2027 CIO Advisory Consulting Intern

West Monroe; United States; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

West Monroe is seeking Consulting Interns to join our CIO Advisory Practice. As a CIO Advisory Consulting Intern, you will gain hands-on experience helping CIOs and technology leaders align technology strategies with business priorities.

You’ll participate in technology strategy, operating models, and digital transformation initiatives, collaborating with client teams and West Monroe colleagues to develop actionable recommendations and roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Sharp analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work in teams.
• Organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated leadership through academics or activities.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients and West Monroe teams to understand business priorities and current operating models.
• Capture and synthesize discussions, identify findings and action items.
• Gather and document business, technology, and process requirements for assessments and designs.
• Assess capabilities, investments, and opportunities to identify gaps and improvements.
• Define KPIs and data sources, and track outcomes.
• Support analytical frameworks and quantitative analyses with defined data requirements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Leadership

Curiosity about AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in progress

GPA 3.0 or higher

Tools

AI tools familiarity (ChatGPT)

Job description

Launch your consulting journey with West Monroe

West Monroe is seeking Consulting Interns to join our CIO Advisory Practice.

As a CIO Advisory Consulting Intern, you will gain hands‑on experience helping Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and technology leaders make and execute critical decisions about how technology enables their organizations. You will apply business, technology, and analytical skills to help clients align technology strategies and investments with business priorities, improve operating performance, manage cost and risk, and deliver measurable value.

Your work may span technology strategy and operating models, technology economics and sourcing, enterprise applications and infrastructure, digital/cloud transformation, transformation management, and program and portfolio management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client and West Monroe teams to understand clients’ business priorities, technology environments, current processes and operating models, and future‑state needs through interviews, documentation review, data analysis, and facilitated workshops




• Capture and synthesize client and team discussions, identifying key findings, implications, decisions, and follow‑up actions through active listening and critical thinking




• Gather, analyze, and document business, technology, process, service, and solution requirements to support assessments, recommendations, and future‑state designs




• Assess technology capabilities, operating models, investments, services, and transformation opportunities to identify gaps, improvement opportunities, and implications for clients




• Define key performance indicators and value measures, including associated data sources, calculations, validation approaches, and methods for tracking operational and financial outcomes




• Support the development of analytical frameworks and quantitative analyses by defining data requirements, documenting assumptions, and evaluating costs, benefits, risks, and future‑state scenarios




• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to answer client questions, including:
  

  
  
  • Collecting, organizing, cleansing, and analyzing large datasets
  
  
  • Developing business cases, financial models, and value assessments
  
  
  • Identifying trends, insights, and performance improvement opportunities
  
  
  • Developing and documenting recommendations, roadmaps, and execution workplans
  
  
  • Analyze data to identify trends, compile reports, and monitor results
  
  
  
  



• Collaborate with clients and team members to develop storyboards and communicate complex concepts clearly and compellingly, translating analysis into decision‑ready client deliverables




• Leverage AI and automation tools to accelerate research and analysis, identify insights, and improve the efficiency and quality of client deliverables, while applying sound judgment to validate outputs, mitigate bias, and ensure recommendations are accurate and fit for purpose

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• Sharp analytical thinking and an interest in solving complex problems




• Effective written and verbal communication skills




• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working as part of a team




• Ability to stay organized and manage priorities in a dynamic environment




• Demonstrated leadership through academics, extracurricular activities, or prior work experience




• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and a passion for continuous learning and innovation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in progress, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028
  

  
  
  • You will be asked to confirm your expected graduation month and year at the offer stage and prior to beginning your internship
  
  
  • We do request & review official transcripts from your school prior to the start of our internship program
  
  
  • If your expected graduation date falls outside of this range or changes, you are not eligible for this internship
  
  
  
  



• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0




• Legally authorized to work in the United States without limitation or sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., OPT, H-1B visa, TN, etc.)




• Reside within 50 miles of your assigned office prior to your start date; our culture emphasizes team collaboration within a hybrid work model




• Ability and willingness to travel (up to 50%); travel expenses covered by West Monroe




• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day‑to‑day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high‑quality outputs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Majors in:
  

  
  
  • Business Administration
  
  
  • Business Analytics
  
  
  • Data Science
  
  
  • Economics
  
  
  • Finance
  
  
  • Industrial & Systems Engineering
  
  
  • Information Systems
  
  
  
  

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the pay rate for this role is $40.00.

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At West Monroe, we work with you.

We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real‑world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co‑creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

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