Senior Managing Counsel, Regulatory - Crypto & Digital Assets Regulation

Mastercard
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 250,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)Education: professionalSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","Analytic capabilities","Independent work"]

Serve as lead regulatory counsel for Mastercard’s digital assets initiatives globally, owning regulatory strategy, licensing, supervisory engagement, and compliance management. Oversee regulatory workstreams for digital assets M&A integrations, including examination support, remediation and supervisory reporting. Lead a global team of regulatory counsel and compliance professionals, advise business and product leaders, manage external counsel across jurisdictions, and translate multi-regime guidance into executable controls.

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Senior Managing Counsel, Regulatory - Crypto & Digital Assets Regulation

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Job Summary

Serve as lead regulatory counsel for Mastercard’s digital assets initiatives globally, owning regulatory strategy, licensing, supervisory engagement, and compliance management. Oversee regulatory workstreams for digital assets M&A integrations, including examination support, remediation and supervisory reporting. Lead a global team of regulatory counsel and compliance professionals, advise business and product leaders, manage external counsel across jurisdictions, and translate multi-regime guidance into executable controls.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute the global regulatory strategy for digital assets businesses, including engagement and positioning with regulators across priority markets.
  • •Lead and manage a global team of regulatory counsel and regulatory compliance professionals supporting digital asset products and entities.
  • •Oversee licensing strategy and execution, including NYDFS BitLicense, state money transmitter licenses, EU MiCA, and analogous regimes.
  • •Lead supervisory engagement and regulatory examinations, including support for acquired entities, examination responses, remediation commitments, and supervisory reporting.
  • •Advise on product development and commercial transactions, including Travel Rule, sanctions/AML, consumer protection, market conduct rules, and prudential expectations. Manage external counsel and report emerging regulatory developments to senior management.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 400,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveParental LeaveGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •JD from an established and reputable law school; active bar membership in good standing.
  • •Substantial experience advising on digital asset regulation at a financial institution, virtual asset service provider, payments company, or top-tier law firm.
  • •Demonstrated experience leading licensing and supervisory matters under at least one of NYDFS BitLicense, MiCA, MAS PSA, or UK FCA cryptoasset registration; broad familiarity across multiple regimes preferred.
  • •Deep working knowledge of the BSA, FinCEN guidance for convertible virtual currencies, the Travel Rule, OFAC sanctions, and state money transmission frameworks as applied to digital asset activity.
  • •Experience managing regulatory examinations and supervisory engagements with US and non-US regulators; demonstrated leadership building and managing a global team.
Experience:Digital assetsPaymentsFintechVirtual assetsM&AMulti-jurisdictional regulation
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationAnalytic capabilitiesIndependent work
Tech Stack:Blockchain analyticsWallet screeningOn-chain monitoring

Company Brief

Mastercard
Mastercard is a global payments and technology company that processes transactions, provides fraud prevention and data services, and builds payment infrastructure for consumers, businesses, merchants and governments across 200+ countries.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Purchase, New York, United States
Founded: 1966
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