Chief Operating Officer Internship

Heritage Holdings; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 8,900 - 13,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel to London and Paris

Job summary

Heritage Holdings is seeking a COO Intern to join its Milan-based team for a six-month internship. You will act as a project manager across the business, coordinating initiatives that span teams and delivering results under senior leadership oversight.

This role offers exposure to client experience, portfolio management operations, finance, and product/tech collaboration, helping you understand how a modern wealth management firm operates from within.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Management, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Tech-savvy with interest in new technologies.
• Familiarity with data automation tools (VBA, Power BI, Python) is a plus.
• Highly motivated with hands-on attitude.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Effective communicator with collaborative mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Availability for a 6-month internship starting in November/December 2026.

Responsibilities

• Support project management across the whole business.
• Work with senior leadership and share results.
• Assist across client experience, portfolio management operations, and finance.
• Collaborate with product and tech teams to turn insights into tools and automation.

Skills

Tech-savvy

Data automation tools

Time management

Multicultural communication

Education

Master's degree in Finance/Management/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Python

VBA

Job description

Heritage is building the Modern Investment Office, supporting some of the most prominent families globally to achieve their capital enhancement and preservation goals.

Our vision is to help clients build enduring wealth across generations by combining institutional-grade investment sourcing with personalized portfolio construction, cutting-edge technology, and deep sector expertise. We aim to make sophisticated private market opportunities and modern wealth solutions more transparent, connected, and actionable.

Our team comprises of a diverse international group of individuals from leading organizations with diverse backgrounds, including private equity, venture capital, banking, software development, law, and entrepreneurship. We are committed to attracting top-notch talent and providing opportunities for growth and development based on their individual strengths and interests.

Your role

We are looking for a COO Intern to join our team.

You will act as a support project manager across the whole business: picking up initiatives that span teams, getting them moving, and seeing them through to delivery, with exposure to senior leadership as you share your results.

It is a great first role if you want to understand how a modern wealth management firm really works, and what building a scale-up looks like from the inside. Over six months you will get exposure to multiple teams across the business, learning how each part works and taking on projects in areas such as:

• Client experience: support the team in making onboarding and servicing faster and smoother, by finding where things stall and fixing the root cause
• Portfolio management operations: help in portfolio set-up, reconciliation and reporting, and the custodian and bank relationships behind them
• Finance: assist with billing, fees and the processes that keep the numbers right
• Product and tech: provide support in bringing what you see on the ground to our product and tech teams, and helping turn it into better tools and automation

Who we are looking for

• Outstanding academic background with a master's degree in Finance, Management, Engineering, or related discipline
• Previous experience in a fintech/technology-based environment or multi-family office, private bank, asset manager, or fund administrator is a plus
• Tech-savvy, with a strong interest in exploring new technologies
• Familiarity with data automation tools (VBA, Power BI, or Python) is considered a plus
• Highly motivated and proactive, with a hands-on attitude
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail
• Effective communicator with a collaborative and multicultural mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Available for a 6-month internship starting in November/December 2026

What we offer

A paid six-month internship in the heart of Milan, with the opportunity to travel to our offices in London and Paris. You will see how every part of the business works, own projects that matter at an important stage of our growth, and join an international team from 10+ nationalities, with daily interaction and quarterly team-building events.

Your journey begins here!

At Heritage, we are proud to have a diverse team representing over 15 nationalities, with all communication conducted in English. We are deeply committed to providing equal opportunities and work actively to remove potential biases in our hiring process by involving a Hiring Committee in all decision-making.