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:

The role of the Large Merchant Sales Intern is to assist the team in selling PayPal’s various payment products to the largest merchants.

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

Job Description:

Your Way to Impact

We are looking for an Enterprise Sales Intern to support our two Enterprise Sales teams in driving the adoption of PayPal’s full suite of products among our largest merchants. Want to make an impact from day one in the Fintech space and collaborate with leading brands like ASOS, Uber and Waterstones? You’ve come to the right place. 

In this role, you’ll leverage strong organizational skills to excel in lead generation, while providing valuable market and customer insights for our Sales executives. Your keen attention to detail will be instrumental in conducting market analysis and preparing impactful sales presentations, both for internal stakeholders and external clients, to support our most significant deals. 

Upon joining PayPal, you’ll gain hands-on experience by working across our Frontbook and Backbook Sales teams. This will provide a unique perspective on how our Sales Executives engage with C-Level executives to drive business growth and build lasting partnerships. 

Your Day to Day

Defining and implementing lead generation and management processes: track and assess effectiveness of the various lead sources, perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of leads, assist in engaging with merchants that meet Large Enterprise criteria. Actively perform audits of industries, sectors or initiatives across various different verticals  creating new sources of lead generation and opportunities for the sales teams. Being proactive in delivering scheduled internal reporting consistently. For example providing information for the biweekly newsletter and creating the sales monthly newsletter. Gathering and delivering information for reporting using key metrics when required. Collating and formatting data requests from the team to use in merchant presentations, meetings and business cases. Manage the sales team calendar with events, stakeholder meetings, planning and development related activities, possible future events, off-sites and quarterly sales kick offs. Cold calling and outreaching to new opportunities or existing prospects to schedule meetings for the Enterprise Sales Teams. Facilitating the onboarding of merchants in conjunction with the Enterprise Sales teams, GPS and CSM functions. Acting as the conduit between these teams to make sure the onboarding goes smoothly, collecting documents including KYC and KYB information. Sales pipeline hygiene: using tools such as Salesforce to ensure the Sales Executives pipelines are up to date. 

What you need to bring

Knowledge of payments processing, retail and e-commerce is preferable.Strong organizational skills, being able to work within a defined sales process and have effective time management.Being able to work productively in a fast-paced environment while having good attention to detail.Good team player with a collaborative approach to work and be able to create quality relationships quickly, whilst also working well independently and cope with ambiguity.Have a good sense of initiative, self-motivation and willingness to learn.Completed, or be working towards, a degree in a business/commercial related subject with expected grade at least a 2:1Be available for a 12 months internship starting July 2025

Interested?

From when you join the Large Enterprise Sales team we aspire to make your experience outstanding and engaging. Our team are passionate, friendly and extremely proud of our company, it is this vigor and attitude that helps us execute so successfully. If you are enthusiastic and thrive in a collaborative and social environment then we invite you to learn more, explore the opportunities on offer and discover a place for you. 

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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:

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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.

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