Internship - Junior Business Innovation Consultant

Cefriel S.Cons.R.L.; Milano; On-site; EUR 11,160 - 12,276; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Company PC

Monthly reimbursement €1,000–€1,100

Job summary

Cefriel invites applications for an Internship - Junior Business Innovation Consultant. Join a digital transformation team to translate market insights, tech trends, and client needs into concrete solutions. You will work with multidisciplinary teams under senior guidance to build strategy, technology, and organizational perspectives.

Ideal candidates are engineering or economics graduates with a strong interest in consulting, and 1–2 years in related roles; a Master’s degree is a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, management engineering, economics or related field.
• Recent graduates with consulting/digital transformation interest welcomed.
• 1–2 years of experience in consulting or digital strategy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze client contexts to identify evolution opportunities.
• Monitor market/tech trends, including AI tool support.
• Help define digital transformation and innovation strategies.
• Design coherent business/operational models.
• Develop operating models aligned with transformation goals.
• Create business cases, financial plans, and roadmaps.

Skills

Consulting interest

Digital transformation

Analytical thinking

Proactivity

Team collaboration

Curiosity

Structured outputs

AI usage awareness

Education

Engineering degree (Management, Economics)

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Generative AI tools

Job description

Internship - Junior Business Innovation Consultant

Cefriel is a digital innovation center founded in 1988 through a collaboration between public and private organizations to support the digital transformation of companies and public administrations, with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of the economic system and fostering the transition towards sustainable growth models. We are looking for a curious and motivated person to work on digital and business transformation projects, helping to translate market insights, technology trends, and client needs into concrete and sustainable solutions. The person will work in diverse project contexts, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and supported by senior professionals, with the goal of developing an integrated perspective across strategy, technology, and organization.

Working together with the team, the person will contribute, with increasing autonomy and responsibility, to the following activities:

• Analyze the competitive and operational context of client companies, identifying opportunities for evolution
• Monitor and synthesize market and technology trends, also with the support of AI tools
• Support the definition of digital transformation and innovation strategies
• Design business models and solutions that are coherent from both a technological and organizational perspective
• Design operating models (processes, roles, structures) aligned with transformation objectives
• Develop business cases, financial plans, and implementation roadmaps

Activities and Responsibilities

Working together with the team, the person will contribute, with increasing autonomy and responsibility, to the following activities:

• Analyze the competitive and operational context of client companies, identifying opportunities for evolution
• Monitor and synthesize market and technology trends, also with the support of AI tools
• Support the definition of digital transformation and innovation strategies
• Design business models and solutions that are coherent from both a technological and organizational perspective
• Design operating models (processes, roles, structures) aligned with transformation objectives
• Develop business cases, financial plans, and implementation roadmaps

By working at Cefriel, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop strategic analyses applied to real digital transformation contexts
• Translate data, insights, and business needs into structured outputs (presentations, reports, business cases)
• Understand organizational and innovation dynamics within complex companies
• Work in multidisciplinary teams with a collaborative, results-oriented approach
• Develop conscious use of AI tools to support analysis and content production

Required Skills

Cefriel is made up of talented people who share strong common values; therefore, we look for passion, creativity, love for innovation, and the positive change that technology creates.

• Degree in Engineering, particularly Management Engineering, Economics, or related fields
• Recent graduates with a strong interest in consulting and digital transformation; internship experience, university projects, or extracurricular activities in business or technology are considered a plus
• People with 1–2 years of experience gained in consulting, digital strategy, innovation, or similar roles within structured companies

Hard Skills

• Fundamentals of business strategy and digital technologies
• Financial and economic analysis applied to business cases, e.g. NPV, ROI, etc.
• Design of business and organizational models
• Ideation and development of concepts for digital solutions
• Process re-engineering
• Ability to analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data
• Familiarity with generative AI tools to support research, analysis, and synthesis, with attention to source quality and responsible use

Soft Skills

• Creativity and abstract thinking
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving orientation
• Relationship-building and communication skills
• Proactivity and collaborative spirit
• Curiosity and commitment to continuous learning
• Ability to structure clear and effective outputs
• Methodological rigor and attention to detail

Type of Contract

The internship requires a full-time commitment of 5 days per week for a duration of 6 months. A monthly gross expense reimbursement of €1,000 is provided for candidates with a master’s degree, €1,100 for post-master’s degree internships, as well as meal vouchers worth €8 and a company PC. The internship may be curricular or extracurricular.

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