MBA/Master’s Intern in Corporate Development (m/f/x)

Where Insight Meets Investment

In Corporate Development, you will lead a workstream of one of Hilti’s key strategic projects. In this role, you will be working alongside a former strategy consulting project manager (ex-MBB). As such, you will also have substantial visibility to Hilti’s senior management team including Executive Board members and the opportunity to position yourself for a full-time career at Hilti.

This is a full‑time internship position. Start date is flexible. Duration for at least 6 months. No travel is foreseen for this position.

What You'll do

You will be a full member of a small high-profile team that drives the company strategy and strategic engagements. You will receive day to day direction from a Corporate Development Manager and work closely with our experts to drive a workstream of one or more of our strategic projects. Thus, you will work in a strategy consulting mindset, atmosphere, and with people who have done strategy consulting successfully, but in a corporate setting. In this role, you will also have significant exposure to the Executive Vice President who leads Hilti’s strategy work.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Interview experts and stakeholders to identify issues and form hypotheses on solutions
• Conduct analyses to test the hypotheses based on research and data collection
• Evaluate strategic options and recommend the way forward
• Present findings and recommendations to senior management
• Liaise with key stakeholders to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions
• Identify key success factors and develop a roadmap for implementation.

What You’ll Bring

• Enrolled in a European MBA or Master's program throughout the full internship duration
• Minimum 1.5 years of professional experience
• Very strong conceptual skills with a sense for pragmatic solutions
• High confidence to push your own ideas that are backed up with facts/analytics
• Strong communication skills in English
• Experience in customer industries or professional services is a plus

What’s In It for You

At Hilti, you’ll join a family-owned company that thinks long term, invests in its people, and trusts individuals to make a real impact. From day one, you'll take ownership of meaningful work, contribute to business success, and be supported in creating your future through continuous learning, development opportunities, and diverse career paths. Some of the benefits of building your career with us include:

• A diverse global headquarters community of more than 2,100 colleagues representing 70 nationalities.
• The opportunity to create visible, long-term impact on Hilti’s business and global reputation.
• Career opportunities across functions, regions and leadership roles, supported by a transparent development framework.
• A flexible, trust-based working model, including remote work and workation.
• Opportunities to contribute to local and global social-impact initiatives.
• More than 60 employee-led networks and activities.
• A modern campus with an onsite gym, restaurants and access to outdoor activities.

Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

At our global headquarters in Schaan, Nendeln, Buchs, and nearby hubs, we shape Hilti’s digital strategy and enterprise platforms worldwide. Our cross-functional teams in product IT, data & analytics, cybersecurity, ERP, and digital customer platforms work side-by-side with business leaders to design, build, and run solutions at global scale. HQ offers a collaborative environment where architecture decisions, platform reliability, and secure-by-design engineering translate into real impact for our customers and teams.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

For further questions, please feel free to contact Juho Häppölä (Corporate Development Manager) or Human Resources Kimberly Caetano (Talent Acquisition Intern).

For non-EU/ EFTA citizens: Please state your eligibility status to work in Switzerland/ Liechtenstein and note that if you do not own a valid Swiss/ Liechtenstein work permit, Hilti cannot guarantee your final employment due to authority regulations.