Business Development Sales Intern

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a Business Development Intern to join Mercer Investments. This role will be based in our Milan Office. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

The Business Development role is accountable for the successful execution of Mercer Italy’s sales plan across the Investments & Retirement segments, working with domestic and regional stakeholders to achieve AuM and revenue growth goals.

The role is expected to develop and execute a robust sales strategy, participate in direct prospecting activities in collaboration with Italian and regional colleagues, and support go-to-market efforts by selling across the continuum of investment services—from database and tools to investment consultancy and portfolio solutions.

We will count on you to:

Strategy & Financials

• Support the execution of the Italian AuM and sales growth strategy in alignment with Mercer Investments’ regional priorities and goals.

• Contribute to the delivery of growth plans by supporting sales activity, pipeline follow-up, and commercial coordination to help drive profitable growth for the Investments & Retirement business in Italy.

• Help maintain accurate and up-to-date tracking of Mercer Italy’s Investments & Retirement pipeline across sales initiatives, segments, and propositions.

• Assist with best-practice business development activities, including client research, opportunity identification, information gathering, and support for solution design.

• Follow Mercer Investments’ risk management, governance, and compliance requirements, and escalate issues where appropriate.

Growth & Clients

• Support business development activity to help position Mercer as a leading investment solutions provider in Italy.

• Assist senior colleagues in the coordination of key sales initiatives across internal and external channels and segments.

• Contribute to the preparation and follow-up of direct sales activity and prospecting efforts.

• Help identify opportunities to leverage relationships across the Marsh organization to support commercial activity and growth in AUM.

• Support growth initiatives in line with Mercer’s commercial disciplines, regulatory requirements, and risk controls.

People & Leadership

• Develop commercial knowledge and sales skills through on-the-job learning, coaching, and self-training.

• Build strong working relationships across the team and contribute to a collaborative and inclusive culture.

• Stay up to date with relevant product, market, regulatory, and sales requirements.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Marketing, or related.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Proficient with Excel; familiarity with PowerPoint

• Prior internship or part-time experience in sales, market research or client service is preferred but not required

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.