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2026 Summer Proposal Coordinator Intern at Iron Mountain in Boston, Massachusetts (On-site Role) : Apply Now
2026 Summer Proposal Coordinator Intern at Iron Mountain in Boston, Massachusetts (On-site Role) : Apply Now
📍 Location: Boston, Massachusetts, US 💼 Employment Type: INTERN 🏠 Work Mode: On Site
💰 Salary: USD 22 - 25 per hour
📝 Job Description:
At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.
We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
Are you curious about being part of our growth stor y while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.
Iron Mountain is seeking an ambitious Proposal Coordinator Intern to join our Deal Operations Center team.
In this role, you will be responsible for gaining substantive, hands-on experience in the fast-paced field of proposal management within a large company. You will contribute to real-world business development by helping produce customer-facing proposals that drive company revenue. This position is a highly competitive, paid summer internship.
The Deal Operations Center team is critical to the sales support process, working across pricing, contracting, and strategic account support.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will:
Main Responsibility: Assist Proposal Coordinators and Proposal Managers by preparing initial drafts for low-complexity formal customer RFx (Request for Proposal, Request for Information, Request for Quotation) requests and proactive proposals. This includes ensuring preliminary compliance requirements, content accuracy, readability, and completeness are met.
Collaborate with Stakeholders: Shadow and participate in kick-off meetings with sales leads and subject matter experts to understand customer requirements and proposal strategy. This also includes collaborating with existing Proposal Management staff to develop responses.
Ensure Compliance and Process Management: Track and organize proposal materials in a central repository, gaining experience with project management principles in a deadline-driven environment. Perform rigorous document proofreading and editing to ensure adherence to corporate brand and quality standards compliance.
What You’ll Bring
The ideal candidate will have:
Currently enrolled in an undergraduate must be Rising Senior Graduating in Journalism, Communications, English or related field.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on grammar and details.
Proven ability to self-manage, prioritize, and multitask effectively within a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Desire to learn proposal methodologies, the sales process, and content management systems, as well as an understanding of AI technology to support content creation.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and for the full duration of the internship.
What We Offer
Location: This role is in person in our Boston office.
Compensation: The compensation for this role is $22-25 per hour.
Program Structure: This is a 40-hour per week assignment, lasting 10 weeks, with an expected start date of May 27 – August 7, 2026
Professional Growth: Experience structured development over the 10-week program, including professional skills training, business acumen development, speaker series, consistent feedback, evaluation, and networking with other interns and adept professionals.
Culture: A diverse, inclusive, and innovative environment & culture that offers stability and growth.
Reasonably expected salary range: $53,600.00 - $67,000.00
Category: Other Designations
Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.
Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.
If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest@ironmountain.com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.
Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.
To view the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law posters and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, CLICK HERE
Requisition: J0095309