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Title and Summary

Senior Specialist, Talent Acquisition (Maternity Cover - 12 Month FTC)

Senior Specialist, Campus Recruiting (EMEA)

12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

At Mastercard, Global Talent Acquisition spans Experienced Hiring, Executive Search, Campus Recruitment and 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 career talent across Europe.

This 12-month maternity cover will support the delivery and continuous evolution of our EMEA campus hiring strategy, ensuring strong university partnerships, diverse talent pipelines, and 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, and operational rigour in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Campus Hiring Delivery:

Own and execute the full lifecycle campus recruitment process across assigned European markets.

Manage pipelines across internships, graduate programs, direct sourcing and referrals.

Deliver hiring outcomes aligned to workforce plans and diversity objectives.

Ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience from attraction through offer.

Deliver the local onboarding experience for our graduates in Hungary.

University & Market Engagement:

Build and maintain strategic relationships with target universities, career services, faculty, and student organisations.

Represent Mastercard at campus events and external engagements to strengthen employer brand visibility.

Identify and activate new partnership opportunities to broaden and diversify talent pipelines.

Internship Programme Execution:

Plan and coordinate the annual internship programme in partnership with the Global Campus team and local HR stakeholders.

Ensure structured onboarding, engagement and conversion strategies to maximise return on early careers investment.

Data, Governance & Process Excellence

Maintain accurate and compliant data capture across CRM and ATS platforms.

Track hiring metrics and provide data-driven insights to continuously improve attraction channels, event ROI and conversion rates.

Ensure adherence to regional compliance standards and global acquisition processes.

Experience & Capability:

Essential

Demonstrable experience in campus recruitment, university relations or early careers hiring.

Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions and stakeholder groups simultaneously.

Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Excellent stakeholder management skills with confidence engaging at all organisational levels.

Strong project management discipline with attention to detail and delivery accuracy.

Ability to operate with pace, adaptability and discretion in a complex, global environment.

Preferred

Experience working across multiple European markets.

Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and CRM platforms.

Experience supporting structured internship or graduate programmes.

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.