Data Scientist Intern, Internship Program 2024- Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Key Skills

Agile methodologies, Analytical and Problem solving, Arabic Language, Business Analytics, Data science techniques, English Proficiency, Scrum Agile Methodology

Job Description

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 Intern, Internship Program 2024- Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Apply for our Summer Internship program and spend your summer enhancing your skills, sharing your ideas and making a difference in the real world.

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments business. We connect consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide and enable them to use secure and convenient electronic forms of payment. Mastercard is a driving force at the heart of commerce, enabling global transactions and bringing insight into the payments process to make commerce faster, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. As a critical link among financial institutions and millions of businesses, cardholders, and merchants worldwide, Mastercard provides services in more than 210 countries and territories. You find more information on www.mastercardworldwide.com.

Mastercard Summer Internship Program

The Mastercard Summer Internship Program is a comprehensive 10-week program aimed at early career talent, where students will gain hands on real work-life skills while having fun and contributing to a global company. As an intern, you will be challenged with completing projects that will enhance your skills as well as contribute to the department’s goals and objectives.

Successful interns also have the opportunity to secure a place of our Launch program upon graduating, which you can find out more about here.

Program components:

• Challenging and impactful projects
• Networking, mentorship, and access to senior leaders
• Volunteer and team building experiences.
• Participation in a global innovation challenge that could have material impact on Mastercard’s future.

Data Scientist

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.

What you’ll need for Summer Internship

• To be available to work Full-Time between approx. Mid-June to Early-Sept 2024
• A Penultimate Masters/Undergraduate Student, due to graduate between Dec-2024 and Aug-2025.
• 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.