Hybrid Summer DDA Data Scientist Intern

LEK; United States; Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Weekly salary $1,850

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

L.E.K. Consulting is seeking a bright undergraduate student graduating in 2028 to join the Summer DDA Associate program within the Digital, Data, & AI team. The internship includes a training week, then ~8 weeks of real DDA casework in a home office.

You will apply advanced analytics on 1-2 projects, work with consultants and data scientists, and develop skills in data wrangling, modeling, visualization and client communication.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in applied data science, including ML, generative AI/LLM, and statistical analysis.
• Proficiency in Python, data science libraries, and SQL.
• Experience handling data across the analytics lifecycle: acquisition, cleaning, exploration, modeling, validation, visualization.
• Strong problem-solving and communication, able to translate questions into analytical approaches and explain findings to technical/non-technical audiences.
• Strong academic achievement, initiative, curiosity and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, clean, manipulate and analyze structured and unstructured data.
• Conduct exploratory analysis and develop statistical and ML models.
• Validate analytical approaches and translate outputs into business insights.
• Create visualizations that communicate complex findings clearly.
• Collaborate with Consultants and Data Scientists to translate client questions into analytical approaches.
• Contribute findings to case-team discussions and client deliverables.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Data Science

Generative AI

Statistical Modeling

Communication

Education

Pursuing BS/BA in CS/Math/Stats

Tools

Pandas

Scikit-learn

SQL

Job description

L.E.K. Consulting is seeking a bright undergraduate student graduating in 2028 to join the Summer DDA Associate program within the Digital, Data, & AI team. The internship includes a training week, then ~8 weeks of real DDA casework in a home office.

You will apply advanced analytics on 1-2 projects, work with consultants and data scientists, and develop skills in data wrangling, modeling, visualization and client communication.