Data Scientist Intern – OneIT – Poughkeepsie, NY – 2027

IBM; Ionia (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 paid holidays

56 hours sick time

IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid family medical leave

Job summary

IBM is seeking a cost optimization specialist to partner across finance, supply chain, product management, development, and engineering. You will work with stakeholders to identify opportunities that reduce costs and improve processes, leveraging AI, analytics, and data science.

The role emphasizes collaboration across disciplines and a growth-minded, outcomes-focused mindset in a fast-paced technology environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders in a multidisciplinary team to optimize cost.
• Leverage AI tools, financial analysis, and data science to develop business cases for cost optimization.

Skills

Data Science background

Cross-team collaboration

Strong communication

Growth mindset

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Data Science, Cost and Product Engineering

Tools

Programming and scripting tools

Job description

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? The IBM Cost Optimization team is seeking a talented individual that can help manage an opportunity to partner across teams in finance, supply chain, product management, development, and engineering. Do you have a passion for collaborating across organizations and finding innovative ways to improve process? If so, then please read on.

You will join a passionate team of high skilled experts that are fun-spirited, collaborative, and highly ingenious in finding win/win opportunities for the business. This is an opportunity to work collaboratively with a diverse group of experts across various disciplines to drive process improvements among Systems.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders and others in a multidisciplinary team to work through innovative opportunities that optimize cost.
• Leverage AI tools, financial analysis, and data science to develop business cases including competitive benchmarking to support cost optimization and process improvements.

Required Education

• High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Data Science, Cost and Product Engineering, etc.
• Prior (project or internship) exposure to cost-related roles and projects that involve cross-team collaboration.
• Exposure to supply chain, development, product management, manufacturing, or finance.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Passion for technology and engineering.
• Growth-minded, trusted, team-focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome-focused.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Direct experience in Cost Engineering, particularly with hardware offerings.
• Experience and familiarity with programming and scripting tools.

About Business Unit

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate – they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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 every day, 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 ongoing 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 every day 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, a 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.

Locations

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, United States