Internship – Junior Strategy & Innovation Analyst

Cefriel; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 11,000 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Company laptop

Thesis project allowed

Job summary

Cefriel is offering a full-time internship in Lombardia to explore methods for anticipating technology and market changes. You will turn insights into concrete opportunities, supported by senior colleagues, and use AI tools under oversight to collect, synthesize, and organize evidence.

As part of the team, you will contribute to activities with increasing autonomy, including trend analysis, strategic mapping, and producing outputs that support Cefriel’s evolving offering and positioning across

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field (see above)
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Familiarity with strategic frameworks like Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Design
• Fluent written/spoken Italian and English
• Experience with generative AI tools for research, synthesis and outputs
• Curiosity and commitment to continuous learning
• Ability to work across functions with multiple stakeholders
• Methodological rigor in producing outputs

Responsibilities

• Contribute to information collection and summarisation on trends and megatrends
• Support strategic analysis based on project evidence and market needs
• Capture lessons learned and opportunities for improvement in end-of-project retrospectives
• Organise insights and lessons learned to evolve Cefriel’s offering and positioning (including AI tools)
• Assist in mapping distinctive integrated offerings and identifying synergies across business lines
• Research and propose new topics and technologies for potential exploration
• Assess reusability of project assets (technologies, methodologies, outputs)

Skills

Analytical skills

Data synthesis

Cross-functional collab

Structured yet dynamic work

Bilingual Italian/English

Curiosity & learning

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Management Engineering

Master's degree in Economics & Innovation Management

Related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Cefriel is a digital innovation centre established in 1988 through a partnership between public and private organisations. We support the digital transformation of businesses 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 someone interested in exploring methods and tools for anticipating changes in technology and market contexts, helping turn insights and trends into concrete opportunities for developing our offering.

The successful candidate will work in a real-world, complex environment. Supported by senior colleagues, they will take part in strategic analysis and end-of-project retrospectives, while also making informed use of AI tools to support the collection, synthesis and organisation of evidence, always with critical and methodological oversight.

Working with the team, the successful candidate will contribute to the following activities with increasing autonomy and responsibility:

• collecting and summarising information on relevant trends and megatrends, including using AI tools to accelerate exploratory analysis and content organisation;
• supporting strategic analysis based on project evidence, emerging trends and market needs;
• contributing to end-of-project retrospectives by capturing lessons learned, reusable elements and opportunities for improvement;
• organising insights and lessons learned from projects and turning them into outputs that support the evolution of Cefriel’s offering and positioning, including through the considered use of AI tools;
• supporting the mapping of distinctive integrated offerings and identifying synergies across different business lines;
• researching, proposing and helping identify new topics, ideas and technologies to explore as potential new areas of expertise;
• assessing the reusability of project assets, including technologies, methodologies, approaches, work products and outcomes.

Activities and Responsibilities

Working with the team, the successful candidate will contribute to the following activities with increasing autonomy and responsibility:

• collecting and summarising information on relevant trends and megatrends, including using AI tools to accelerate exploratory analysis and content organisation;
• supporting strategic analysis based on project evidence, emerging trends and market needs;
• contributing to end-of-project retrospectives by capturing lessons learned, reusable elements and opportunities for improvement;
• organising insights and lessons learned from projects and turning them into outputs that support the evolution of Cefriel’s offering and positioning, including through the considered use of AI tools;
• supporting the mapping of distinctive integrated offerings and identifying synergies across different business lines;
• researching, proposing and helping identify new topics, ideas and technologies to explore as potential new areas of expertise;
• assessing the reusability of project assets, including technologies, methodologies, approaches, work products and outcomes.

By the end of the internship, the successful candidate will have developed:

• the ability to support and structure project retrospectives;
• skills in applying strategic analysis to projects, with a focus on generating actionable insights to support the evolution of the offering;
• an understanding of organisational dynamics in a matrix-based company with multiple Business Units and Business Lines;
• the ability to synthesise information and produce outputs for senior management, such as presentations, reports and project summaries.

Required Skills

• A Master’s degree, either in progress or completed, in Computer Engineering, Management Engineering, Economics and Innovation Management, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesise qualitative and quantitative data;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly PowerPoint and Excel;
• Basic knowledge of key strategic frameworks, such as the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Design;
• Good written and spoken Italian and English;
• Familiarity with generative AI tools used to support research, synthesis and the production of initial outputs, with attention to source quality, content verification and responsible use;
• Curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning;
• Ability to work in structured yet dynamic environments and engage with stakeholders across different roles and levels of seniority;
• Ability to collaborate across functions and manage multiple activities in parallel;
• Methodological rigour in producing written and visual outputs.

Contract Type

The internship is full-time, five days per week, for a period of six months. A gross monthly allowance of €1,000 is provided for candidates enrolled in a Master’s degree programme, or €1,100 for internships undertaken after completing a Master’s degree. The package also includes €8 meal vouchers and a company laptop.

The internship may be curricular or extracurricular.

Candidates may develop their Master’s thesis project as part of the internship, on topics agreed with their academic supervisor.

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