Summer – Consulting Business Development Intern

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Our Global Consulting Business Development team drives the sale of consulting services for SAS. That means we build customer relationships, assess and identify customer issues and challenges, team with partners, position the right consulting services (at the right time) to accelerate software value, and orchestrate deals that drive both near‑term revenue and long‑term software adoption.

As an intern, you might:

• Be tasked with building an extensible database of our growing regional SAS partner community to democratize partner evaluation and selection while also streamlining and automating internal reporting and compliance.
• Leverage Microsoft Copilot to build and/or enhance agents that add value to our services sellers and reduce the time from customer introduction to consulting success story.
• Use a combination of SAS and Python to automate the update of internal tools critical to the sales process, map and optimize business processes, or create value added reports that provide critical insight to decision makers.
• Do industry and customer research and prepare compelling documentation, presentations, or value propositions in support of consulting services sales.

• You’re an undergraduate college student enrolled in an accredited program studying Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field; not graduating prior to December 2026.
• Programming experience in one or more of the following languages – SAS, Python, SQL, or similar.
• Experience building or working with Databases and/or Data Warehouse Platforms.
• Highly proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.
• Strong communication skills — both written and verbal.
• Leadership abilities. Your past experiences demonstrate you’ll take initiative and go above and beyond the call of duty.
• You’re interested in the future of Analytics and embrace technology.

• Self‑starter with the willingness to take ownership of tasks and projects.
• Interest in, experience with, or exposure to Sales (methodologies, coursework).
• Fast learner comfortable with ambiguity in a fast‑paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to break down problems logically.
• Interest in using data to support recommendations.

• Applications open:
  February 2025 on a rolling basis.
• Internship:
  May 19, 2026 — August 7, 2026.

• Work with (and learn from) the best. As a SAS intern, you’ll get face time with our top executives!
• Free SAS programming training and certification.
• At SAS, flexible work is the norm. Want to work remotely? That’s cool. Prefer a hybrid mix of sweatpants and in‑person collaboration? That’s great, too.
• We work hard, but we like to play hard, too. Enjoy hackathons, social events and other opportunities to connect engage.
• Your well‑being matters, and that’s why we support all dimensions of your well‑being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive. This includes an on‑site and remote Work/Life Center staffed by master’s level social workers and an Employee Assistance Program.

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