range of commercial and technology contracts and the ability to analyze and identify the core legal issues - Skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly - A working knowledge of data privacy and intellectual property issues and how they relate to emerging technology such as digital assets - A fast learner who can gain rapid familiarity with complex products, services and legal frameworks and maintain knowledge of those changing products, services and legal frameworks - Solutions oriented with excellent time management, planning and organizational skills - Agile and flexible while working under pressure and with tight deadlines - Strong drafting, writing, oral communication and negotiating skills, able to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders - Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering - Strong business acumen - Fluent English For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - financial services - emerging technology - stablecoin - digital currencies - blockchains - data privacy - intellectual property - commercial contracts --- Source: [Apply at mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com](https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CorporateCareers/job/Purchase-New-York/Senior-Counsel--Blockchain---Digital-Assets_R-295593-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)