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Guidehouse · 2 days ago

Intern - TAL, Technology - Campus 2026

US - VA, McLean

Internship

Onsite

Intern

0+ years exp

Start in 2026 Summer

Guidehouse is a consulting firm that provides services to State & Local Government clients. They are seeking an intern to support technology strategy, project execution, and relationship management while gaining real-world experience in a collaborative environment.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive technology strategy and delivery excellence for State & Local Government clients, ensuring successful execution of projects, pipeline growth, and alignment with organizational goals

Lead initiatives across sales, delivery, and innovation while fostering strong client and partner relationships

As an Intern supporting TAL/TPAL, you’ll be the operational backbone for account execution—tracking and converting swing factors into outcomes (Green/Yellow/Red with receipts), orchestrating deliberate relationship coverage across economic/technical buyers and ecosystem partners (e.g., MSFT/AWS/Salesforce), maintaining pipeline hygiene and whitespace mapping, contributing to deal-level P‑win strategies and close plans tied to buyer value, and updating booked vs. plan weekly

You’ll help advance a product-over-projects operating model (M‑POM, roadmaps, OKRs), support platform economics (build‑once‑reuse‑everywhere, APIs, multi‑tenant services), champion secure‑by‑design & privacy‑preserving AI, and operationalize operate‑what‑we‑build practices (SRE, FinOps, MLOps)

Each week, you’ll run the evidence check on open actions, produce a crisp 1‑page progress report, calculate the Account Execution Health Score (0–100) with rationale, and prepare ready‑to‑send risk escalation emails when thresholds are triggered—while delivering sharp, actionable prep for exec meetings, deal strategy, and partner leverage, always tied back to the plan

Throughout the internship, you will have the chance to work with our internal teams on the assigned project, meet with upper management to reflect on your personal and professional development, and socialize with your fellow interns during outings/activities

As an intern, you will work with an experienced team to support the development of an AI and Data project, presentations, day-to-day project logistics, and any additional project tasks

Qualification

Information SystemsComputer ScienceData Science/AnalyticsMicrosoft 365Structured problem solvingOperational disciplineExecutive-ready communicationRelationship orchestrationPipeline hygieneLearning agilityTech curiosityCollaboration

Required

Minimum Years of Experience: 0 years

Minimum Degree Status: Undergraduate Degree or Graduate Degree (must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program through Fall 2026 and graduate by Summer 2027)

Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship now or anytime in the future; Students possessing F-1 or J-1 visas are excluded from interview schedules or being hired for this position

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust, Secret, or higher level of federal/government security clearance (US Citizenship is one of the requirements for security clearance)

Ability to adhere to on-site work schedules as directed

Preferred

Structured problem solving & analytical rigor: Comfortable turning ambiguous inputs into clear action plans; able to quantify impact and link swing factors to forecast changes

Operational discipline: Proven ability to track tasks, gather 'receipts,' and maintain weekly Booked vs. Plan updates and an Account Execution Health Score (0–100) with rationales

Executive-ready communication: Writes tight 1-page weekly reports; can draft risk-escalation emails and summarize deal strategies in concise, persuasive prose

Relationship orchestration: Awareness of how to map economic/technical buyers and ecosystem partners (MSFT/AWS/Salesforce) and log deliberate coverage

Pipeline hygiene: Able to maintain opportunity data quality (stage, coverage ratios, advancement velocity), and flag gaps or whitespace

Learning agility & tech curiosity: Quickly absorbs new domains (SRE, FinOps, MLOps, secure-by-design, privacy-preserving AI) and applies guidance to real deals

Collaboration & reliability: Meets commitments, follows through on evidence checks, and proactively surfaces risks or blockers

Tools proficiency: Comfortable with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint); can manage trackers and templates with version control

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in one of the following (or similar) fields: Business/Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science/Analytics, Public Policy/Administration, or Engineering

Coursework that helps: statistics/analytics, operations or project management, databases/SQL, marketing/sales management, cybersecurity/AI ethics

Academic standing: strong record of achievement (GPA not required, but 3.2+ is a plus)

Capstone/club experience (preferred): consulting club, hackathons, case competitions, product management or entrepreneurship clubs