MastercardAssociate Product Specialist, Graduate Launch Program, Cairo - Egypt
Mastercard is hiring an Associate Product Specialist, Graduate Launch Program, Cairo - Egypt (Egypt). Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Associate Product Specialist needed for Mastercard's Graduate Launch Program in Cairo to manage product lifecycles.
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Associate Product Specialist, Product Management, Cairo - EgyptWhy join Mastercard’s Launch Program?Over the course of this 18-month program, you'll build specialized expertise through hands-on experience, structured learning, and mentorship from industry leaders. You'll work on real business challenges, applying your skills to projects that create meaningful impact.
Along the way, you'll deepen your knowledge of Mastercard's business, collaborate with teams across the organization, and develop the technical, analytical, and professional capabilities needed to accelerate your career. By the end of the program, you’ll have a strong foundation in your chosen field and the confidence to continue to grow here at Mastercard.
About the team
In Product Management, you will have the chance to learn how to develop business cases for new product opportunities, develop scalable customer-centric products, and see those projects through go-to-market. When joining one of our highly collaborative product teams, you will have the opportunity to build and manage great products. We are looking for passionate and talented professionals who share our vision for developing scalable customer-centric products with agility and excellence.
What you’ll do
As an Associate Product Specialist, you may:
• 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.
Projects other Associate Product Specialist Launchers have worked on:
• Samantha developed a competitive analysis of a business intelligence product to understand market offerings and how Mastercard’s product compared. Her analysis helped the team identify which features to accelerate on their roadmap.
• William developed a model framework to define bundled pricing deals combining our Identity Solutions capabilities. His model was leveraged to launch a new pricing bundle with resellers and streamline the sales lifecycle for future deals
• Maria 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.
What we’re looking for
• 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[BL2.1] and business value.
• Foundational knowledge of AI, data, APIs, and modern technology platforms.
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.
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