MBA/Master’s Intern in Corporate Development (m/f/x)

What's the role?

In Corporate Development, you will lead a workstream of one of Hilti’s key strategic projects. In this role, you will be working alongside a former strategy consulting project manager (ex-MBB). As such, you will also have substantial visibility to Hilti’s senior management team including Executive Board members and the opportunity to position yourself for a full-time career at Hilti.

Start date in early September, duration for at least 3 months.

What You'll do

You will be a full member of a small high-profile team that drives the company strategy and strategic engagements. You will receive day to day direction from a Corporate Development Manager and work closely with our experts to drive a workstream of one or more of our strategic projects. Thus, you will work in a strategy consulting mindset, atmosphere, and with people who have done strategy consulting successfully, but in a corporate setting. In this role, you will also have significant exposure to the Senior Executive Vice President who leads the areaHilti’s strategy work.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Interview experts and stakeholders to identify issues and form hypotheses on solutions
• Conduct analyses to test the hypotheses based on research and data collection
• Evaluate strategic options and recommend the way forward
• Present findings and recommendations to senior management
• Liaise with key stakeholders to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions
• Identify key success factors and develop a roadmap for implementation.

Examples of strategic projects that we work on are innovative business models, 10-year strategic plan implementation, Industry 4.0, M&A opportunities, regional and business strategies, market entry opportunities, etc.

What You’ll Bring

• Enrollment in a European MBA/Master’s program at a top school (MBA might be a plus) for the entire internship period
• Minimum of 1.5 years of work experience (incl. longer internships)
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Very strong conceptual and analytical skills with a sense for pragmatic solutions
• High confidence to push your own ideas and back it up with facts/analyses
• Experience in one of our customer industries and professional services is plus

What’s In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• Connection with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect.

• Employee groups actively supporting causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQIA+ community.

• Leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis.

• Opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally.

• Shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, fuel discounts, meditation/relaxation rooms, Hilti tool rental service, and massage possibilities.