Associate Product Specialist, Launch Program 2027 – Dubai, UAE (UAE National Preferred)

Mastercard Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Dubai invites applications for an Associate Product Specialist, Launch Program 2027. This 18‑month program builds expertise in product management with hands-on projects, mentorship, and structured learning across Mastercard’s product teams.

You will develop scalable customer‑centric products, measure metrics, and run experiments while helping resolve customer issues. Eligible candidates are enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program, graduating 2026–2027, with start dates March 1 or

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master’s degree with an anticipated graduation date between March 2026 and August 2027.
• Available to start on March 1 or September 1, 2027.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong strategic and conceptual aptitude.
• High-energy, can-do attitude with a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Identify and measure product and business metrics to increase adoption and understand customers’ ongoing needs.
• Conduct iterative experiments to identify and prioritise key features for inclusion with product releases and product roadmap.
• Assist customers to resolve operational issues that have been escalated.

Skills

Analytical & problem-solving

Strategic & conceptual aptitude

High-energy, ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Job description

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, Launch Program 2027 – Dubai, UAE (UAE National Preferred)

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities. 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 aculture of inclusionfor 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.

Why 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.

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 to 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

• Identify and measure product and business metrics to increase adoption and understand customers’ ongoing needs
• Conduct iterative experiments to identify and prioritise key features for inclusion with product releases and product roadmap
• Assist customers to resolve operational issues that have been escalated

What we’re looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, with an anticipated graduation date between March 2026 and August 2027
• Available to start on 1st March or 1st September 2027
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Strong strategic and conceptual aptitude
• High‑energy, can‑do attitude, very strong sense of ownership

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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
• 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.