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Strategic Projects Intern
QontoFranceinternshipVerifiedPosted 28 Jan 2026
About the role
Our mission? Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace. We combine business-class tools (seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting) with unwaveringly attentive 24/7 support, designed to help businesses breeze through all things finance.
Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!
Our values:Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you doOwnership | Own your part, get things doneTeamwork | Make (team)work easyMastery | Continuously raise the barIntegrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people
Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.
⭐ Mission
Join us as a Strategic Projects Intern and help feed Qonto and our leaders with market insights, identify new opportunities, and run analyses / assessments to drive decision-making. You will work directly with our Strategic Project Manager and our Strategy Director to analyze what is happening in the market, build strategic convictions on our most attractive opportunities and contribute to our product and growth direction.
👩💻🧑💻 As a Corporate Development Intern at Qonto, you will
• Feed Business Decisions with Insight: Identify, monitor and analyze key trends from competitors and the market to empower leadership with the right data and insights for decision-making.• Drive Strategic Thinking & Planning: Build concrete and deep analyses to support product and growth decisions - for instance, benchmarking existing market features and competitor positioning to inform and challenge our offering.• Conduct M&A Research: Perform research to identify and assess potential M&A opportunities that support our external growth strategy. • Present & Report: Contribute to the creation of high-quality strategic presentations for the Co-Founders and top management.
🤔 What you can expect
• Market Context: Work in one of the most innovative scale-ups in Europe, gaining a 360° view of the business and the Fintech industry.• Collaboration: Work closely with the Corporate Dev, Growth, and Product teams to ensure our initiatives are relevant and impactful.• Team Culture: Join a team of former top-tier consultants where we value structured reasoning and the development of a concrete strategy toolkit.• Mentorship: Benefit from a hands-on, development focused, feedback-first environment with daily meetings to start empowering you to quickly gain autonomy and ownership, and to grow professionally.
🤝 About your future manager
Your manager will be Emily Norcliffe, our Strategic Project Manager. After 5 years in strategy consulting in London, Emily relocated to Paris to join Qonto. She brings deep expertise in tackling complex strategic challenges. Emily is a hands-on manager who prioritizes development and impact. She fosters a supportive environment with regular feedback loops, ensuring you have the guidance to succeed while trusting you with real responsibility.
🏅 About You
• Experience: Strong academic background with at least two solid internships• Education: You are a Master’s student from a top Engineering or Business S
Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!
Our values:Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you doOwnership | Own your part, get things doneTeamwork | Make (team)work easyMastery | Continuously raise the barIntegrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people
Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.
⭐ Mission
Join us as a Strategic Projects Intern and help feed Qonto and our leaders with market insights, identify new opportunities, and run analyses / assessments to drive decision-making. You will work directly with our Strategic Project Manager and our Strategy Director to analyze what is happening in the market, build strategic convictions on our most attractive opportunities and contribute to our product and growth direction.
👩💻🧑💻 As a Corporate Development Intern at Qonto, you will
• Feed Business Decisions with Insight: Identify, monitor and analyze key trends from competitors and the market to empower leadership with the right data and insights for decision-making.• Drive Strategic Thinking & Planning: Build concrete and deep analyses to support product and growth decisions - for instance, benchmarking existing market features and competitor positioning to inform and challenge our offering.• Conduct M&A Research: Perform research to identify and assess potential M&A opportunities that support our external growth strategy. • Present & Report: Contribute to the creation of high-quality strategic presentations for the Co-Founders and top management.
🤔 What you can expect
• Market Context: Work in one of the most innovative scale-ups in Europe, gaining a 360° view of the business and the Fintech industry.• Collaboration: Work closely with the Corporate Dev, Growth, and Product teams to ensure our initiatives are relevant and impactful.• Team Culture: Join a team of former top-tier consultants where we value structured reasoning and the development of a concrete strategy toolkit.• Mentorship: Benefit from a hands-on, development focused, feedback-first environment with daily meetings to start
🤝 About your future manager
Your manager will be Emily Norcliffe, our Strategic Project Manager. After 5 years in strategy consulting in London, Emily relocated to Paris to join Qonto. She brings deep expertise in tackling complex strategic challenges. Emily is a hands-on manager who prioritizes development and impact. She fosters a supportive environment with regular feedback loops, ensuring you have the guidance to succeed while trusting you with real responsibility.
🏅 About You
• Experience: Strong academic background with at least two solid internships• Education: You are a Master’s student from a top Engineering or Business S
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