Intern, Corporate Strategy

New Balance • Boston, MA

1d • $25 - $38 • Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for helping define New Balance’s strategic direction to achieve its aggressive growth targets. This role will work closely with senior leaders and high performing mid-level managers on a wide range of corporate initiatives. This includes brainstorming high-level strategic goals and concepts, then building out business cases/proposals that will serve as both the internal sales pitch for initiatives and the playbook for later stages of implementation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years of balanced business experience, preferably in a consulting, agency, consumer products, or ecommerce environment.
• Currently enrolled in top-level MBA program.
• Exceptional and compelling written and oral communication skills.
• Strong quantitative skills and analytical skills; ability to take large amounts of data and clearly communicate actionable recommendations. Fluency in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Professional and confident with an ability to work with all levels of the organization, especially senior level leaders.
• Capacity to work and communicate across business groups (e.g. IT, marketing, sales, and ecomm teams) and serve as the strategic linchpin.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically, including improvements to existing concepts, and creation of new innovate ideas.
• Dual capacities for collaborative brainstorming and independent ownership of work.
• Ability to own and manage project initiatives from concept through execution.
• Experience developing business cases, both quantitative and qualitative elements.
• Genuine personal interest and enthusiasm for our brand.
• Desire to obsess over innovative improvements to the New Balance customer experience/service.
• Commitment to New Balance’s history and cultural focus on community service/charity/civic responsibility through athletics and community service.
• Stay engaged with team and key stakeholders by sharing and welcoming new and different ideas and perspectives that can add value to business goals and/or improved processes.
• Experience working with different communication styles
• Interest and ability to learn quickly in a competitive industry and ever-changing business environment.

Benefits

• Our products are only as good as the people we hire, so we make sure to hire the best and treat them accordingly.
• New Balance offers a comprehensive traditional benefits package including three options for medical insurance as well as dental, vision, life insurance and 401K.
• We also proudly offer a slate of more nontraditional perks – opportunities like online learning and development courses, tuition reimbursement, $100 monthly student loan support and various mentorship programs – that encourage our associates to grow personally as they develop professionally.
• You’ll also enjoy a yearly $1,000 lifestyle reimbursement, 4 weeks of vacations, 12 holidays and generous parental leave, because work-life balance is more than just a buzzword – it’s part of our culture.
• Temporary associates are provided three options for medical insurance as well as dental and vision insurance and an associate discount.
• Part time associates are provided 401k, short term disability, a yearly $300 lifestyle reimbursement and an associate discount.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern