Campus programs

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 eligible undergraduate students, and focuses on students with strong academic performance, analytical skills, technical capabilities, problem-solving orientation, and clear communication skills. This talent comes from all backgrounds with the ability to collaborate across differences and distances.

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 & 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 six-month Co-op experiential learning program for Boston-based and international positions. The six-month Co-op placement takes place January to June and July to December. If you are a Northeastern University student, please contact your advisor for more information or apply through Northeastern University’s application portal, NU Works. Only Northeastern University students are eligible for this program.

Inspired by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy, Wellington Management is pleased to provide scholarships and internships for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who have a desire to learn more about career opportunities that exist within the investment management industry.

The Wellington Scholars Program consists of a renewable annual merit-based scholarship of up to $15,000, which will be applied to junior- and senior-year tuition, as well as a paid summer internship after the scholar’s sophomore and junior year.

Wellington’s intent is to provide a hands-on development experience to expose students to the asset management industry and to deliver academic tuition assistance to support the scholar’s matriculation.

Learn more about the program on the HBCU Scholarship page.

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, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore offices in the following groups:

• Client Group
• Finance and Administration
• Global Trading
• 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, master’s, 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.

All roles for 2025 have been filled at this time.

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 typically 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

All roles for 2025 have been filled at this time.

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 InvesTech 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.