Intern, Technical Program Management

Mastercard Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. invites students to join our Technology Regulatory Excellence (TREX) EEMEA team as a Technical Program Management Intern.

You will support cross-functional programs spanning technology, regulatory, and operational resilience across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, gaining hands-on experience in how large-scale programs are planned and delivered. You will work with product, engineering, operations, legal and market teams, contributing to research, data analysis, and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Penultimate year student enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree with graduation between Dec 2027 and Jul 2028.
• Available to work full-time for 10–12 weeks starting June 2027.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible, adaptive and a strong collaborator.
• Well planned, organised and structured to manage time and work effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support cross-functional programs focused on technology, regulatory, and operational resilience initiatives across EEMEA.
• Assist with research, data analysis, project tracking, stakeholder coordination, documentation, and reporting.
• Gain exposure to how large-scale technology and regulatory programs are planned, governed, and delivered within a global organization.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Time management

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 Intern, Technical Program Management

Why join Mastercard’s internship program?

Mastercard's internship program offers more than hands-on work. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.

Tech Team

The Technology Regulatory Excellence (TREX) EEMEA team works across Mastercard’s technology organization to help ensure products, services, and operations align with evolving regulatory requirements across Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). The team partners with product, engineering, operations, legal, and market teams to assess regulatory impacts, support compliance initiatives, and strengthen technology resilience across the region.

What You Will Do

As a Technical Program Management Intern, you will support cross-functional programs focused on technology, regulatory, and operational resilience initiatives across EEMEA. You will assist with research, data analysis, project tracking, stakeholder coordination, documentation, and reporting activities while gaining exposure to how large-scale technology and regulatory programs are planned, governed, and delivered within a global organization.

What we’re looking for:

• Penultimate Year Students currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, with an anticipated graduation date between December 2027 and July 2028.
• Available to work full-time for 10-12 weeks starting June 2027
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible, adaptive and a strong collaborator
• Well planned, organised and structured to manage time and work effectively

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.

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.