New Initiatives - Intern
Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over 1.5 million customers to over $7.5 billion in loans and 500,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Do you want to help a rapidly ascending FinTech company drive its next phase of growth? If so, Avant is looking for you. We’re building a best-in-class product organization, and there’s a lot of opportunity to grow your skills and start your career journey here. Come join us!
We are looking for an Intern to join our new initiatives Product team in Chicago. As a new initiatives Product Intern you’ll have the opportunity to help Avant define and build a best-in-class new Product from the ground up. As an Avantee Intern, you’ll be part of a rapidly growing team, contributing to real-world projects with meaningful impact to our overall business and success. You’ll also have a chance to engage with leadership, build lasting relationships within your network, and participate in some great group events.This role is highly collaborative and will work across the organization with multiple stakeholders to implement strategies for growth and success.
What you do at Avant:
- Perform competitive analysis of products and features available in the market
- Provide user stories and feature requests to the development team
- Maintain a detailed project plan and provide updates to the leadership team
- Lead internal and external conversations with key stakeholders
- Work cross functionally within Avant to accomplish project milestones and initiatives
Why you are a good fit for Avant (minimum requirements):
- Actively enrolled in an accredited 4 year Business or Marketing degree program or related field
- Reliable access to quiet workspace and reliable internet connection
- Ability to work full-time (40 hrs per week) for the duration of the program
- Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Python) - preferred
- Strong verbal and written communications skills - preferred
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment - preferred
- Goal-oriented and quality focused - preferred
Benefits!
- Competitive Pay
- Relaxed dress code
- Group Events
- Leadership forums
- Enviable swag!
Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.
Avant is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability or genetic information or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.