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As a Working Student - Professional Development Intern, you will support the Professional Development (PD) team in delivering initiatives for the development of European consultants. You will gain hands-on experience across PD activities and talent development, with exposure to multiple practices and a distributed team across Europe. The role involves about 20 hours per week for roughly six months, with a mix of in-office and remote work, primarily based in Lisbon.
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Working student - Professional Development Intern
Job ID: 104776
As a Professional Development Intern, you will support our PD team in delivering key initiatives for the development of our European consultants.
- Lisbon
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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challengesthe kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, youve come to the right place.
Your Impact
Your contributions will directly influence the experience and long-term success of our consultants. By driving operational excellence, supporting key people initiatives, and helping shape the projects that sit at the heart of our talent strategy, you will enable our teams to focus on what matters most: developing exceptional leaders who create meaningful impact for clients.
As a Student Worker, you will receive regular guidance and coaching to help you grow your capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, deep exposure, and the professional foundation to accelerate your own career in an international environment.
In this role, you will gain broad exposure across the Consumer, Growth, Marketing & Sales (GM&S); Social Healthcare and Public Entities (SHaPE) and Life Sciences practice while supporting projects that strengthen professional growth and talent development across the whole cluster.
As part of the as the Consumer & Sciences Professional Development cluster team, you will be closely working with the Professional Development teams of the four practices, comprising 10 very open-minded colleagues with a great passion for people topics. Our team sits across Germany, Spain, Poland and Portugal, mainly collaborating remotely. We are looking for a Working Student to support us in Dusseldorf, Munich, and/or Lisbon. You will work both in the office and remotely.
You are expected to work approximately 20 hours per week during regular working hours, with flexibility to structure half or full working days based on your academic schedule and our teams needs.
Your Growth
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, well provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. Youll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firms diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, youll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your qualifications and skills
- Pursuing a Bachelor or Masters degree with a focus or high interest in people topics (like business administration, social sciences, psychology).
- Outstanding organization skills; detail-oriented; able to prioritize and multitask; strong ownership evident through responsibility and accountability for end product; highly proactive mindset, diligent and highly reliable in your work
- Ability to expand role beyond responsive support to proactive contributions and ownership for administrative tasks; ability to work independently.
- Able to work efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced, complex and deadline-driven environment.
- Highly professional presence on telephone, email, and all other work-related communications platforms, with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels.
- Strong in analytical and creative thinking.
- Strong technical skills, including proficiency in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. High interest in working with various IT systems.
- Strong typing and proofreading skills, ability to produce documents quickly and accurately.
- Enjoying working in an international team environment and eager to learn.
- Strong communication skills in English, both verbal and written
- Ready to commit to 6 months with us
Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues.
Our unwavering commitment to integrity drives everything we do, guiding us to always act in the best interests of our clients, our people, and the communities we serve.
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FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
FOR NON-U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. For additional details regarding our global EEO policy and diversity initiatives, please visit our McKinsey Careers and Diversity & Inclusion sites.
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LinkedIn Job Title - Working student - Professional Development Intern
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Job Skill Code - PRDI - Professional Development Intern
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Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Jan 19 00:00:00 GMT 2027
LinkedIn Posting City - Lisbon
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LinkedIn Posting Country - Portugal
LinkedIn Job Title - Working student - Professional Development Intern
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Human Resources
LinkedIn Industry - Management Consulting
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Internship
