Co-Op Business Transformation Consultant - Enterprise & Industry Strategy 2027

IBM; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in University Park, PA is offering a Co-op Business Transformation Consultant 2027 internship. The program runs May–July 2027, 10 weeks, with in-office work during the academic year and flexible hours during terms.

You will gain hands-on experience on client projects, learn from seasoned teams, and progress toward a full-time Associates program after graduation based on performance. Ideal candidates are pursuing a university degree with strong academics, leadership, and

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track-record of academic success.
• Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building, while also managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment.
• Have initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills while embracing a growth mindset to assimilate diverse viewpoints.
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively through active listening; while also be willing to adapt and have a readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges.
• Interest in one or more of the following types of consulting: strategy, business transformation, or experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance, if needed
• Ability to work in-office, on-site in State College, PA during the academic year.
• Ability to work up to 20 hours per week during work terms when classes are in session (e.g., fall and spring semesters) and ability to work up to 40 hours per week during work terms during academic breaks (e.g., summer).
• Ability to travel or relocate as needed during academic breaks (e.g., summer)

Responsibilities

• During your co-op, you can enhance your knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects.
• This role provides an exceptional opportunity to acquire new skills, gain insights into diverse industries, and embrace novel challenges for your future career.
• As a co-op, you'll experience IBM's culture of coaching and mentorship and could advance to our full-time Associates program after graduation, based on results and performance.
• Work experiences including market dynamics, operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, and project exposure.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Growth mindset

Leadership experience

Active listening

Communication skills

Adaptability

Initiative

Team collaboration

Agile environment

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces yourunique skills and experience.

To give yourself the best opportunity for success, we advise applying only to roles that align with your skills and experience, rather than applying broadly across all entry-level positions. You'll receive a status update email for each application, so be sure to check your IBM Careers account regularly — it's the best way to get a centralized view of which roles you have active applications against.

Your role and responsibilities

During your co-op, you can enhance your knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects. This role provides an exceptional opportunity to acquire new
skills, gain insights into diverse industries, and embrace novel challenges for your future career.

At IBM, we prioritize continuous learning, skill development, and personal growth within a culture of coaching and mentorship. As a co-op, you'll experience this culture and could advance to our full-time Associates program, after graduation, based on results and performance.

Work experiences you could be exposed to:

• Market Dynamics: Immersing yourself in primary research and collaborate with dynamic teams assisting clients in navigating market trends and refining competitive strategies.
• Operational Excellence: Support operational improvement by designing models for a seamless client experience, contributing to heightened efficiency and effectiveness in operational processes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Support workshops, meetings, and interviews to understand and document requirements collaborating with diverse teams to capture and synthesize essential information.
• Project Exposure: Gain hands on experience with transformation teams, enterprise-wide data integrations, and other initiatives. Contribute to your team's work by translating technical concepts into client-relevant terms and drive adoption of the KPI impact with key client stakeholders.

The primary internship program dates are May to July 2027 (10 weeks).

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track-record of academic success.
• Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building, while also managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment
• Have initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills while embracing a growth mindset to assimilate diverse viewpoints
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively through active listening; while also be willing to adapt and have a readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges
• Interest in one or more of the following types of consulting: strategy, business transformation, or experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance, if needed
• Ability to work in-office, on-site in State College, PA during the academic year.
• Ability to work up to 20 hours per week during work terms when classes are in session (e.g., fall and spring semesters) and ability to work up to 40 hours per week during work terms during academic breaks (e.g., summer).
• Ability to travel or relocate as needed during academic breaks (e.g., summer)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track-record of academic success
• Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building, while also managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment
• Have initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills while embracing a growth mindset to assimilate diverse viewpoints
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively through active listening; while also be willing to adapt and have a readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges
• Interest in one or more of the following types of consulting: strategy, business transformation, or experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance, if needed
• Ability to work in-office, on-site in State College, PA during the academic year.
• Ability to work up to 20 hours per week during work terms when classes are in session (e.g., fall and spring semesters) and ability to work up to 40 hours per week during work terms during academic breaks (e.g., summer).
• Ability to travel or relocate as needed during academic breaks (e.g., summer)

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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Job Title

Co-op Business Transformation Consultant 2027

Date posted

13-Aug-2026

Job ID

128541

City / Township / Village

University Park

State / Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Onsite

Area of work

Consulting

Employment type

Co-Op (Fixed Term)

Contract type

Internship

Projected Minimum Salary per year

49,620.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

90,970.00

Position type

Internship

Up to 100% or 5 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?