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Intellectual curiosity = unlimited potential
We welcome smart, hard-working and intellectually curious individuals to work with us. While the specific attributes and skills we seek vary by position, the common characteristics we look for in our campus candidates include:
- Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships within a global framework
- Capacity for differentiated thinking and independent initiative
- Record of achievement and a strong work ethic
- Diversity — including a blend of life experiences
- Inquisitiveness and self-motivation
- Maturity and a balance between confidence and humility
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesise information
We invest in you, so you can invest in the world
Internships and co-ops
We offer internship and co-op opportunities at both the undergraduate and MBA level throughout the firm, globally. Each programme is designed to ensure interns gain valuable industry experience while learning about our firm.
Wellington Management has a summer undergraduate internship program. The 10-week internship takes place between June and August, and opportunities exist in Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. The program is inclusive to all undergraduate students but focuses on students with a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion and support of underrepresented groups in the investment management industry, including but not limited to, women and people of color. We seek all talented, hardworking undergraduate students with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
Our internship roles span many departments in the firm including the areas of business, investment research and technology. Internship roles typically fall into the following teams, but change every year based on business need:
- Client Group
- Global Trading
- Investment Services
- Information Technology
- Legal & Enterprise Risk Management
- Finance and Administration
Over the summer, our interns experience a highly challenging and rewarding program that offers insights into the investment management industry and Wellington Management. Exceptional summer interns are viewed as potential candidates for our full-time campus programs.
Applications for our 2025 internships open in mid-September and close on October 11, 2024.
Wellington Management has selectively established offices to support global investing and our global client base. Our relationship management teams actively serve clients in their own time zones. The proximity, coupled with their local market knowledge, enables relationship managers to focus on issues unique to each client’s investment environment. With the growth of our global offices, we are now able to offer more opportunities for undergraduates. Below are the current offices with opportunities:
Hong Kong
Wellington Management offers undergraduate opportunities in the Hong Kong office. Opportunities exist within our Global Trading Group, Client Group, Investment Product & Fund Strategies Group, Investment Research Department, Investment Services & Technology Group (InvesTech). Eligible candidates are sourced from local universities and should be eligible to work in Hong Kong. Please contact the undergrad mailbox for more information.
London
Wellington Management offers various undergraduate opportunities in London. Roles are available in areas such as Client Group, Investment Research, Legal, Investment Products & Fund Strategies, Investment Services & Technology (InvesTech), and Trading. Opportunities vary based on duration, and eligible candidates are sourced from universities locally. Please email the undergrad mailbox for more information.
Singapore
Wellington Management offers Client Group, Investment Products and Fund Strategies, Investment Research, and Investment Services & Technology (InvesTech) opportunities based in the Singapore office. Interested undergraduates must be in their penultimate year and eligible to work in Singapore. The program recruits directly from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and Singapore Management University. Please contact your career services office for more information.
Sydney
Wellington Management offers internships working with our Client Group and Investment Services & Technology Group (InvesTech) in the Sydney office. Applicants should be penultimate year students who are eligible for work in Australia. We recruit directly from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. Please contact your career services office for more information.
Wellington Management partners directly with Northeastern University’s Co-op program for Boston-based positions. If you are a Northeastern University student, please contact your advisor for more information.
Investing in you
Wellington Management will work with you to meet your long-term career aspirations — we do not believe in a one-size-fits-all career path. Our goal is to help you develop and evolve into a top performer in whatever field you choose.
There are many ways to develop your professional career. Some Wellington Management employees go on to part-time graduate studies using the firm’s tuition reimbursement benefit. Some pursue the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation through Wellington Management’s CFA® programme. Others decide to go back to school full time to pursue graduate studies. All paths are encouraged and supported.
Full-time opportunities
Wellington Management’s Campus Programmes seek smart, diverse, intellectually curious graduating students who want to launch their full-time careers in investment management.
