Platform Growth Intern

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

What you need to know about the role

The Platform Growth Intern will join the Platform Growth team in Europe, supporting PayPal sales teams in growing our footprint with large enterprises and strategic accounts in Europe across all PayPal product assets. We engage with merchants alongside sales teams to provide product insights and optimization options. In return, we fuel Product teams with markets and merchant’s needs for prioritization and roadmap planning.

The Platform Growth Intern will assist in with various tasks related to product optimization, for strategic merchants or specific markets, throughout our product assets, PayPal wallet, PayPal card processing platforms, Local payment methods, for retail businesses, marketplaces, or specific segments such as Travel, Airlines or Gambling.  

Internship location - London, UK
Internship duration - 12 months, starting July 2025

Job Description:

Meet our team

The Platform Growth team is part of the Global Product Solutions which consist of the Product teams that design, build, deliver and optimize solutions to best fit our markets across the world. We are a blend of Product Engineers, Product Managers and Product Market Success Managers. The Intern will sit in the Product Optimization / Platform Growth team, being the commercial arm of Products. Whilst we are part of a Product organization, we work very closely with our sales, servicing, integration, marketing, legal, compliance, operations teams to define the best solutions to our key customers and enable PayPal to grow.

Your way to Impact

• Bring a curiosity about our customers and what they need
• A commercial mindset that can quantify the opportunity
• An appetite for technical topics & payment trends
• Eager to learn and take on new challenges
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of responsibility
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Creative thinker with problem-solving abilities.

Your day to day

• Perform market/segment identification & research
• Meet with Sales/Customer success manager/Finance on market needs
• Meet with Product leaders on product availabilities and roadmaps
• Define new offering/ test & learn
• Manage sales enablement content and contribute to training sessions
• Work with Product launch teams for execution (pilot)
• Monitor the impact

What do you need to bring-

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills, taking data and turning into insights and plans
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint) and confident with Excel (skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and formula creation)
• Basic understanding of project management and marketing.
• Fluency in English, another language is appreciated

**We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

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Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.