Private Markets Product Development Intern - 12-month placement 2025-2026
Private Markets Product Development Intern - 12-month placement 2025-2026
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At AXA IM we are investing with a clear purpose to make the world a better place. We act for human progress by investing for what matters. Our convictionled approach enables us to uncover what we believe to be the best global investment opportunities across alternative and core asset classes. We are already entrusted by our clients with more than 887 billion in assets.
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AXA IM is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage candidates with disabilities or any other protected characteristic to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities when needed to apply for a position or to perform essential job functions.
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The AXA Group is a global leader in insurance and asset management with 160000 employees serving 105 million customers in 62 countries.
We protect and advise our clients at every stage of their lives offering products and services that meet their needs in the areas of insurance personal protection savings and asset management.
Our mission: To act for human progress by protecting what matters
Our values: Customer first Integrity Courage and One AXA
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3. Qualifications / Profile
- Interest in private markets (ie private equity private debt infrastructure etc. or wish to learn about it
- Excellent verbal and written English; knowledge of an additional language would be a benefit
- 2nd year undergraduate student with a focus on finance/economics or management/Business
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Very strong attention to detail
- Curious nature
- Good interpersonal skills
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Previous experience/interest in financial markets/asset classes helpful
- Team player
- Creative and enthusiastic selfstarter
We are committed to offer you an environment where you can:
Grow your potential: Be part of a forwardthinking business with internal opportunities and personalized learning paths available to help constantly develop your skills and abilities.
Shape the way you work: Work for a company which is highly committed to providing flexibility & balance to its employees offering you a large range of benefits (hybrid working competitive health benefits among many others..
Thrive within a diverse community: Play a role within a responsible company that actively recognizes and values individual differences in a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Move the world forward: Join a responsible employer that acts in favor of societal and environmental causes as an investor insurer and company notably through the AXA Heart in Action association. As part of our commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility we will celebrate your arrival by planting a tree.
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a leading global asset manager offering a diverse range of global investment opportunities in both alternative and traditional asset classes. Through our products we aim to diversify and grow portfolios while delivering longterm investment performance and value for clients.
AXA IM manages approximately 844 billion in assets of which 480 billion are categorised ESGintegrated sustainable or impact as at the end of December 2023. We are committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 across all eligible assets and to integrating ESG principles across our business from stock selection to our corporate actions and culture.
Part of the AXA Group a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management AXA IM employed over 2700 employees and operates from 23 offices in 18 countries globally at end of December 2023.
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1. Description of the department
The AXA IM Prime Business Development department is organised in two: Sales and Product. The latter comprises of Product development Market intelligence Event strategy Communication Marketing Investor relations and RFP.
2. Purpose of the role
The Private Markets Product Development Intern will work in the Product department and will partner with various team across the business including investment teams sales structuring marketing legal and compliance. The role holder will assist the Head of Product and the team to help the delivery of department activities.
Main responsibilities of the role:
- Help the head of product development on the day to day basis to execute the Product Development Committee (PDC) including preparing the agenda with the various team involved in the launch of each product (ie product investment sales structuring legal risk compliance) the follow ups of these PDC (including preparation of minutes) and improvement to the process.
- Help the head of product development in the preparation of market intelligence studies on strategies that we are planning to launch (ie competitive analysis) to help design specific parameters and ensure the positioning is attractive. These studies can also be focused on transversal topics such as ELTIF LTAF Impact etc.
- Help the head of product development to execute the event strategy in close collaboration with the sales team. The starting point will be the definition of the product to push forward from a client segment and geographical point of views. Then the aim will be to identify the various main conferences in each region and then negotiate what is required (branding speaking slots etc. with a specific target budget. The final step will be the coordination between parties (ie sales investment teams marketing product) before during and after each event.
- Help the head of product development to design/review/improve the messages we want to push forward in various format (ie conferences speaking slots prospect meeting presentation etc. and help support the training of each authorised speaker.
- Help the head of product development to prepare updates on strategies dedicated to support sales in the sell process of each strategy/fund in close collaboration with the investment and sales teams. It can take the form of short emails or dedicated short presentation.
- Help the head of product development to support the communication strategy. It will start by ensuring the strategy is followed and help prepare the information which is required for the various engagement we will have.
Skillsbased development: Over time the candidate will also take ownership of ad hoc projects to develop project management and broader communications skills. The candidate will also be expected to develop investment knowledge and understanding of the fund management industry as a whole through exposure to fund management investment and sales teams.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
