Description
Mastercard's Graduate Launch Program is an 18-month program that provides hands-on experience, structured learning, and mentorship from industry leaders. As an Associate Product Specialist, you will work on real business challenges, applying your skills to projects that create meaningful impact.
Responsibilities:
- 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, store, etc.)
- Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI-enabled and data-driven capabilities to improve product experiences and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with technical teams to understand emerging technologies, assess trade-offs, and translate technical concepts into customer and business value.
Requirements:
- Anticipated graduation date between in Spring 2027
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates a high level of adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced environment, with a strong ability to collaborate effectively across teams and stakeholders.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong planning and time management skills to prioritize work and deliver results efficiently.
- Able to balance multiple priorities while maintaining a structured and proactive approach to achieving objectives.
- Curiosity about emerging technologies and understanding how AI can create customer and business value.
- Foundational knowledge of AI, data, APIs, and modern technology platforms.