Standards Strategy & Product Management Intern, Swift
Global payments network
Be an early applicant
Global payments network
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make international transactions instant, frictionless and interoperable.
Role
Who you are
- We expect that you will have (or are expecting) a 2:1 degree or equivalent. However, we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate relevant skills, enthusiasm and experience
- This internship is typically suited to candidates with limited professional experience who are looking to gain hands-on exposure to product management, product marketing or business analysis
- Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook
- Strong research and analytical skills. Data is a positive
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Awareness of Swift, Standards and the financial services industry is beneficial but not essential
- Curious and eager to learn. Proactive self-starter
- Organised and detail-oriented. Comfortable managing multiple activities simultaneously
- Strong team player
- Creative thinker with a continuous improvement mindset
- Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification
What the job involves
- We are looking for an enthusiastic and curious self-starter who enjoys solving problems, working with data, organising complex activities and turning ideas into tangible outcomes
- The internship provides the opportunity to contribute directly to both product management and go-to-market activities. You will support key initiatives across the team while also owning specific deliverables
- Support product planning, documentation and coordination – putting to practice practical product management methodologies
- Support in coordinating the new feature launches and market initiatives across stakeholders
- Create and maintain product collateral, messaging and value propositions
- Ensure product information is accurate, consistent and accessible
- Analyse market, customer and product data to identify adoption opportunities. Deliver insights and reporting to inform product decisions – for example managing KPI monitoring
- Support engagement and analysis to inform the future strategy and evolution of Swift’s Standards approach
- During the internship you will gain exposure to:
- Product Management fundamentals; including Product Go-to-Market, Product Marketing and value proposition development
- Financial services, payments and industry standards. Market analysis and business intelligence
- Stakeholder management in a global organisation. Executive communication, reporting and presentation skills
Application process
- As part of your application, please explain in fewer than 300 words: One reason an international standard is important to Swift's mission?
Salary benchmarks
Our take
SWIFT was founded in 1973 to serve as the bedrock of the international payments system. A cooperative society which is owned by its member financial institutions, it is a vital piece of the global financial infrastructure, securely transmitting payment instructions between over 11,000 institutions in almost every country. SWIFT handles half of all international transactions, on average 40 million every day.
SWIFT's only direct competition in the traditional cross-border payments sector are bodies such as China's CIPS and Russia's SFMS. Yet, lacking the trust and membership of SWIFT these are unlikely to make serious inroads in the international payments sector.
In recent years, the competitive landscape for international transfers has been disrupted by the large-scale uptake of cryptocurrency. SWIFT has not been immune, facing competition from high-speed blockchain payment networks such as Ripple. However, SWIFT has moved quickly to adapt, introducing SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (gpi) to increase the speed of transactions to nearly that of its competitors, but with greatly enhanced visibility. It also plans to introduce blockchain technologies, partnering with companies like Chainlink to trial its own cross-chain protocols that will support it in the new financial landscape.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
La Hulpe, La Hulpe, Région wallonne
Leadership
Javier Perez-Tasso
(CEO)Has held numerous roles at SWIFT, becoming CEO in 2019. Prior to this, was Head of Product Manager, CMO and Chief Executive of the Americas and UK Region.
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