Specialist, Implementation

Mastercard; Swords; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard in Ireland is seeking a Specialist, Implementation within the CIS Testing Team. The role focuses on acting as the central point of contact for customers, providing testing expertise, advising customers on processing implementations, and training internal teams.

You will manage multiple key projects, document processes, and support new Mastercard release testing with financial institutions. The ideal candidate holds a IT/CS related degree, has basic IT knowledge including networks,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Exact Sciences, Business or equivalent work experience.
• Basic experience in Information Technology system knowledge, with strong understanding of network technology, applications, and project management.
• Ability to interact with the customer and Senior management.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with ability to leverage these skills in a teaching environment.
• Ability to support change in a technical work environment.
• Ability to multi-task covering multiple projects and products.
• Mobile payment background, basic API understanding (API developer skills is a big plus).
• Fluent in English is a must.
• Multilingual is a plus (Russian, French, Spanish).

Responsibilities

• Act as central point of contact for customers and/or Mastercard customer representatives throughout processing implementation project end-to-end execution.
• Provide testing expertise and support to Mastercard customers for all products and services.
• Act as processing implementation advisor, to customers' processing support staff.
• Provide guidance to execute all necessary processing implementation activities.
• Handle multiple key customer processing implementation projects in parallel, including key implementations (key customers, key markets, key services / products).
• Define, create, maintain and document standard and non-standard key customer processing implementation processes.
• Provide training to CIS organization, other Mastercard organizations and the customer.

Skills

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

API understanding

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

Specialist, Implementation

Overview

• The CIS Testing Team tests Mastercard products and services with financial institutions enabling production electronic payments globally.
• CIS ensures financial institutions are systemically synchronized with Mastercard financial messaging.
• The role ensures accurate and precise vetting of customer network interface and systems to process financial payments, and consumer tailored service interactions.
• Provides the ability for customers to test new Mastercard Release code.
• Accommodates testing whenever financial institutions and other organizations make changes on their systems.
• Do you enjoy learning new technology?
• Do you like working with customers toward a common goal?
• Have you ever performed a consultative role?

Role

• Act as central point of contact for customers and/or Mastercard customer representatives throughout processing implementation project end-to-end execution.
• Provide testing expertise and support to Mastercard customers for all products and services.
• Act as processing implementation advisor, to customers' processing support staff.
• Provide guidance to execute all necessary processing implementation activities.
• Handle multiple key customer processing implementation projects in parallel, including key implementations (key customers, key markets, key services / products).
• Define, create, maintain and document standard and non-standard key customer processing implementation processes.
• Provide training to CIS organization, other Mastercard organizations and the customer.

All About You

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Exact Sciences, Business or equivalent work experience.
• Basic experience in Information Technology system knowledge, with strong understanding of network technology, applications, and project management. Basic payment transaction processing and industry business principles knowledge.
• Ability to interact with the customer and Senior management.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with ability to leverage these skills in a teaching environment.
• Ability to support change in a technical work environment.
• Ability to multi-task covering multiple projects and products.
• Mobile payment background, basic API understanding (API developer skills is a big plus).
• Fluent in English is a must.
• Multilingual is a plus (Russian, French, Spanish).

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, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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: