Job overview:

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 realise 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.

Program components:

• Challenging and impactful projects
• Networking, mentorship, and access to senior leaders
• Volunteer and team building experiences.
• Participation in a global innovation challenge that could have material impact on Mastercard’s future.

Data Scientist

Responsible for developing data-driven innovative analytical solutions and identifying opportunities to support business and client needs in a quantitative manner and facilitate informed recommendations/decisions. Activities include developing and creating predictive models, behavioural segmentation frameworks, profitability analyses, ad hoc reporting, and data visualisations.

What you’ll need for Summer Internship

• To be available to work Full-Time between approx. Mid-June to Early-Sept 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 organisation 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.

Job Category: Cyber and Intelligence

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Country: United Arab Emirates

Schedule: Full-Time

Located Remotely? N

Relocation? N

Position Type: Intern

Employee benefits

At Mastercard, we are committed to supporting our diverse and inclusive workforce across the globe. As part of that commitment, we offer generous benefit programs that are designed using global standards to ensure the financial, emotional, and medical safety of all our employees and their loved ones.

Live well and thrive
Well-being at Mastercard: Work and life should fit together. When you feel well, you live well – both professionally and personally. Get access to best-in-class well-being resources (mental, physical, financial, and social) to help you be your best, regardless of where you are in your journey.

Put family first
New Parent Leave: Our global New Parent Leave benefit supports adoption and childbirth for all employees who become parents by adoption or childbirth in all geographies – regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or caregiver status. It provides a global standard of 16 weeks of 100% paid leave and maintains 100% of bonus eligibility during this time.

Connect and celebrate
Business Resource Groups: Connect and build meaningful relationships through our employee-driven program that enhances cultural awareness, develops leadership skills, and gives you the opportunity to network with colleagues across business units at all levels.
Employee Recognition: Cheer each other via Recognising You, our peer-to-peer recognition and celebration program that aligns with the Mastercard Way – Focus on our Customer, Own It, Sense of Urgency, Simplify, Thoughtful Risk Taking and Being Inclusive.

Secure your future
Investing in You: To accelerate retirement readiness, our employees can take advantage of our generous matching contribution of 10% of base pay each year by participating in their local retirement program. The company matching contributions are 100% vested from day one!
Dependent Scholarship: Help build the future with an academic scholarship for your child. We grant up to twenty $5,000 scholarships per year to dependent children age 25 and younger.
Employee Assistance Fund: Get help and support when you need it. We provide assistance for employees, or eligible dependents of deceased employees, who are facing financial hardship due to a catastrophic event, and for retirees or former employees dealing with a serious illness or injury.

Additional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management / Computer Science
• Excellent communication
• Interpersonal skills