Internship - Summer 2026 (Business Consulting)

Job Description:

Company Description:

Be part of a global consulting powerhouse, partnering with clients on their most critical strategic transformations.
We are Wavestone. Energetic, solution-driven experts who focus as much on people as on performance and growth. Hand in hand, we share a deep desire to make a positive impact. We are an ambitious firm with a worldwide reach and an ever-expanding portfolio of clients, topics, and projects. In North America, Wavestone operates from hubs in New York City, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Toronto. We work closely with CEOs and technology leaders to optimize IT strategy, sourcing models, and business processes and are committed to building lasting partnerships with our clients.
Are you a true team player, living strong values? Are you a passionate learner, aiming to grow every day? Are you a driven go-getter, tackling challenges head-on? Then we could be the right fit for you. Join Wavestone and thrive in an environment that's empowering, collaborative, and full of opportunities to turn today's challenges into tomorrow's solutions - contributing to one or more of our core 4 capabilities:
Business Consulting | Business Strategy & Transformation, Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management, Operating Model Design & Agility, Program Leadership & Project Management, Marketing, Innovation, & Customer Experience
Technology Consulting | IT Strategy & CTO Advisory, Technology Delivery, Data & Artificial Intelligence, Software & Application: Development & Integration, SAP Consulting, Insurance/Reinsurance
Cybersecurity | Cyber Transformation Remediation, Cyber Defense & Recovery, Digital Identity, Audit & Incident Response, Product & Industrial Cybersecurity
Sourcing & Service Optimization | Global Services Strategy, IT & Business Process Services Outsourcing, Global In-House Center Support, Services Optimization, Sourcing Program Management
Read more at www.wavestone.com.

Job Description:

Wavestone is looking for a candidate to join our team for a 10-week paid summer 2026 internship.

Our 10-week Summer Business Consulting Internship offers hands-on experience across the full spectrum of our Business Consulting practice. Interns will work alongside experienced consultants on engagements spanning business strategy and transformation, marketing and innovation, M&A, organizational effectiveness and change management, and project/program management. This role provides exposure to real client challenges, opportunities to contribute to high-impact deliverables, and a deep understanding of how organizations navigate growth, complexity and change. It is an ideal opportunity for students interested in building broad consulting skills and exploring multiple capability areas within a dynamic, fast-paced practice.
This is a hybrid position with an expectation of being onsite as project work requires or as required by client needs.
Responsibilities
* Participate directly as an active member of a client engagement team including conducting client interviews, collecting, and analyzing data, conducting benchmarking and best practice analysis, and developing client-ready reports.
* Work in a collaborative team environment, sharing and gathering insight from diverse groups of consultants with a variety of expertise and experience.
* Manage and take ownership of individual workstreams, ensuring quality and timely delivery of output aligned with overall team deliverables.
* Present findings internally to project team, and potentially to clients (depending on project).
* Develop personal capability related to consulting skills, industry, and functional knowledge.

Qualifications:

Education
* Successful completion of first year graduate coursework.
Required Experience
* Minimum two years of post-graduate professional experience in any business-related role (consulting experience not required).
* Strong interest in pursuing a career in management consulting upon graduation.
* Willingness to travel based on individual client need and flexibility to work from the Pittsburgh office as required by project demands.
* Self-starter who enjoys structuring and solving complex problems in fast-paced environments.
* Comfortable working in ambiguous situations and adapting to changing priorities.
* Strong professional communication skills, with confidence interacting with executive-level leaders.
* Foundational proficiency in PowerPoint, with the ability to create clear, concise, and visually effective presentations.
**Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United Sates on a full-time basis for any employer, without the need for sponsorship now or in the future, will be considered. The firm is unable to sponsor, assume or continue any employment-based visas, including OPT.

Additional Information:

Wavestone is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity as a core component of our culture. Our collective success depends heavily on the recruitment and inclusion of qualified professionals, regardless of individual characteristics such as race, ancestry, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran's status, or any characteristic protected by law