Associate Product Specialist, Launch Graduate Program 2027 - Rome, Italy

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 Graduate Program 2027 – Rome, Italy

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 December 2026 and August 2027
• Available to start 1st September 2027
• This position does not have a compensation range.
• The fixed annual salary for this position is EUR € 43,475 gross.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Strong strategic and conceptual aptitude
• High‑energy, can‑do attitude, very strong sense of ownership

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.

Where applicable, additional information for positions located in Europe, including benefits, variable pay, and other disclosures, is available at Candidates should review this information as part of the application process.

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.