Junior Project Manager (Spanish Speaker)

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

Junior Project Manager (Spanish Speaker)

Overview
The APM team is looking for a junior consultant (Spanish Speaker) to manage individual projects with minimal supervision, including tracking metrics, handling complex analyses, and preparing communications to report back to client and internal leadership. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, and possesses an project management mindset.

Role
-Will manage individual projects with minimal supervision, including tracking metrics, handling complex analyses, and preparing communications to report back to client and internal leadership.
Will develop practical recommendations, contribute to team discussions on implications of analyses, and work alongside the client's staff on each project, assisting with implementation tasks.

Examples
In this client-facing position, you will:
• Collaborate with senior project delivery consultants to implement strategically important assets and services
-Prepare the plan and governance of customers and internal team complex projects
-Collaborate with Mastercard team to understand clients' needs, challenges, agenda, and risks
• Independently coordinate a complex range of activities and effectively identify and proactively solution risks and impacts on timelines
• Lead internal and client meetings with strong communication skills

All About You
-Essential knowledge, skills, and experience
• Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management (1-3 years of Project Management experience)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish
• Relevant teamwork and client or internal stakeholder management experience and logical, structured thinking
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Eligibility to work in Portugal, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs, and • ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis

Desirable or additional capabilities

• Have completed or interested in pursuing recognized professional accreditation, such as Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultancies
• Knowledge of Project Management tools
• Ability to identify problems, brainstorm and analyze answers, and implement the best solutions

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.