Prudential: 2025 U.S. Businesses, Internship Program

Posted:
8/14/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Newark, New Jersey, United States ⋅ New Jersey, United States

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Workplace Type:
On-site

Job Classification:

Operations - Insurance Operations

Prudential: 2025 U.S. Businesses, Internship Program

Location(s):

Please see team locations below

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with approximately $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2024, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees help make lives better and create financial opportunity for more people by expanding access to investing, insurance, and retirement security. Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise, and innovation for nearly 150 years. For more information, please visit news.prudential.com. 

Are you looking for a career where you can apply your love of project management, problem solving, and data to inform business strategy and work with diverse teams on challenging projects? Are you interested in being a part of an exciting internship program that is focused on developing technical and professional skills while collaborating alongside leaders across the organization? If you are results driven, have a passion for working with teams, and are highly innovative, then Prudential’s US Businesses Internship Program is the place for you!

The U.S. Businesses include Individual Life Insurance, Group Insurance, Retirement Strategies, and Retail Advice & Solutions, and Marketing. These businesses provide a range of income, protection, and advice offerings. They are supported by the USB Center organization delivering an end-to-end customer experience that's simple, proactive, and data-driven to fuel financial wellness solutions for our customers. 

Timeline:

The internship program will run from Monday, June 2nd, 2025, to Friday, August 8th, 2025.

We review applications on a rolling basis, and we encourage you to apply as soon as you are ready. All fall applications will close on or by Friday, October 4th, 2024, at midnight ET. We reserve the right to close applications early due to volume or role(s) being filled.

Applications for PGIM Investment Professional roles are open as of July 1st. All other businesses will open on August 2nd. To ensure you are considered for the opportunities you want most, you are only able to apply to 3 positions per recruitment season.

Your Day to Day:

You will be empowered to contribute in a meaningful way, add new value to organization initiatives and effect change. Your placement within the US Businesses Internship Program could be in one of the following areas:

  • Underwriting (Minneapolis, MN; Hybrid) – Underwriting opportunities are a part of our Individual Life Insurance function. Prudential’s Individual Life Insurance group focuses on offering competitive solutions to meet the needs of consumers through the manufacturing and distribution of a diverse portfolio of life insurance products.
  • Sales (Newark, NJ, Ft. Wash, PA; Hybrid) Sales opportunities are a part of our below functions:
    • Group Insurance - Prudential’s Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term group disability, voluntary, and group corporate, bank and trust owned life insurance in the U.S. primarily to institutional clients for use in connection with employer plans and affinity groups. 
    • Retirement Strategies - The Retirement Strategies team at Prudential delivers industry-leading solutions for growth and protection to more than 2 million individual and institutional customers.  The Retirement Strategies business is comprised of Individual Retirement Strategies and Institutional Retirement Strategies. 
  • Operations (Newark, NJ; Hybrid) – Operations opportunities are a part of our below functions:
    • USB Service Operations & Transformation- USB Service supports all of the US Businesses in Prudential:  Individual Life Insurance, Retirement Strategies, and Group Insurance.  Service Operations and Transformation offers the opportunity to learn about all aspects of servicing including contact centers, back office, digital self-service, and how AI and intelligent automation play a critical role in the modernization of how customers interact with our company after they have purchased a product.  You can have an important impact on the customer, employee, and advisor experience in this function. 
    • Group Insurance - Prudential’s Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term group disability, voluntary, and group corporate, bank and trust owned life insurance in the U.S. primarily to institutional clients for use in connection with employer plans and affinity groups. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s program graduating between December 2025 and May 2027
  • Preferred areas of study: Business, Economics, Management, Business Analytics, Operations, Entrepreneurship 
  • Prudential does not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Successful candidates must possess the requisite US employment authorization to be eligible for consideration

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Excellent work ethic and self-motivated with the ability to prioritize/meet deadlines  
  • Excellent customer service and communication (oral and written) skills
  • Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills 
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Our Application Process:

Submit your application. If eligible, receive invitation for a digital interview; this includes answering pre-recorded interview questions with the business(es) that advance your application(s). If advanced, receive invitation for final round interview(s); you will have the opportunity to meet with us in person or virtually to learn more about our business and culture.

For 2025 early talent roles, our process is designed to help you learn more about Prudential/PGIM and share your story with us. Digital interviewing allows greater flexibility, enables a quicker interview process, allows us to meet more candidates and share your story with more members of the team.

Note: The salary range for this role is $28.00 to $34.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at [email protected] for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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