PARALEGAL job opportunity at MasterCard.



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MasterCard PARALEGAL
Experience: 7-years
Pattern: full-time
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degreeMaster's (M.A.)
loacation Purchase, New York, United States Of America
loacation Purchase, New ..........United States Of America

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 PARALEGAL About the Role We’re looking for a highly experienced Senior Paralegal to help our Product Legal team operate more efficiently, consistently, and at scale. This position supports the Services business unit, with focus on legal operations, project execution, and knowledge management for the product legal team. This is a legal operations and project management role—ideal for someone who enjoys building structure, improving processes, and driving adoption of standardized ways of working. You’ll partner closely with attorneys and cross functional teams to strengthen how we manage legal work across a global product portfolio. You won’t be expected to provide legal advice or independent legal judgment. Instead, you’ll manage the operational systems and processes that allow attorneys to devote their time to high-value legal analysis and decision-making. What You’ll Do Legal Knowledge Management  Own and maintain a central repository of legal templates, playbooks, and reference materials  Organize and keep current a clause library and approved contract language (under direction of attorneys)  Establish practices to improve how information is captured, structured, and shared to promote reuse and consistency Project Management & Coordination  Manage and coordinate multiple legal workstreams concurrently—including timelines, owners, dependencies, and deliverables  Prepare and maintain practical trackers, dashboards, and status updates for attorneys, stakeholders, and leadership  Support cross team initiatives by ensuring follow ups are completed, decisions are documented, and actionable next steps are tracked  Track and report on operational metrics (e.g., request volumes turnaround times, template usage) in support of trend analysis and reporting Process Improvement & Standardization  Design and implement of standardized, repeatable legal workflows (e.g., intake, review steps, template usage)  Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency through clearer processes and reference materials  Help establish and maintain governance of legal intake and prioritization process to promote consistency and appropriate allocation of legal resources  Assist in harmonizing legal practices across teams, regions and product lines Automation & Operational Enablement  Lead the operational rollout of workflow improvements and automation initiatives by documenting processes and coordinating inputs across Legal, Operations, and Technology teams  Drive change management and adoption for new or updated legal tools, templates, and processes, including communications, documentation, and trainings.  Help scale best practices that reduce turnaround time and increase consistency Attorney-Led Initiatives (Coordination Only)  Provide project coordination (not legal analysis) for attorney led initiatives (e.g., structural clean ups, master agreement organization, and cross portfolio alignment efforts) What This Role Is (and Isn’t)  This role focuses on legal operations, project management, knowledge management, and continuous process improvement.  This role does not include: providing legal advice, acting as a legal reviewer with independent judgment, or holding signatory authority. What You Bring Required  7+ years experience as a paralegal, legal operations specialist, or legal project manager  Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, keep projects on track, and improve how work gets done  Excellent organization skills and attention to detail  Strong communication skills—clear, concise, and practical  High integrity and comfort handling confidential information Preferred  Experience supporting product, technology, or commercial legal teams  Experience building or managing template libraries, clause banks, or playbooks  Experience working across time zones and with globally distributed teams Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly. 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 Mastercard’s guidelines. In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

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