Mastercard Australia
2023 Mastercard Launch Australia, Associate Product Specialist, Product Management (Feb 2023)
Sydney
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 75000 / Year
- Mastercard offers attractive compensation and benefits
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 16 Sep 2022
- Start date 5 Feb 2023
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
The Mastercard Launch program is aimed at early career talent, to help you develop skills and gain cross-functional work experience. Over a period of 18 months, Launch participants will be assigned to a business unit, learn and develop skills, and gain valuable on the job experience.
Job Description
- Partner cooperatively in a team environment to support the evolution of a wide array of strategic programs across Mastercard business
- Liaise with customers to identify opportunities to enhance current products and develop solutions that meet the needs of the market
- Analyze Mastercard’s vast data resources to generate valuable insights to facilitate, customer outcomes and develop new business opportunities
- Perform project management duties, creating and documenting processes, developing timelines, managing compliance cases, supporting risk mitigation for our third parties
- Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to develop customer narratives, customer presentations and analyses
- Interface with customers, both internal and external, to effectively communicate progress on joint initiatives and create greater awareness about payment trends, thought leadership and best practices
- Perform desktop research to identify regional or global trends and develop competitor intelligence and other data points to inform business strategy and aid with decision making
- Assist with ad hoc requests, participate in special projects as required, and provide cross-functional support as needed
All About You
- Graduating Seniors – class of 2022
- Analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills
- Strategic thinker with ability to derive and translate data analytics to meet business goals
- Sound written and verbal communication skills
- Project management skills, highly organized with strong attention to detail
- A Collaborative, team player who shows initiative and curiosity to learn from the team and partners well with colleagues
- Must be able to work independently in developing and mapping out solutions
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, handle multiple tasks, consistently meet established deadlines, and deliver exceptional results
- Expert PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access; programming and coding ability a plus
- Experience with Tableau, Domo, or other comparable business intelligence tools
- Understanding of risk management disciplines
Languages
- English required
- Additional languages are a plus
Please note that Mastercard will not be able to sponsor employment visa for foreigners. You will need to have working rights in Australia to qualify for this position.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
I support both strategy and platform projects by taking meeting notes, helping plan workshops/interviews and create presentation packs.
Software engineer, I focus on executing and maintaining tests and testing environments
I work on different types of projects within my team, but also get the opportunity to organise and facilitate events to connect with our external partners and clients. I also do a lot of market research and analysis in my role, which is great as I get to utilize the skills I gained from my Masters degree.
About the employer
Mastercard Australia
4.4
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Technology
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry
Pros and cons of working at Mastercard Australia
Pros
I love all the opportunities for growth and development within MC. From early on in the graduate program, I have had exposure to high impact projects and can see and feel the difference that I make at work each day. I also love that we have such a social graduate program, with events organised regularly and plenty of networking opportunities with people from across the business.
Opportunities to work at forefront of payments technology and solve interesting problems; collaborative and respective working environment and culture with a strong focus on work/life balance and employee wellbeing; calibre of talent.
Ability to work on highly important value-add projects, clients and initiatives Senior leadership engagement day-to-day and involvement in broader initiatives Flexibility to rotate into different roles and work across teams
Good Culture, lots of team social and bonding opportunities, good personalities on the team
The innovative, fast-paced environment that encourages cross-divisional work and constant learning.
Cons
It was a tough learning curve at the start. Having never worked in the payments space, there was a lot of jargon and business processes that I didn't understand.
Being a larger, publicly listed organisation - we can be bogged down by bureaucracy and processes which are apparent to me having come from a start-up space previously.
The Melbourne office is relatively small when compared to Sydney and others, allowing for less network-building/work social scene.
Subject to global policies that don't always suit or consider the local situation; compensation is less competitive
The average age tends to be a little high so it can make organizing things like after-work drinks etc. more difficult than other places I have worked.