People Specialist

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
People Specialist
Our Purpose:
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.
The Role:
The People Specialist role is part of our People & Capability (P&C) Business Partner team. The People Business Partner team has the primary responsibility for the achievement of business-wide strategic goals and performance through a comprehensive talent strategy touching all aspects of the employee lifecycle and organization design and development.
The People Specialist will provide P&C operational support to the People Business Partners across a global portfolio with coordination and delivery of People & Capability activities, programs and projects across the disciplines.
Responsibilities:• Supports day-to-day aspects of one or more initiatives and projects in workforce planning, rewards, employee engagement and training• Coordinates with P&C service center (GBSC) to ensure an effective service model for employees and managers• Ensures timely coordination and execution of day-to-day activities by working with key stakeholders across the business• Assists on crucial activities including new hire onboarding, off boarding, maintaining employee records, and visa coordination• Creates reports to support programs including measuring the costs and performance of programs• Builds and nurtures cross-functional relationships with employees, People Business Partners and leaders across the business• Develops analytics to report on progress against People & Capability metrics
All About you:• Experience working independently on people-related projects and programs (e.g., onboarding, year-end compensation planning, training and development).• Experience in building relationships with employees and managers.• Demonstrated knowledge of P&C policies and annual administrative activities.• Experience identifying people-related challenges and helping to implement solutions.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $78,000 - $121,000 USD