Job title: Associate Product Specialist, Launch Graduate Program 2024 – United States
Company: Mastercard
Job description: Our Purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Associate Product Specialist, Launch Graduate Program 2024 – United States
Make an impact as an Associate Product Specialist
As an Associate Product Specialist, you will have the chance to learn how to develop business cases for new product opportunities, develop scalable customer-centric products, and see those projects through to go-to-market. When joining one of our highly collaborative product teams, you will have the opportunity to build and manage great products. We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for developing scalable customer-centric products with agility and excellence.
In this role, you will also participate in the Mastercard Launch program, an 18 month program aimed at early career talent, to help you develop skills and gain cross-functional work experience. Launch participants will be assigned to a business unit where you will learn, develop new skills, and gain valuable on the job experience.
As an Associate Product Specialist, you may:
Manage and own tasks across the product life cycle
Assist in establishing and monitoring progress against key milestones in the development and implementation process
Work with various product lines and technologies
Provide competitive landscape, trends, consumer insights, research and end-to-end program analytics
Engage with the business and engineering teams to track progress and identify dependencies and risks
Contribute to inspiring product visions, derived from market and customer needs, and evolving technology trends
Identify and measure product and business metrics to increase adoption and understand customers’ ongoing needs
Conduct iterative experiments to identify and prioritize key features for inclusion with product releases and product roadmap
Develop presentations to be used in sales/partnership meetings
Define product pricing strategies
Speak with customers (existing or prospective) to fully understand how Mastercard product will impact their systems and business models
Assist customers to resolve operational issues that have been escalated
Project management of strategic initiatives
Work on potential product areas such as: Analytics, APIs, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Loyalty, Marketing, Open Banking, or Payments (e-commerce, in store, etc.)
Projects other Associate Product Specialist Launchers have worked on:
Samantha developed a competitive analysis of a business intelligence product to understand market offerings and how Mastercard’s product compared. Her analysis helped the team identify which features to accelerate on their roadmap.
William developed a model framework to define bundled pricing deals combining our Identity Solutions capabilities. His model was leveraged to launch a new pricing bundle with resellers and streamline the sales lifecycle for future deals.
Maria worked with stakeholders and customers to understand the analytics needed for our application, then developed the roadmap for incorporating a 3rd-party data analytics tool into the app experience.
All About You
Currently enrolled senior pursuing bachelor’s/accelerated master’s degree graduating in Fall 2023 or Spring 2024
Strong oral and written communication skills
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, PPT)
High energy level; flexible, adaptive and strong collaborator
Well planned, organized & structured to manage time & work effectively
Application Process
Submit your application
If eligible, receive invitation for a digital interview; this includes answering pre-recorded interview questions that advance your application
If recommended to advance, receive invitation for final round interview(s); you will have the opportunity to meet with us virtually to learn more about our business and culture
This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship. For example, students or recent graduates in the United States on an F1 visa (including those with CPT or OPT authorization) are not eligible for this role.
New York salary range: $73,000-$114,000
In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact [email protected] 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.
Expected salary: $73000 – 114000 per year
Location: Purchase, NY
Job date: Sat, 02 Sep 2023 03:02:07 GMT
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