

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
Early Careers/Campus Recruiter - 12 Month FTC
MUST HAVE EARLY CAREERS / CAMPUS RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE
Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
About the Team
At Mastercard, Global Talent Acquisition spans:
• Experienced Hiring
• Executive Search
• Campus Recruitment
• Diversity Hiring
Our Campus Recruiting team plays a critical role in shaping the future of the organisation by attracting, engaging, and hiring high-potential early careers talent across Europe.
This 12 month maternity cover role will support the delivery and ongoing evolution of our EMEA campus hiring strategy, ensuring:
• Strong university partnerships
• Diverse talent pipelines
• A best-in-class candidate experience
Role Overview
The Senior Specialist, Campus Recruiting (EMEA) is responsible for:
• End-to-end execution of campus hiring across Europe
• Partnering closely with business stakeholders, HR, and global TA colleagues
This role requires:
• Strong project management capability
• Stakeholder influence
• Operational rigour in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
Key Responsibilities
Campus Hiring Delivery
• Own and deliver the full lifecycle campus recruitment process across assigned European markets
• Manage pipelines across:
University & Market Engagement
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with:
Internship Programme Execution
• Plan and coordinate the annual internship programme in partnership with:
Data, Governance & Process Excellence
• Maintain accurate and compliant data across CRM and ATS platforms
• Track hiring metrics and provide data-driven insights to improve:
Experience & Capability
Essential
• Demonstrated experience in:
Preferred
• Experience working across multiple European markets
• Familiarity with:
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.