Internship - Summer 2026 (Business Consulting)

Wavestone • Pittsburgh, PA

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Successful completion of first year graduate coursework.
• 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees