Corporate Strategy Summer Consultant - 2026 Internship
Introduction
Join IBM and be at the cutting edge of driving transformative change that revolutionizes businesses, elevates society, and enhances the human experience. At IBM, we empower our employees to unleash their curiosity, fostering a unique perspective on the world's potential for emerging technologies. Together, we'll shape the future and make a lasting impact. Don't just work for a company - become part of a global innovator that's redefining what's possible! Are you ready?
Your role and responsibilities
Shape IBM C-Suite's decisions and strategic direction through project engagements
Engage with Business Unit leaders to determine root causes to be evaluated, hypotheses to be tested, and business outcomes to be achieved
Establish trusted relationships with internal client teams. Work with stakeholders across IBM to gather information, gain diverse perspectives, and deepen subject matter expertise
Develop fact-based client, market, and competitor insights based on research and analysis, e.g., through primary interviews, analyst reports, and internal databases
Produce and leverage insights as well as apply technical and operational expertise to identify issues, challenge the status quo, and co-create creative recommendations
Translate ambiguity and complexity into structured approaches to solve problems and identify opportunities amid rapid technological and market disruptions
Synthesize insights and recommendations into client presentations and facilitate dialog to clearly communicate findings to Business Unit leaders and senior executives
Collaborate with client teams to implement and, in select circumstances, to manage pragmatic, bold, and actionable solutions
What We Look For:
Intellectual curiosity and readiness to question existing strategies, business models, and methodologies to devise innovative solutions
Diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives
Eagerness to cultivate positive working relationships within a tight-knit team and build trusted relationships across all levels of IBM
Passion to understand how emerging technologies can be adopted and applied to solve business and societal challenges
Strong problem-solving capabilities, including the capability to take ambiguous complexities and deliver creative, well-structured solutions
Deep analytical skills and ability to formulate data-driven recommendations
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Powerful communication and storytelling skills, successfully using verbal and written communication to expose and defend points of view to business leaders and team members
High degree of autonomy and the ability to thrive in ambiguous environments
Work location is New York, NY.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Pursuing Master of Business Administration
- Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of business experience
- Able to travel approximately 10% annually
- Fluent in the English language
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Pursuing Master's Degree in Business/Management with 2 years of experience in business strategy and problem-solving
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion
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