Senior Counsel, Global Government Contracting

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Title and Summary

Senior Counsel, Global Government Contracting

Overview

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments business, connecting cardholders, customers, financial institutions, merchants, government agencies and businesses worldwide.

Mastercard’s Global Government Contracting team is part of the Strategic Initiatives & Technology group which also provides legal strategy and execution for Operations & Technology, Corporate Development & MA and Marketing & Communications. We are searching for a seasoned government procurement specialist with familiarity in the process of responding to government solicitations and understanding a variety of contract structures.

Role

This full-time role will be based in our Singapore office and will support the IMK Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions within Mastercard from a contracting perspective on government opportunities. This role provides an unique opportunity for to have a first-hand experience of dealing with almost all product lines of Mastercard, across a wide range of geographies and to work with senior leaders of the company in different geographies and product lines.

You will have a leading role and work in partnership with the relevant business teams, region attorneys and product attorneys. You will:

- Support business and legal teams with transactional support for all phases of the government contracting lifecycle from contract proposal/RFP stage through contract close out and legal issues in performance
- Manage a significant workflow of agreements, review and analyze RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and other solicitations with prime contractors, various government agencies and other strategic partners
- Support product attorneys to ensure government compliance is built into Mastercard’s government solutions product development process
- Support enterprise-wide global expansion efforts to drive growth by executing new government contracts and track new and emerging regulations all with risk mitigation at the center
- Design or enhance government contract management processes, procedures and playbooks
- Develop and deliver training to company employees (both lawyers and business colleagues) on government contracting matters
- Maintain records, spreadsheets, and other tracking documents as required to support internal and external audits, manage contract-related data, and generate reports as required

All About You

If you are eager to constantly learn something new, if you can seamlessly turnaround unstructured, non-standard work and if you delight in working with colleagues and counterparties across diverse cultures and geographies, you will be a good fit.
- Seasoned government procurement/contracts attorney with at least five years’ experience in government contracting procurement processes in one or more regions mentioned above.
- Law degree required from a reputed university
- Experienced with the competitive procurement processes in government acquisition and/or significant public law issues affecting international businesses.
- Preferred experience includes contracting on behalf of commercial contractors providing multiple products and services under contracts to the government.
- Strong knowledge and familiarity with responding to government solicitations and understanding a variety of contract structures and regulatory /local law requirements
- Strong business acumen, sense of urgency and a team player with a collaborative attitude and an ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines is a must.
- Experience of working in a multi-national matrix organization.
- Experience of supporting multiple geographies.

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 Mast