Associate Analyst, Account Management, Launch Graduate Program 2027 – Shanghai, China

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 Analyst, Account Management, Launch Graduate Program 2027 – Shanghai, China

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. 

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.

Job Description:
During your 18 months within Mastercard, your major accountabilities may include:
•Assist Account Managers to complete routine business processes
•Create materials for contracts, agreement, pitching/presentation deck under Account Managers’ guidance
•Support Account Managers execute initiatives across multiple business functions
•Support Account Leads on team activity management and performance tracking
•Ensure up-to-date with the market and industry development, contribute ideas to enhance Mastercard competitive edge
•Support internal data research and analysis in weekly and monthly base for key accounts
•Support documentations by preparing for contracts and assisting in processing data for customer review materials

All about you:
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or accelerated master’s program graduating between Dec 2026 – July 2027.
- Able to start work on 19 July 2027.
- You do not require any work visa sponsorships to work in China.
• Highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and a strong team player.
• Extremely organized and able to independently manage multiple projects and initiatives with varying scope concurrently.
• Excellent relationship building skills; able to foster and maintain strong, positive working internal and external relationships across multiple business functions and markets.
• Highly customer focused with a demonstrated ability to understand and respond to customer needs.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, able to clearly tailor the message to the audience and communicate complex products and processes.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and the local office language (viz. Mandarin Chinese)

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.