About Us
Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
About the Role
Wellington Management is seeking motivated undergraduate students to join our 2027 Business Undergraduate Summer Internship Program. This 10-week paid internship provides hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to the investment management industry.
Interns will work full-time (40 hours/week) at our Boston headquarters starting June 2027. Interns are also eligible for a housing stipend and a flexible work model that includes four days per week in the office and one remote workday.
This program is designed to help students build professional skills, explore career paths, and contribute to meaningful projects alongside experienced professionals.
What You'll Do
As a summer intern, you will join a team within Wellington's Client, Investment or Infrastructure platforms and gain exposure to the business functions that support a leading global investment management firm.
You may:
- Support day-to-day team projects and strategic initiatives
- Conduct research, data analysis, and process improvements
- Collaborate with teams across the firm
- Work on a summer project solving a real business challenge
At the end of the summer, you will have the opportunity to present your work and insights to senior leaders, mentors, and your peers.
Internship Opportunities
Interns may be placed in one of several business areas that align to intern's interests, skills and business need. You will have the opportunity to indicate your preferences during the application process.
Client Platform – The Client Platform is a global team focused on building and deepening relationships with prospects, clients, and consultants. Working closely with Wellington's investment professionals, the team helps clients navigate complex investment challenges, understand their unique objectives, and identify the investment strategies, portfolios, and solutions best suited to their needs. The platform includes professionals across business development, relationship management, and product management who support a diverse range of institutional investors, including public pension funds, central banks, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, retirement plan sponsors, and mutual fund sponsors. Responsibilities may include analyzing new business opportunities by region or channel, supporting business analytics, conducting competitive analysis and due diligence, engaging with Wellington's evolving technologies and client-related applications, and helping evaluate investment opportunities.
Finance – The Finance team provides financial stewardship and strategic support across Wellington's global business. Through financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, expense management, tax, and corporate finance activities, the team helps guide business decisions, allocate resources, and support the firm's long-term growth. Interns may contribute to financial analysis and modeling, budgeting processes, management reporting, tax research, and other projects that provide insight into how a global investment management firm operates.
Global Operations – This function drives the firm's operational edge to exceed the investment and service expectations of our clients worldwide. Working across investment, client, and infrastructure teams, the group designs and executes the processes, controls, and infrastructure that support Wellington's world-class investment strategies and client relationships. The team plays a critical role in supporting client onboarding and servicing, investment activities, operational reporting, and responding to the evolving needs of our global client base. Interns will gain a practical understanding of how operational processes are built to deliver scalability, risk mitigation, service excellence, and a high-quality client experience.
Legal, Compliance & Risk – Help the firm operate effectively in a complex regulatory environment with evolving compliance programs, you will contribute to the completion of risk-mitigating projects, and conduct analysis and reporting. Responsibilities may include tagging and analyzing key risk management metrics, gaining proficiencies in regulatory requirements of regimes applicable to a US investment adviser, assisting with due diligence process for new and critical vendors, and assisting with the testing of control design and effectiveness.
Investment Implementation & Trading – Opportunity to gain practical experience in the dynamic world of markets and trading. Responsibilities may include supporting the firm's domestic and international post-execution trade activities, interacting with traders and brokers, and conducting trading data analysis. You will gain a solid foundation in trading and trade confirmation practices associated with today's global financial markets. You will learn about a variety of markets, the role of trading at Wellington, the trade lifecycle, and how we work with portfolio managers who invest on behalf of our clients. Additionally, you will gain experience in industry applications such as Bloomberg, and CTM.
What You'll Gain
Throughout the program, interns will:
- Gain exposure to the investment management industry
- Work on real projects with business impact and gain in-depth understanding of their function
- Build skills in analysis, communication, and problem solving
- Mentorship and feedback opportunities that focus on learning and growth
- Participate in professional development workshops
- Network with professionals and fellow interns
Who Should Apply
We welcome students from a broad range of majors, backgrounds and experiences who are interested in learning about business and investment management.
We look for:
- Current sophomore and junior undergraduate students from all academic majors working toward a bachelors degree
- Strong communication, attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Curious and adaptable, with an interest in leveraging emerging technologies and AI tools to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making and discover smarter ways of working
- Interest in business, finance, or operations
- Participation in on-campus activities, leadership roles, volunteer opportunities and work experiences
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- No prior finance experience is required.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Application Deadline: October 2, 2026
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That's ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.
As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.
At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.
Base salary is only one component of Wellington's total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time).
We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.
