Introduction
IBM is a different kind of technology company. We're on the forefront of groundbreaking change - improving business, society, and the human condition. This all starts with our employees. By encouraging IBMers to explore their curiosities, it gives us a new outlook on the world and its possibilities for emerging tech. Are you ready?

Introduction:
IBM team is a small, specialized group that serves as IBM's team providing strategic perspectives to directly impact the direction of IBM. We are integral partners to senior executives across IBM and to our counterparts who sit within specific Business Units spanning IBM Software, Research, and Infrastructure.

As a Summer Consultant, you will drive critical transformation of IBM by developing and applying knowledge of industry-specific and cross-industry competitive strategies. You will analyze problems, formulate hypotheses, develop insights, and deliver recommendations to drive growth and transformation, working with IBM Business Units to investigate new market opportunities and business models. You will bring outside-in perspectives that may challenge beliefs through analysis, working closely with internal clients across different IBM businesses to co-create strategies for change. Your strategic recommendations will drive change in a digitally-enabled era and give you the opportunity to collaborate with highly talented IBMers.

• 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, 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

• 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
• 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

• Pursuing Master of Business Administration
• Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of business experience
• Able to travel approximately 10% annually
• Fluent in the English language

• Pursuing Master's Degree in Business/Management with 2 years of experience in business strategy and problem-solving