Leads customer-facing electronic payment processing implementations from planning through execution. Coordinates and trains cross-functional technical and non-technical teams, assesses customer needs and system impacts, manages multiple projects, supports host interface testing, and ensures implementation quality and reliability. Requires payment transaction processing knowledge, IT and network understanding, strong communication, customer interaction skills, adaptability, and availability for a non-negotiable night shift.
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• In a customer-facing environment, lead and train a cross-functional processing implementation project team of technical and non-technical electronic payment processing experts from both Mastercard and our customer• Deliver standard through complex implementation activities ensuring quality and reliability of the implementations.• Are you motivated to be a part of driving a world beyond cash?• Have good knowledge about electronic payment and related processes such as authorization, clearing and settlement?• Are you able to cope with a fast changing and ambiguous environment?• Ability to bring new creative thoughts, ideas and solutions to make payments easier and more efficient for our customers
Role• Act as central point of contact for customers and/ or Mastercard customer representatives throughout processing implementation project end-to-end execution.• Assess and document customer needs and according implementation impacts on customers' and Mastercard's core and non-core processing systems and platforms.• Handle multiple customer processing implementation projects in parallel
All About You• Experience in "Information Technology" system knowledge, with good understanding of network technology, applications, and project management• Knowledge of payment transaction processing and industry business knowledge• Good understanding of Mastercard's payment processing systems, formats and associated customer host interface testing services and principles• Ability to interact well with the customer• Good verbal and written communication skills• Desire to learn independently• Ability to work in a matrixed organizations and cross functional teams• Ability to manage change in a technical work environment• Open to work for Night Shift - CST Timings (Non Negotiable)
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:
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• In a customer-facing environment, lead and train a cross-functional processing implementation project team of technical and non-technical electronic payment processing experts from both Mastercard and our customer• Deliver standard through complex implementation activities ensuring quality and reliability of the implementations.• Are you motivated to be a part of driving a world beyond cash?• Have good knowledge about electronic payment and related processes such as authorization, clearing and settlement?• Are you able to cope with a fast changing and ambiguous environment?• Ability to bring new creative thoughts, ideas and solutions to make payments easier and more efficient for our customers
Role• Act as central point of contact for customers and/ or Mastercard customer representatives throughout processing implementation project end-to-end execution.• Assess and document customer needs and according implementation impacts on customers' and Mastercard's core and non-core processing systems and platforms.• Handle multiple customer processing implementation projects in parallel
All About You• Experience in "Information Technology" system knowledge, with good understanding of network technology, applications, and project management• Knowledge of payment transaction processing and industry business knowledge• Good understanding of Mastercard's payment processing systems, formats and associated customer host interface testing services and principles• Ability to interact well with the customer• Good verbal and written communication skills• Desire to learn independently• Ability to work in a matrixed organizations and cross functional teams• Ability to manage change in a technical work environment• Open to work for Night Shift - CST Timings (Non Negotiable)
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.
Mastercard Pune, Mahārāshtra, IND Office
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Poona Club Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411001
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