Specialist, Legal Services

Overview

This is a Specialist, Legal Services role within the Global Business Solutions Center's Legal Services team, serving as a contract negotiator and reporting to the Counsel, GBS.

What you'll do

• Perform end-to-end contract preparation and execution processes for an assigned portfolio of transactions, from receipt of contract generation requests through contract signature.
• Receive contract requests and conduct triage to ensure adherence to established business policies, processes and procedures.
• Review, draft and negotiate routine vendor and commercial contracts, including but not limited to confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements, software license agreements and related support service agreements, consulting services agreements, and other agreements routinely used in financial and information technology service sectors.
• Ensure all agreements are prepared, revised and executed in consultation with the business unit client and other subject matter experts, and in accordance with approved policies and playbooks.
• Analyze contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide superior customer service according to GBSC standards in terms of quality, response time, resolution time and adherence to Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

What you'll need

• LLB graduate
• Solid legal and business acumen, sound analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage workloads involving tasks of varying priority and complexity
• Excellent English language communication and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on collaborating with key legal and business stakeholders to negotiate and confirm legal and business contract terms
• Intermediate negotiation skills
• Ability to recognize when to escalate and when to exercise independent judgement and discretion in reviewing/negotiating contracts
• Demonstrated strength in customer focused service orientation

Nice to have

• Knowledge of US, European, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, or other non-Indian legal systems and business practices

Details

• Location: Pune, India
• Reports to the Counsel, GBS
• Part of the Global Business Solutions Center (GBSC), which is predominantly co-located in the Mastercard Technology Operations Hub in O'Fallon, MO, with select regional hubs
• Information security responsibilities apply: abide by Mastercard's security policies, ensure confidentiality and integrity of accessed information, report suspected violations or breaches, and complete periodic mandatory security trainings