A full-time, three-year opportunity for graduating Bachelor’s students who are interested in a variety of career opportunities available in the investment management industry. This program will provide insight into our industry, firm, and culture. Successful candidates are high-performing, talented students who are intellectually curious and self-motivated. During the program, top performing BAs will be placed into positions across the firm that are complementary to their skills, interests, and business needs. To qualify, you will need to graduate in the Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 academic calendar year and be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any major.
Opportunities typically exist within our Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore offices in the following groups:
- Client Group
- Finance and Administration
- Global Trading
- Human Resources
- Investment Products and Fund Strategies
- Legal & Enterprise Risk Management
Applications for our 2025 internships open in mid-September and close on October 11, 2024.
A full-time, up to five-year opportunity in our Investment Science group suitable for bachelor’s, Masters and PhD students.
As an Investment Science Associate, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in complex data sets, research challenging investment questions, and solve problems with modern data science techniques — from idea generation and prototyping to validation and production.
Examples of the nature of the work include:
- Building predictive models and identifying and validating public data sources to build out data-driven investment hypotheses
- Completing complex analytical projects and statistical analyses across securities, asset classes, and economic relationships
- Assisting with portfolio construction, factors, risk management, and trading analysis
- Creating visualizations and dashboard views using various data sets
- Working with structured and unstructured data
- Researching macroeconomic themes and factors
- Collaborating with fundamental investors to generate alpha within investment processes
Investment Science Associates will act as internal investment science consultants and research analysts, providing quantitative research to the firm’s talented community of investors. These insights will enable the firm to make prudent financial decisions to benefit thousands of retirees, savers, and institutions.
Applications open in August 2024.
A full-time, up to five-year opportunity in our Investment Platform suitable for undergraduate students, and individuals with 1 to 3 years of work experience.
The goal of the Early Career Investor program is to provide flexible, value-added analytical resources to support the firm’s mission of superior investment performance. We aim to develop and identify exceptional RAs to build our pipeline of talented investors. Through a series of rotations, program participants will play a critical role in assisting experienced analysts and portfolio managers in conducting research and implementing their investment process. Some program participants may spend up to 24 months in their first rotation based on their experience and our needs may be more closely aligned with one asset class. Interested candidates should have geographic flexibility. Opportunities exist globally, in Boston, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Examples of the nature of the work include:
- Analyzing potential investment opportunities
- Building and maintaining company financial spreadsheets
- Modeling sophisticated financial instruments
- Completing complex analytical projects
- Researching macroeconomic themes
- Communicating investment ideas in spoken and written form
- Creating visualizations and dashboard views using various data sets
- Researching ESG factors and their impact on investments
Important characteristics that we look for in potential candidates include:
- Intellectual curiosity and mental flexibility
- A growth mindset
- Willingness and ability to take risk
- Strong learning orientation
- Humility
- Agility and comfort with ambiguity
Applications open in August 2024.
The global early career program in our Investment Services and Technology (InvesTech) department is open to eligible undergraduate students graduating with their Bachelor’s degree between Fall 2024 – Spring 2025. As an Inves Tech Associate, you will develop the foundation to become successful in a career in financial operations and technology. This global program starts in July 2025 and is designed to equip you with new skills and knowledge of our clients, industry, firm, and culture while developing a strong, global internal network that will set you up for a successful transition into the firm. By investing in your personal growth on day one, you will help us continue to exceed our client’s expectations. InvesTech Associates will receive training and skill building opportunities to develop expertise in the processes and technology that drive asset management, portfolio analysis, funds, and client engagement.
Opportunities exist in:
- Technology
- Operations
- Investment Implementation
Applications for our 2025 internships open in mid-September and close on October 11, 2024.
Questions
Please reach out to undergradrecruiting@wellington.com or MBArecruiting@wellington.com
Join us
If you are ready to challenge yourself in a performance-driven culture that recognises and rewards achievement, we would like to meet you. Our online application process is completely secure and confidential.
