Project Management Office Internship

About the role

BBVA, a Spanish bank with its Swiss offices in Zurich, offers an internship in its Project Management Office (PMO). The intern gains practical experience in project management within a banking environment, learning how strategic projects are delivered, monitored and governed, while developing analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills.

Key responsibilities

• Support one or more strategic projects from a project coordination and PMO perspective.
• Help prepare and maintain project plans, timelines, trackers and governance documentation.
• Follow up with stakeholders to ensure tasks, milestones and deliverables are completed on time.
• Coordinate project meetings, prepare agendas and minutes, and track action items.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, dependencies and deadlines, and support their documentation.
• Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT), training and implementation activities.
• Contribute to project status reports, management presentations, dashboards and executive summaries.
• Analyse and document existing business processes and help identify opportunities for simplification, efficiency and automation.
• Support the PMO team with ad hoc analyses and other project-related activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's student, preferably in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex processes quickly.
• Proactive, curious and independent, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Previous internship experience in consulting, audit or project environments is highly valued.

Required skills

• Advanced command of Microsoft Office tools.
• Knowledge of project management and collaboration tools is appreciated.
• Familiarity with process automation, data analysis, AI tools or digital transformation initiatives is a strong asset.