Counsel, Product

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, Product 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. At Mastercard Services, we go beyond payments. We deliver cutting-edge solutions that help businesses, financial institutions, and governments unlock growth and manage risk. By combining deep industry expertise, advanced technology, and data-driven insights, we enable smarter decisions and better outcomes worldwide. Security Solutions (“SSO”) is part of Mastercard Services and provides products that help customers prevent fraud, strengthen identity, enhance cybersecurity resilience, detect financial crime, and protect the integrity of digital commerce. SSO includes product families such as Identity, Fraud & Financial Crimes, Cybersecurity, Payment Resiliency, Decisioning, and related security offerings delivered globally. Title and Summary Counsel – Product Mastercard is looking for an energized, strategic, business-minded product attorney to join its dynamic legal team as Counsel supporting the Security Solutions business across the Asia Pacific (AP) region. Under the direction of Senior Counsel, this position will provide regional product legal support for the SSO Product Development and Product Management functions in AP. This is a client-facing role and will require regular interaction with SSO product managers, engineers, business and sales teams, customer delivery personnel, regional leadership, and other internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be comfortable communicating with internal clients and establishing strong business rapport. The position may be based in Mastercard’s office in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. Role • Serve as regional product counsel for SSO offerings in the AP region, providing support across all SSO verticals, including Identity, Fraud & Financial Crimes, Cybersecurity, Payment Resiliency, Decisioning, and related products. • Support SSO product leads on product design, deployment, regulatory considerations, operational readiness, and go to market strategies for the AP region. • Advise on legal, regulatory, reputational, and liability considerations for new and existing SSO products delivered to Mastercard customers in region. • Support handover and transition processes between originating/ global product counsel and AP execution, ensuring product requirements, risk mitigations, and legal considerations are properly implemented in region. • Research and interpret local laws, conduct jurisdictional reviews, and collaborate cross-functionally with subject-matter experts (SMEs) on privacy, regulatory, cybersecurity, intellectual property, antitrust, and compliance considerations relevant to SSO products. • Structure, draft, and negotiate technology related agreements (including pilot agreements, statements of work, platform terms, proof of concept agreements, SaaS agreements, vendor and partner agreements, and reseller agreements) relating to the deployment and use of SSO products. • Participate in AP and global SSO governance forums, processes, and workflows, inc ... (truncated, view full listing at source)