Summer 2027 AI and Innovation Intern - Pittsburgh, PA

First National Bank Of Pennsylvania•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this internship is to give college students hands-on exposure to the full AI lifecycle at FNB. This would include but not be limited to exploring banking use cases like fraud detection, credit risk, personalization, automation, and compliance monitoring to designing, training, validating, and testing machine learning and generative AI models. Interns will also gain practical experience in data engineering and MLOps, including data pipelines, cloud platforms, and model lifecycle management. As an AI and Innovation Intern, you will apply your academic learning to real-world scenarios across the enterprise. You will gain hands-on experience in AI governance and responsible AI, including regulatory compliance, ethics, bias testing, security, and privacy in the banking domain. Interns will also collaborate with business, technology, cybersecurity, and compliance teams to understand how AI integrates into enterprise strategy and support vendor and tool evaluations to ensure alignment with the bank’s risk, security, and compliance standards.

Requirements

Officially enrolled in an undergraduate bachelor program with a major in areas such as Finance, Accounting, Marketing or Information Technology
Minimum Years Experience: 0
Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Apply machine learning, data analytics, and emerging AI technologies to live projects that shape business outcomes.
Partner directly with business and technical leaders on strategic initiatives, gaining insight into AI-driven decision-making.
Engage with experts across the organization through meetings, events, and cross-functional collaborations.
Participate in targeted corporate training, workshops, and learning experiences to sharpen both technical and professional skills.
Organizational structures, business etiquette, interpersonal/conflict resolution/sales/negotiation skills, industry information, products and services and functional responsibilities for various Bank departments.
Pricing decisions, financial analysis, qualitative analysis, credit risk mitigation, identifying borrowing needs, project timelines and marketing plans.
Business meetings, sales calls, training sessions, email communication and conference calls.
Department or Intern projects.
Willing to manage risk while pursuing innovative solutions or techniques.
Flexible to change course to improve outcomes and results.
Understand the criticalness of quality-output.
Meet deadlines, getting things done on time and under budget.

Responsibilities

Research and evaluate potential AI applications in banking, including fraud detection, credit risk modeling, customer personalization, automation, and compliance monitoring.
Assist in designing, training, validating, and testing machine learning and generative AI models under the guidance of senior team members.
Support data pipeline development, cloud-based workflows, and model lifecycle management to ensure scalability and reliability.
Participate in activities related to compliance, ethical AI, bias testing, privacy, and security to align with banking regulations and standards.
Work closely with business, technology, cybersecurity, and compliance teams to understand how AI integrates into enterprise strategy and operations.
Contribute to the assessment of third-party AI tools and platforms, ensuring alignment with FNB’s risk, security, and compliance requirements.
Stay updated on the latest AI trends, frameworks, and best practices, sharing insights that could enhance FNB’s AI initiatives.
Prepare reports, presentations, and documentation to support AI projects, findings, and recommendations for leadership review.
Learn aggressively: Be open to new ideas and concepts, ask questions and be intellectually curious.
Analyze: Improve the quality of decision making by doing appropriate and thorough analysis.
Communicate well: Deliver information in a clear, logical and effective manner. Convey information both in writing and orally.
Display Teamwork: Work well with others to achieve group goals.
Get Results: Be accountable, responsible for the output of one's effort.
Understand and follow all company policies and procedures.
Meet all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
Complete required trainings and course work in a satisfactory manner and on time.
Complete project assignments in conjunction with rotations and work with appropriate oversight to complete.
Learn to accomplish objectives by developing and prioritizing actions steps and establishing and communicating the work plan to the appropriate participants.
Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.
Serve as risk managers for their businesses by understanding, reporting, responding to, managing and monitoring the risk they encounter daily as required by F.N.B. Corporation’s risk management program.
Adhere to regulatory laws and guidelines.