Strategic Market Analysis Intern – Pension Products

As a Strategic Market Analysis Intern, you'll dive deep into the evolving world of third pillar pensions, uncovering insights that could shape ING’s next big product. From analysing competitors and market trends to building a business case that could influence strategic decisions, this is your chance to turn data into direction—and make a real impact on the future of financial health.

The team
Your part of the product team for Pension Investing within the department of Investments. With the team we develop new pension investing propositions. To realise our propositions we collaborate with many other teams within and outside our department.

Roles and responsibilities
Join the pension investing team as a market research intern and help analyse opportunities for a new pay-out product in the third pillar pension market.

• Conduct Competitor Benchmarking
  Identify and analyse key competitors offering pay-out products for third pillar pensions. Evaluate product features, pricing structures, and unique selling points, and summarize findings in a clear comparative table.
• Perform Market Size and Trend Analysis
  Research the current and projected size of the third pillar pension market in the Netherlands using reliable sources. Identify key trends and growth opportunities over the next 5–10 years.
• Estimate Business Potential
  Assess ING’s potential market share and revenue opportunities for a competitive pay-out product. Incorporate insights from customer demographics, economic conditions, and regulatory factors.
• Develop a Preliminary Business Case
  Synthesize research findings into a structured business case for launching a pay-out product. Highlight strategic advantages, potential challenges, and align with ING’s existing pension investment strategy.

How to succeed
We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

• Analytical Thinking

Ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, and draw meaningful conclusions to support strategic decision-making.

• Research Proficiency

Skilled in gathering and synthesizing information from various sources such as industry reports, financial publications, and competitor data.

• Attention to Detail

Capable of producing accurate, well-structured analyses and comparative tables with a high level of precision.

• Communication Skills

Strong written and verbal communication to clearly present findings, insights, and recommendations in reports and business cases.

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on a 36 hours work week

• Your own work laptop

• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

During the duration of your internship at ING, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

Questions?
Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

Contact person: Jaap Burggraaff

About our internships

Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).

Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.