Intern, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Europe

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.

Job Title

Intern, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Europe All About Mastercard Cyber & Intelligence Solutions
Cyber & Intelligence Solutions is responsible for safeguarding trust in payments, both now and in future. We ensure that transactions and interactions are safe, simple and smart. By cyber we mean cyberspace in its truest sense – the totality of the digital world we operate in, both online and offline. Intelligence refers to the use of smart technology and deployment of services - Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and the sophisticated interpretation of data - to better protect and serve customers. C&I helps Mastercard develop solutions in fields beyond payments as our remit expands from transactions to interactions.

Make an Impact
As an intern on the Cyber & Intelligence Solutions (CIS) – Product Management Team, you will collaborate with awesome colleagues to assist in developing and managing C&I related products and services in partnership with both internal and external but also private and public stakeholders, and to help understand their needs and the technology required to deliver applicable solutions. While working in close-knit teams, you will partner closely with senior stakeholders and be given real responsibility to make an impact for our clients from day one. In this setting, you will learn quickly and gain exposure to diverse business issues, gaining the experience required to lead key client engagements.

As an insight, the intern:

• Supports the analysis of internal and external stakeholder needs and issues
• Conducts market research to inform profitability targets for a specific product
• Assists in creating reports on market insights and industry trends
• Assists in monitoring project plan statuses
• Assists in the creation of best practice documents for internal and external stakeholders
• Drafts materials such as training decks or portions of RFPs
• Assists or supports tasks in the product development life cycle
• Researches and aggregates information on new technologies and applications in the payments industry
• Helps with specific tasks in the prototyping process
• Assists in monitoring progress against key milestones in the development and implementation process
• Supports relationships with external vendors Other Areas (Applicable to some jobs)
• Supports product launches and implementations as needed
• Drafts materials such as training decks to support new product implementation
• Grows their career by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced team member
• Has an immediate opportunity for meaningful contributions, increased responsibility, leadership roles, and professional advancement

At the end of your internship, we would like you to have an in-depth understanding of the payment and fintech industry and of Mastercard’s business thanks to a wide range of self-paced trainings, day-to-day coaching, mentoring, and exposure. But more importantly, we would like you to have built a broader set of soft and hard skills and master a wider array of content. This is a unique opportunity to inject more flexibility into your career path and live a Priceless internship experience.

All About You
Basic conditions (applicable to all interns)

• Be a EU citizen
• Attend a recognized Belgium-based university or high school (“Haute Ecole”)
• Be a full-time student
• Be a bachelor’s degree (“Haute Ecole”) or a master’s degree (university) student with outstanding record of academic achievement
• Be available for at least two months (three months preferably)
• Be able to provide an internship agreement that is produced by the attended university or “Haute Ecole”

Qualifications

• Good command of English, any other language is a plus
• Be a marketing student (or any other relevant area such as business engineering with a focus on marketing, communication, etc.)
• Have proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities (e.g., student worker experiences, society, etc.)
• Show interest and passion in the payment and fintech industry as well as in marketing
• Be eager and able to learn fast and adapt to a rapidly growing and changing environment
• Strong strategic and conceptual aptitude
• Have excellent written and verbal communication as well as analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good command of MS Office tools

Due to COVID-19, most of our employees are working from home. We’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video and are onboarding new hires remotely. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together.

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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.

If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contactreasonable.accommodation@mastercard.comand 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

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.