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Introduction

In this role you will join IBM Consulting via our world class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate at IBM Consulting you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients worldwide. Our clients' technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We're hiring inspired, talented individuals, who believe no problem is too big to solve.

Introduction

In this role you will join IBM Consulting via our world class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate at IBM Consulting you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients worldwide. Our clients' technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We're hiring inspired, talented individuals, who believe no problem is too big to solve.

We focus on your professional development through ongoing learning, mentorship, development of technical skills, and continuous personal growth, all grounded in a culture of coaching and career advancement. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning and who wants to unleash your potential, the IBM Consulting Associates Program is for you.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by 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 to 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 resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Assessment Availability Requirements

Assessment Centres are scheduled on Tuesday, 24th June and Wednesday, 25th June. Your availability for these dates is critical as they are mandatory and there will be no option to choose. Spots are limited, so please ensure your calendar is clear.

In the event you progress to the Final Interview stage, these will take place during the week commencing Monday, 30th June. Again, your attendance is mandatory and there will be no flexibility in scheduling. You will be allocated a slot, so please make sure your schedule is free for this week.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an Associate level Strategy and AI Consultant at IBM, you'll be working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points, bringing together IBM's unique capabilities across strategy, innovation, design, data analytics, AI (including GenerativeAI), and technology platforms to develop and deliver high-impact transformation programs. Leveraging a growth mindset, you're ready and willing to deliver business value, wherever needed.

In Your Role, You May Be Responsible For

  • Researching the client organization and industry value chains
  • Drawing from primary and existing IBM research on evolving market trends and drive adoption of emerging technologies/capabilities underpinning GenerativeAI
  • Identifying issues, creating hypotheses, and executing analysis, to develop decision-ready recommendations for our clients

In your first two years, you’ll move between different projects, partnering with a variety of household names and making a difference to everyday life.

You will usually work as part of a small, diverse team either with other consultants, data scientists, designers, architects and users or as the modelling specialist within a team of industry experts.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

  • Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights, using a mix of traditional Predictive Analytics and GenerativeAI technologies to achieve the outcomes
  • Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights
  • Powerful communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply
  • Ability to apply logic to solve ambiguous problems and deliver creative and well-structured solutions
  • A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view, with experience of using emerging technologies and techniques to understand how GenerativeAI works and how it can be appropriately and responsibly delivered to our clients
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate and work effectively in an intense team environment, able to build direct working relationships across all levels of the IBM and client teams
  • Predicted a 2:1 Bachelor's Degree or achieved in a STEM, Economics, Statistical degree or similar.

Seniority level

  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment typeFull-time

Job function

  • Job functionEngineering and Information Technology
  • IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting

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