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 your unique skills and experience.
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 build a compelling portfolio 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 synthesizing essential information.
- Project Exposure: Gain hands on experience shadowing product teams and enterprise-wide data integrations. Contribute to data analytics assessments and actively participate in cloud migration and system implementations across major platforms.
- 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 application 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)
- Can understand clients' needs and challenges applying a creative and logical approach to identify solutions
- Demonstrate foundational quantitative analysis skills and ability to develop data driven recommendations
- Exposure to one of the following programming technologies (e.g. JavaScript HTML XML SQL) is a plus
- Experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
These positions are anticipated to begin in January 2026 with an initial work term through May 2026. Work term extensions based on performance and continued business need. We have positions open in State College PA.