Director – Government Contracts Counsel

Director – Government Contracts Counsel

Requirements

• 5-10+ years of specialized legal experience in U.S. government contract transactions, and related counseling, compliance or administration of such transactions
• Juris Doctor and membership in good standing in at least one state bar
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to manage multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Vice President of Global Government Contracting to provide advice and counsel regarding U.S. government contracts matters, including negotiations and supporting the business on sales opportunities and contract administration post-award
• Assisting legal colleagues supporting other Mastercard business units with federal, state and local government contracts
• Supporting the U.S. Government Contracts compliance program, which includes training, program design, training and deployment of solutions on a global basis
• Manage a significant workflow of agreements, draft and negotiate complex agreements with prime contractors, various government agencies and other strategic partners
• Implement or enhance technology solutions to support identification, tracking and monitoring of Government Contract obligations
• Support business teams and assigned lawyers on enterprise-wide global expansion efforts to drive growth by executing new government contracts, track new and emerging regulations with risk mitigation at the center
• Support integration efforts of newly acquired companies
• Design or enhance templates, playbooks, processes and procedures needed to scale the government business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced with the competitive procurement processes in government acquisition
• Preferred experience includes contracting on behalf of commercial contractors providing multiple products and services under multiple contracts to the government