Intern BCG Vantage - Energy

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Bogotá; On-site; COP 13,392,000 - 26,784,000; Part time

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group is seeking an Intern – BCG Vantage to join the Energy Practice Area, focusing on SSA (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru) and Spanish-speaking South America. You will help create region-specific intelligence, support case teams, and contribute to proposals with data-driven insights.

You will work with local topic leads and global teams to advance knowledge assets, organize content, and assist with marketing and business development efforts in a fast-growing BCG Vantage

Qualifications

• Interest in energy topics and willingness to develop as an expert.
• Fluency in Spanish and English (required).
• Experience in research to support market analysis is a plus.
• Proficiency with Excel and large models is appreciated.
• Familiarity with energy sector data sources is a plus.
• Knowledge of generative AI tools and coding is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support Energy Practice Area across SSA with region-specific IP and knowledge assets.
• Develop content for internal websites and organize SSA knowledge for sharing.
• Contribute research and analysis to marketing, conferences, and publications.
• Assist business development and go-to-market efforts for Energy in SSA.

Skills

Spanish and English fluency

Research experience

Excel proficiency

Python familiarity

Strong written and verbal comms

Energy sector knowledge

Collaboration in global teams

Problem-solving

Curiosity about AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree expected to 2027

Tools

Excel

Python

Job description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

As an Intern – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path within BCG's Energy Practice Area, you will be part of a fast-growing and entrepreneurial team that aims to be the leading advisor and thought leader in Latin America across the energy sector, developing expertise in areas such as electricity, natural gas, large-scale renewables and oil & gas, as well as the energy transition. Your role will focus on Spanish-speaking South America (SSA), including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. You will work together with BCG case and proposal teams to deliver customized knowledge assets and relevant industry insights.

In addition, with guidance from senior colleagues, you will support the Energy Practice Area across SSA by developing region-specific intellectual property and knowledge assets, managing SSA-related content on internal BCG websites, ensuring the availability of the latest, high-quality content, and helping organize the region's knowledge assets so they can be shared across the wider BCG ecosystem. You will also support business development and go-to-market efforts for the Energy business in SSA, as opportunities arise, contributing research and analysis to marketing efforts, conferences, and publications.

BCG's Energy practice partners with leading players across the energy ecosystem as the sector navigates the energy transition, from electricity and natural gas to large-scale renewables, storage, hydrogen and oil & gas. Together with our clients, we help tackle some of the most complex strategic and operational challenges in the industry.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
• Framing, structuring, and sharing intellectual property, with the ability to write clearly and concisely
• Compiling data and relevant information to support case and proposal teams, with a particular interest in the energy sector (e.g., electricity, natural gas, large-scale renewables, O&G)
• Synthesizing market insights and trends, including the energy transition and emerging technologies (renewables, storage, hydrogen)
• Working creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment
• Being flexible and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open for new things and able to propose innovative ideas
• Being curious about AI and eager to experiment with generative AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) to speed up research, synthesize information and improve the quality of knowledge assets
• Navigating complexity and ambiguity
• Interacting with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree expected to 2027;
• Strong interest in Energy topics (e.g., electricity, natural gas, large-scale renewables, O&G, energy transition, storage); willingness to develop as an expert in that area;
• Fluency in Spanish and English (required);
• Previous experience in research to support market analysis appreciated;
• Proficiency in Excel; experience with large models appreciated;
• Familiarity with energy sector data sources and institutions across Spanish-speaking South America (SSA) (e.g., CAMMESA, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional, XM, UPME, COES) is a plus;
• Familiarity with generative AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) and a genuine curiosity to explore how they can improve research and analysis workflows; experience with Python and coding is a plus;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities.

Who You'll Work With

As an Intern – BCG Vantage, you will collaborate with local topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.

BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams, and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise):

integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets.

Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions):

combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients.

Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights):

delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project's needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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