AI-Driven Data Science Intern: Cost Optimization

IBM; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 67,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Systems internship in the New York area seeks a student to join the Cost Optimization team, partnering across finance, supply chain, product management, development and engineering to identify cost-saving opportunities. You will apply data science, AI tools and financial analysis to build business cases and drive process improvements across multiple disciplines, including hardware products.

This role emphasizes collaboration, growth, and delivering tangible outcomes for IBM while offering

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Data Science, Cost or Product Engineering.
• Prior exposure to cost-related roles and cross-team collaboration.
• Exposure to supply chain, development, product management, manufacturing or finance.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Growth minded, trusted, team focused, courageous, resourceful and outcome oriented.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders in a multidisciplinary team to explore cost-optimizing opportunities.
• Leverage AI tools, financial analysis and data science to build business cases, including competitive benchmarking, to support cost optimization and process improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional collab

Data science exposure

Programming basics

Cost engineering exposure

Supply chain exposure

Strong communication

Technology passion

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

IBM Systems internship in the New York area seeks a student to join the Cost Optimization team, partnering across finance, supply chain, product management, development and engineering to identify cost-saving opportunities. You will apply data science, AI tools and financial analysis to build business cases and drive process improvements across multiple disciplines, including hardware products.

This role emphasizes collaboration, growth, and delivering tangible outcomes for IBM while offering