About the Graduates' Programme : 

The BNP Paribas Graduates’ Programme is an exciting opportunity for recent graduates who are eager to start a career in the dynamic world of Banking and Finance. At BNP Paribas, we believe in nurturing and empowering the next generation of leaders to drive innovation and success in the global financial industry.  

The Graduates’ Programme 2025 starts on 1 September. 

BNP Paribas Graduates’ Programme highlights: 

• Permanent contracts with BNP Paribas, with access to several benefits
• During the first 12 months, the Graduates will complete different professional development assignments across 2 different teams, within the same Business Area

We are recruiting one Graduate to integrate the GM Data and AI Lab Team, within the Global Markets Front Office Business Area.

 

About the Business Area: 

 
Global Markets is BNP Paribas’ capital markets business within Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), delivering solutions across asset classes, and industry-leading services for clients including Institutional, corporate, private banks and retail distribution networks. Our Portugal Platform (Porto and Lisbon) is a major HUB in Europe and certainly unique in the country by its size and its scope of activity, with all Front Office roles present (Trading, Sales, Research, Structuring, Quant & Engineering, Business Dev and Support, Marketing & Client Support, Risk Management, Data Analytics and Machine Learning…). We are growing fast with the ambition to become even more relevant for the worldwide activity, which presents many short and long-term opportunities. 

Check out our VIDEO and get a glimpse into our world.
 
 

About the Team: 

This GM Data and AI Lab is a small team of data scientists applying the latest techniques in Artificial Intelligence, Data modelling and Natural Language Processing to strategic projects for the business. 

About the LAB Data Science Graduate’s Role: 

During the first year, the Graduate will complete one 6-month rotation in the GM Data and AI Lab Team, followed by a second 6-month rotation in the Quantitative Data Intelligence Team. After completing the 2 rotations, in September 2026, the Graduate will integrate the GM Data and AI Lab Team. 

GM Data and AI Lab Team Responsibilities: 

• Explore and examine data from multiple diverse data sources
• Conceptual modeling, statistical analysis, predictive modelling and optimization design

• Data clean-up, normalization and transformation
• Hypothesis testing: being able to develop hypothesis and test with careful experiments
• Discover hidden insights/embedded patterns and enable business stakeholders to make decisions that are more informed
• Help build workflows for extraction, transformation and loading of different data from a variety of sources and enable linking them to existing systems and datasets

About the Graduate’ Profile and Skills: 

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, other science or engineering field
• Knowledge of key concepts in Statistics and Mathematics such as Probability Theory, Inference, and Linear Algebra
• Knowledge or experience in Machine Learning procedures and tasks such as Classification, Prediction and Clustering
• Programming skills in Python and knowledge of common numerical and machine-learning packages (NumPy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Knowledge of data analytics, manipulation and visualization technique
• Excellent fluency in English
• Availability for a full-time permanent position from 1 September 2025
• Maximum of 2 years of working experience (including internships)

*Kindly note that candidates that do not meet the requirements will not be considered for this Graduate Sales and Trading Position.  

Why joining BNP Paribas? 

• Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 65 countries, with around 190 000 Employees – including more than 145 000 in Europe. 

• Our presence in Portugal

Since 1985, BNP Paribas was one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has around 7.100 employees across several entities operating directly in the territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses. 

• International reach

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: 

• Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialised business lines;

• Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;

• Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

• Diversity and Inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients. 

• Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working. 

• Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices. 

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal 

* Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered. 

* In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.