Intern - Global PM transformation

As an intern, you will support the Global Portfolio Management Transformation team in designing and rolling out a harmonized, data-driven portfolio review framework across Wholesale Banking Lending. This role offers exposure to large-scale banking transformation, portfolio management, and risk steering, and provides the opportunity to develop analytical, structuring, and stakeholder-facing skills in a global, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Harmonized Portfolio Reviews Support

• Assist in developing and refining standardized portfolio review templates and materials.
• Support pilot reviews across sectors or regions and help capture feedback and lessons learned.
• Contribute to improving consistency and quality of portfolio review outputs.

Process & Operating Model Support

• Help map current portfolio review processes and identify inefficiencies.
• Support documentation of the target Portfolio Management operating model.
• Assist with materials related to light-touch reviews, automation, and task migration.

Presentation & Governance Support

• Help prepare presentations, steering materials, and progress updates for internal stakeholders.
• Support governance meetings, action tracking, and coordination across workstreams.
• Contribute to clear and structured communication of transformation initiatives.

Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Risk colleagues, and Transformation team members.
• Support timely and accurate delivery of workstreams in a global, cross-functional setting.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

To take on this challenging and rewarding opportunity, you’ll need:

• Currently pursuing a BSc/MSc in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Econometrics, Data Analytics, or a related field at a reputable university.
• Strong analytical and structuring skills; proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (Power BI is a plus).
• Prior experience in corporate banking, strategy consulting, or a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Interest in lending, portfolio management, risk, and banking transformation.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to structure complex information clearly.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented, international environment.
• During the internship, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on a 36-hour work week
• Your own work laptop
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About our internships

Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).

Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.