Director, Legal Compliance
Summary of Relevant Experience
Summary of Experience – Director, Legal Compliance @ Mastercard
- JD/MBA-credentialed compliance and legal counsel who has designed and administered regulatory compliance programs across ERISA, HIPAA, and healthcare law in highly regulated financial services and multiemployer fund environments, with direct reporting to C-suite executives.
- In-house benefits and corporate counsel who led enterprise risk assessments, policy development, and regulatory response efforts at a Fortune 500 insurer and multiemployer pension and health funds, managing outside counsel and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Litigation and investigations lead who served as primary counsel on complex legal matters, supporting internal audits, regulatory examinations, and due diligence in M&A transactions across financial services and healthcare sectors.
- Compliance program architect who developed and delivered training, updated procedures to track regulatory changes, and provided subject-matter guidance to senior management on evolving legal and operational risk obligations.
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Why this is a fit
This Director-level legal compliance role at Mastercard (financial services) aligns with your target seniority band and industry, but the core specialty is global sanctions and export controls—a financial crimes domain quite distinct from your ERISA, employee benefits, and HIPAA expertise, creating a significant function mismatch despite the shared compliance framing.
About the role
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 Director, Legal Compliance Overview: 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. The Director, Global Sanctions & Export Control Compliance, is an important role on the Global Financial Crimes Compliance team that will be responsible for assisting with the design, execution, and oversight of Mastercard's global sanctions and export control compliance frameworks to ensure the enterprise meets international regulatory, operational, and financial crimes risk obligations. Role: • Drive enhancements to the enterprise Economic Sanctions and Export Controls compliance programs • Adapt policies, procedures, and controls to keep pace with business and regulatory changes • Develop and deliver trainings and communications on program requirements across the enterprise • Drive enterprise risk assessment process for sanctions and export controls related risks, including working with key stakeholders to update and document methodology • Provide oversight of sanctions screening process for customers, third parties and employees • Lead enterprise response and investigations on potential sanctions-related incidents • Provide oversight of sanctions and export controls related activities undertaken by the Global Business Shared Services Center. • Support due diligence and provide integration assistance in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and investments Lead development and implementation of program enhancements • Provide subject matter expertise in the review of new product development • Anticipate changes to regulatory landscape and proactively evaluate expected impacts • Assist in developing and presenting senior management reporting on the sanctions and export controls programs • Assist in managing regulatory examinations and internal audit reviews All About You: • Bachelor’s degree required, JD/Master’s preferred or equivalent experience working within a Financial Crimes Compliance environment or having job responsibilities related to sanctions and export control functions • Required to have domain expertise in the areas of economic sanctions and export controls • Required to have operational experience managing sanctions related processes relating to risk assessments and controls • Required to have experience advising internal and external clients on sanctions related issues • Demonstrated ability to manage and work independently, effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments • Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and in-depth analytical skills • Ability to conceptualize new ideas and complex technical matters quickly • Ability to monitor and interpret information for decision-making and presentation • Ability to meet schedules and deadlines with thorough, accurate and quality work products • Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities • Excellent written, oral, listening and presentation communication skills to effectively communicate with