AI & Automation Business Analyst Intern (Sept 2026 - 4 Months - Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, or Montreal)

IBM

IBM

Software Engineering, IT, Data Science

California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA

Posted on Apr 30, 2026
Introduction

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 centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

About Business Unit:

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your role and responsibilities

Our team is seeking candidates with strong analytical thinking, a passion for solving business problems, and an interest in leveraging AI and automation to drive impact. We’re looking for individuals who enjoy structuring problems, coordinating teams, and telling compelling stories with data.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced consulting team composed of Partners, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Architects, and Software Engineers. In this role, you will help plan, coordinate, and support the delivery of AI-driven solutions to solve enterprise-scale challenges. You’ll act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment, clarity, and measurable outcomes.

As a Business Analyst Intern, you will contribute to project planning, requirements gathering, stakeholder communication, and presentation of insights. You’ll gain exposure to industry-leading technologies and AI initiatives on cloud platforms (e.g., IBM Cloud, Azure), while helping translate complex technical work into clear business value.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Supporting project planning, timelines, and deliverables across multiple engagements
  • Gathering and documenting business requirements and translating them into actionable tasks
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business needs and technical solutions
  • Preparing presentations, reports, and client-ready materials to communicate insights and progress
  • Assisting in identifying opportunities to apply AI and automation to improve business processes
  • Tracking project performance and helping ensure successful delivery against objectives

You’ll be part of a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and where team members are encouraged to take initiative, think critically, and contribute to meaningful outcomes for clients.

This position resides in Toronto/Calgary/Montreal/Ottawa and is a 4-month work term commencing in September 2026. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of the work-term. Please note that MBA and PHD Candidates are not eligible for this program.

Candidates considered for a Quebec position must be fluent in French.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Demonstrated interest in data, analytics, AI, or automation through academic coursework, internships, or personal projects
  • Basic understanding of data concepts (e.g., data analysis, dashboards, or reporting) and how they support business decision-making
  • Familiarity with AI/GenAI concepts (e.g., large language models, prompt design, automation use cases) is an asset, but not required
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly present ideas, insights, and recommendations to peers and stakeholders
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Previous internship or project experience in business analysis, consulting, project coordination, or a related role
  • Experience creating presentations and reports using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, or similar
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) or basic data querying (e.g., SQL)
  • Exposure to project management or collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Trello)
  • General understanding of how AI and automation can be applied to improve business processes

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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 everyday, 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 on-going 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 everyday 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

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

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