Senior Managing Counsel (Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility)

Join Mastercard as a Senior Managing Counsel (Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility). In this role, you will set the privacy and AI legal strategy for CNPF, act as a senior advisor to business and product leadership, and build a high-performing, globally distributed team. You will lead a team of global privacy counsel, define and execute the CNPF privacy and AI legal strategy, and represent CNPF in enterprise privacy and AI governance forums. Additionally, you will oversee Privacy by Design reviews, advise on global privacy and data protection laws, and guide international data transfer strategy. You will also lead legal support for AI governance, advise on AI-enabled products, and monitor legislative and regulatory developments in privacy, AI, and data.

- Definir y ejecutar la estrategia legal de privacidad y IA de CNPF, alineada con los objetivos empresariales de Mastercard. - Liderar, desarrollar y gestionar un equipo de abogados de privacidad globales, guiando la estrategia empresarial y asegurando un soporte de privacidad de alta calidad. - Actuar como asesor de confianza para los ejecutivos de CNPF, escalando riesgos materiales y recomendando soluciones pragmáticas alineadas con el apetito de riesgo definido.

- Proven experience leading and developing teams of lawyers, including across geographies, and influencing senior executives - Ability to understand complex technical architectures and data flows and to explain legal concepts clearly to business, technical, and executive audiences - Experience engaging with the ICO, EU data protection authorities, or other privacy regulators - Deep expertise in the GDPR and UK GDPR and strong working knowledge of global privacy regimes and international data transfer frameworks - Excellent written and oral communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills - Experience in privacy and data protection, gained in a leading law firm, in-house at a global financial services or technology company, or both - Sound judgment, a pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach, and the ability to balance innovation with risk in a fast-moving environment - Demonstrated, substantive experience advising on AI legal and governance matters, including the EU AI Act, AI risk assessment, and data use for model development and deployment - Experience in payments, financial services, or digital assets, and comfort working with regulated entities, is strongly preferred - CIPP/E, AIGP, or equivalent certification preferred - Law degree and qualified to practice in specified jurisdiction (IAPP AIGP preferred)