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Your role

Make an impact as an Associate Product Specialist Intern

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.

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
• 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.).

Projects other Associate Product Specialist Interns have worked on

• 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 products are 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 their application, then developed the roadmap for incorporating a 3rd-party data analytics tool into the app experience.

About you

They are looking for passionate and talented interns, who share their vision for developing scalable customer-centric products with agility and excellence.

Qualification

• Undergraduate with a target graduation date between December 2025 - August 2026
• Outstanding record of academic achievement
• Strong oral 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

Benefits

As an intern at Mastercard, you may experience benefits such as:

• Competitive salary 
• Challenging and impactful projects
• Networking and mentorship opportunities
• Conversion opportunities into a full-time position
• Business Resource Groups 
• Community outreach activities

Training & development

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.

Program components

• Impactful assignments that drive business results
• Networking sessions and leadership speaker series
• Volunteer and team-building experiences

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Career progression

Successful interns have the opportunity to secure a place upon graduating. Mastercard offers career growth opportunities through its Learning Academies, providing industry-leading content to fuel employee growth. Employees can also leverage the Unlocked network to make impactful connections and form mentorships, supporting a workplace where everyone can connect their passions with their fullest potential.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.mastercard.com/us/en
• careers.mastercard.com/us/en/internships
• mastercard.com/global/en/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html
• youtube.com