As an Associate Product Specialist Intern, you will be assigned to a business unit where you will learn, develop new skills, and gain valuable on the job experience. You will have the chance to gain an understanding of how Mastercard develops business cases for new product opportunities, develops scalable customer-centric products, and sees those projects through to go-to-market. We are looking for passionate and talented interns, who share our vision for developing scalable customer-centric products with agility and excellence.

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The Mastercard Intern Program is a comprehensive 10-week program where students will gain hands on real work-life skills while having fun and contributing to a global company. As an intern, you will be challenged with completing projects that will enhance your skills as well as contribute to the department’s goals and objectives.

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Program Components:

Impactful assignments that drive business results

Networking sessions and leadership speaker series

Volunteer and team building experiences

As an Associate Product Specialist Intern, you may:

Partner with your team to manage 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

Project management of strategic initiatives

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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.).

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Projects other Associate Product Specialist Interns have worked on:

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Antonia worked on a product that helps customers assess their cyber risk. Her team needed to understand the performance of new features, so she built a dashboard tool to analyze user engagement and inform future product improvements.

Thomas developed a competitive analysis of a business intelligence product to understand market offerings and how Mastercard’s product compared. His analysis helped the team identify which features to accelerate on their roadmap.

Sarah 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.

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All About You

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Undergraduate degree with expected graduation date between December 2026 – July 2027

Outstanding record of academic achievement

Strong verbal 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

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.

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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

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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.