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 culture of inclusion 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 Project Management Intern, Internship Program 2024- Dubai, United Arab Emirates Mastercard Intern Program The Mastercard Intern Program is a comprehensive 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. Across the 10 weeks, you’ll jump into experiencing work life at Mastercard whilst gaining valuable professional experience and the opportunity to network. Successful interns might also have the opportunity to secure a place in our Launch program upon graduating, which you can find out more about here. Program Components - Impactful assignments that drive business results. - Networking sessions and leadership speaker’s series. - Volunteer and team building experiences. - A capstone project to report your achievements and findings What you’ll do : You will join the Mastercard Technology team to support on innovative projects. This team focuses on understanding the Tech needs of the region, be they regulatory driven or market driven and delivering localized tech solutions to the region. In addition, the team focuses on driving operational excellence for our customers. As an intern, you will experience the breath of the Regional Tech function and will be involved in activities such as: • Localization Projects – delivering localized tech solution to a market • Operational Excellence – understand the components of high performing technology and how Mastercard engages customers to achieve operational excellence • Tech Thought Leadership events – keeping our customers CIOs / CTOs abreast of the ever- changing payment tech landscape • Studio Process – be part of the product development lifecycle committee from a Tech perspective and learn what is required to bring a product to market What you’ll need for Summer Internship To be available to work Full-Time between approx. Earlu -June to End-August 2024 A Penultimate Masters/Undergraduate Student, due to graduate between Dec-2024 and Aug-2025. Bachelor’s degree in Business/Management/Computer Science or Engineering/Industrial Engineering/Business Informatics/MIS with a minimum predicted classification of a UK 2.1 or equivalent GPA of 3.0. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with analytical and problem-solving capability and a strong strategic conceptual aptitude, whilst being customer centric. Passionate to learn and seek knowledge about Business Analysis/ Payments/ Software Development Life Cycle/ Agile and Scrum. English Language skills to a professional standard. Arabic Language skills to a professional standard. 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. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.