Associate Product Specialist, Product Management at MasterCard

What it is  

• A permanent opportunity but dedicated to an 18-month program that educates, inspires personal growth, and builds professional confidence to create a Priceless career with Mastercard. Launch will include development opportunities such as: Professional skills learning; Networking and career conversations 

What you’ll do: 

• Partner cooperatively in a team environment to support evolution of a wide array of programs across Mastercard business.
• Assist in analysing and interpreting user data, consider context and bias in data, and makes a point to highlight data issues / inconsistencies. 
• Seeks to learn drivers of product stakeholder priorities/preferences and how to bring new insights to own team.
• Perform project management duties, creating and documenting processes, developing timelines, and beyond.
• Communicate across key stakeholders to implement action plans to support the business.
• Perform desktop research to identify regional or global trends and develop key performance metrics and reporting.
• Assist with ad hoc requests, participate in special projects as required, and provide cross-functional support as needed.
• Shows eagerness to learn new business knowledge, technologies, tools or systems Shows eagerness to learn new business knowledge, technologies, tools or systems.

What you’ll need 

• To be available for start from 4th September 2023
• To be a Final Year Masters/Undergraduate Student or to have graduated no earlier than September 2023.
• Project management skills, highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Expert PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access; programming and coding ability a plus.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills  
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong strategic and conceptual aptitude
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects concurrently. 
• High-energy, can-do attitude, very strong sense of ownership and desire to succeed with commensurate analytical, technical, and strategic skills. 
• Citizenship Requirement: Applicants for this position must be a citizen of Kenya in order to be considered for this role.

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.