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　　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 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.

　　Title and Summary

　　Data Scientist, Launch Graduate Program 2024 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

　　Who is Mastercard?

　　We are the 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.

　　The Mastercard Launch program is aimed at early career talent, to help you develop skills and gain cross-functional work experience. Over a period of 18 months, Launch participants will be assigned to a business unit, learn and develop skills, and gain valuable on the job experience.

　　Overview

　　• 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, behavioral segmentation frameworks, profitability analyses, ad hoc reporting and data visualizations

　　Responsibilities

　　• Aggregates and collates client data sets and conducts data manipulation and technical analysis leveraging industry techniques and best practices to identify trends and draw insights

　　• Cleans and structures data sets fed to downstream analytics

　　• Assists with the development and validation of dashboards and reports for client/ stakeholder projects

　　• Escalates technical errors or bugs detected in project work

　　• Assists with ad hoc work as delegated by senior level colleagues

　　Experiences

　　• Demonstrated basic knowledge of statistical analytical techniques, coding, and data engineering

　　• Experience leveraging open source tools, predictive analytics, machine learning, and other data techniques to perform basic analyses

　　• Experience developing and configuring dashboards

　　• Demonstrated judgement when escalating issues to the project team

　　What you'll need for Launch

　　To be available to start the program on 2nd September 2024.

　　To be a Final Year Masters/Undergraduate Student or to graduate no earlier than December 2023 and no later than August 31st 2024.

　　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 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, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.