GDIT Summer Internship Program – Summer 2025 Business Development Associate Internship

GD Information Technology•Fairview Park, OH

6d•$22 - $28•Hybrid

About The Position

At GDIT, our people are our business. We pride ourselves on the work our innovators do to support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the world. We wouldn’t be successful without our ability to attract new talent to join our team. What sets a GDIT internship experience apart from other organizations in the industry? GDIT’s Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients’ most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT’s 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following: Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients. Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge. Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion. Interact with GDIT leaders. Participate in professional development. How You’ll Make this Internship Opportunity Your Own Our Business Development intern plays an integral part in government business development, capture and proposal development activities. As a Business Development intern, you will conduct market research and assist with the completion of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and questionnaires (general and due diligence), and various ad hoc requests. A Day in the Life Familiarize yourself with the company's vision and mission, seeking to accomplish set goals and objectives. Perform business intelligence/competitive intelligence research using government websites and our Salesforce database. Collate and maintain customer information. Work with stakeholders to understand what insights are needed to support their business goals. Various duties that enhance the productivity and procedures of the company

Requirements

Currently enrolled in an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree program in Business Administration, Finance, Statistics, Economics or related discipline from a United States-based college or university .
Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams)
Excellent time management skills and ability to flourish in a challenging, fast-paced, professional environment.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and work under pressure.
Committed to quality and attention to detail; ensure that work is complete, accurate and on time.
Strong communication skills and ability to interact professionally with all levels of internal and external personnel in both written and verbal communications.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with business development in the defense contracting industry.
Broad knowledge of project management and data analytics
Experience with Salesforce
Analytical and quantitative skills: working with and synthesizing big data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

Familiarize yourself with the company's vision and mission, seeking to accomplish set goals and objectives.
Perform business intelligence/competitive intelligence research using government websites and our Salesforce database.
Collate and maintain customer information.
Work with stakeholders to understand what insights are needed to support their business goals.
Various duties that enhance the productivity and procedures of the company

Benefits

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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