Senior Counsel, Services - Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility

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 Senior Counsel, Services - Privacy, AI & Data Responsibility Overview Mastercard is seeking a Senior Counsel to serve as a dedicated Canadian privacy and data responsibility counsel supporting Mastercard’s products, services, and go-to-market activities in Canada. This role will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on Canadian privacy, AI, data protection, consumer protection, and related regulatory requirements, with a primary focus on enabling Canadian product launches and supporting remediation of existing products, services, processes, and controls to meet Canadian legal and regulatory expectations.

The Senior Counsel will work closely with product, regional, regulatory, commercial, and global privacy stakeholders to help Mastercard bring innovative products and services to the Canadian market in a responsible, compliant, and scalable way. The role will support the identification, prioritization, and implementation of compliance controls for Canadian requirements. You will: Serve as the Canadian Data Protection Officer for our Services business Act as the lead legal advisor on Canadian privacy, AI, data protection, consumer protection, and related regulatory matters. Provide practical legal guidance to product, business, and legal teams on Canadian go-to-market readiness, including product design, data use, transparency, consent, data sharing, automated decision-making, cross-border transfers, customer disclosures, and operational controls. Advise on Canadian federal and provincial privacy frameworks to ensure compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws. Partner with product privacy counsel to localize global products and services for the Canadian market, identifying where Canadian legal requirements require changes to product design, launch strategy, customer commitments, documentation, or controls. Review privacy and data protection impact assessments, transfer assessments, product risk assessments, external disclosures, customer communications, marketing materials, and public representations for Canadian legal and regulatory alignment. Support Canadian regulatory readiness, including helping teams prepare for inquiries, consultations, regulatory submissions, customer escalations, and market-specific questions. Develop contract structures, templates, and playbooks that address privacy and data protection requirements and lead the review and negotiation of applicable privacy and data protection language in agreements with affiliates, vendors, and customers. Monitor and interpret U.S. and Canadian regulatory and legislative developments relating to privacy, AI, data protection, consumer protection, digital regulation, product governance, and data use, and translate those developments into practical guidance for business and legal stakeholders. Increase awareness among business clients and global privacy and legal teams regarding privacy, data protection, and regulatory developments pertaining to Mastercard through training and other initiatives. Coordinate with U.S., regional, and global privacy stakeholders to drive consistency where appropriate, while clearly identifying Canadian market-specific requirements and remediation priorities. All About You Canadian law degree required. Membership in good standing with a Canadian provincial bar. Any additional qualifications (Master of Laws degree, IAPP Certifications, French fluency) considered an asset. A minimum of